Dan Guerrero Chris Carlson Dr. Gene Block

ADMINISTRATOR BIOGRAPHIES Dan Guerrero Chris Carlson Dr. Gene Block Director of Athletics Associate Athletic Director Chancellor 16th Year 4th Year 11th Year UCLA ‘74 UC Santa Barbara ‘93 Stanford ‘77

Fourteen years and 27 NCAA Chris Carlson, who previously served Dr. Gene Block became chancellor Championships later, Dan Guerrero’s the men’s basketball program at of UCLA in summer 2007, taking mantra of ‘image and substance’ UCLA for five years, begins his the helm of a world-class institution has clearly been established at a third year as an Associate Athletic comprising 37,000 students and level that few others in his profession can approach. At the Director supervising men’s tennis. Carlson also supervises 27,000 faculty and staff, with an annual budget of $3.6 department’s helm when UCLA Athletics became the first to women’s tennis, men’s basketball and men’s and women’s golf. billion. As chief executive officer, he oversees all aspects of 100 NCAA team championships, the Bruins’ current total of the university’s three-part mission of education, research 113 NCAA titles is a figure unmatched by any institution in Prior to returning to UCLA, Carlson worked one year as an and service. the nation. While UCLA teams have indeed won 27 NCAA Associate Commissioner for the West Coast Conference. championships since his appointment, another national leader, Previous to that position, he was the head men’s basketball Previously, Dr. Block served as vice president and provost they have also finished second 26 times and have enjoyed an coach at UC San Diego, where he guided the Tritons to the of the University of Virginia, where he also held the Alumni additional 56 Top Five finishes. Division II NCAA Tournament in three of his six seasons. Council Thomas Jefferson Professorship in Biology. With academic expertise in biological clocks, he conducts research In fact, more than 80% of UCLA teams have qualified for NCAA Carlson served five years (2003-07) as Director of Operations on the neurobiology of circadian rhythms in higher organisms, post-season competition since 2002. The football team has for former UCLA basektball coach Ben Howland. At UCLA, leading a research lab funded by the National Institutes of appeared in 12 bowl games, while the men’s basketball team Carlson was responsible for the day-to-day operations of the Health (NIH). From 1991 to 2002, he directed the National advanced to consecutive Final Fours from 2006-08 and has program and served as a liaison to the athletic administration Science Foundation’s Science and Technology Center for made five trips to the Sweet 16. The program has also won 62 and other school officials. Additionally, he assisted in scheduling Biological Timing. In 1997, he was named a fellow of the conference championships in 15 different sports, produced over and recruiting.Prior to that, Carlson served in the same capacity American Association for the Advancement of Science. He 600 All-Americans and featured eight Honda Award winners, for two years (2002-03) at the University of Pittsburgh. has invented a number of devices and holds a patent for a including the 2003-04 Collegiate Woman Athlete of the Year. Originally from the San Diego area, Carlson joined the Pittsburgh non-contact respiratory monitor for the prevention of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. Guerrero, recently named the 2014 NACDA Under Armour staff (where Howland was the head coach) in the summer of Athletic Director of the Year award, is the only athletic director 2001. Before joining Howland at Pittsburgh, Carlson was on Dr. Block joined the faculty of the University of Virginia in 1978 at the NCAA Division I level (FBS, FCS and NCAA Division I-AAA) Howland’s coaching staff at Northern Arizona for one season as an assistant professor of biology. He served as vice provost to earn three such awards (2006-07 at UCLA, 2001-02 at (1998-99). Howland left NAU a year later to take the Pittsburgh for research from 1993 to 1998 and then as vice president UC Irvine). In his 14 years at UCLA, the Bruins have finished head coaching position. Carlson remained at NAU for two more for research and public service until his appointment as vice second four times and third four times in the race for the years (1999-2001), where he worked with the Lumberjacks’ president and provost in 2001. He also headed an NIH graduate Learfield Sports Directors’ Cup. post players, along with recruiting and scheduling. training program aimed at increasing the number of scientists from underrepresented groups. In 1998, he received the While success on the playing field with 27 NCAA Championships Prior to working at Northern Arizona, Carlson served as an assistant coach at his alma mater, UC Santa Barbara, from Commonwealth of Virginia’s Outstanding Public Service Award in 14 different sports and 26 second-place finishes during his for his work with Virginia’s business community. tenure are extraordinary numbers, UCLA’s academic success 1994-98. under Guerrero is equally noteworthy. Over 14 years and 42 Carlson was also an assistant coach at Dos Pueblos HS in A native of Monticello, NY, Dr. Block holds a bachelor’s degree quarters, student-athletes have earned nearly 9,500 spots Goleta from 1991-93. in psychology from Stanford University and a master’s and on the Director’s Honor Roll. UCLA’s Graduation Success Rate Ph.D.in psychology from the University of Oregon. He also (GSR) and Academic Progress Rates (APR) continued to remain His administrative basketball experience includes his one completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Stanford, working with high nation-wide. The Bruin student-athlete GSR is currently at year at the West Coast Conference (2013) and 12 years as a the late Colin Pittendrigh, “the father of biological timing” and 86%, and every Bruin team maintained multi-year APR rates game management assistant for the National Association of distinguished biologist and former Stanford President, Donald over 960, including three who achieved perfect scores of 1000 Basketball Coaches All-Star Game. Carlson has also worked Kennedy. Dr. Block and his wife, Carol, have two adult children. (women’s golf for the seventh consecutive year, men’s water four NCAA Tournament West Regionals. polo and men’s volleyball). Carlson is a 1993 graduate of UC Santa Barbara with a Guerrero came to UCLA from UC Irvine, where he had served bachelor’s degree in History. He is married to Karen Nance as UCI’s fifth permanent Director of Athletics for 10 years and they have two sons, Nicklas,13, and Charlie, 10. (1992-2002), helping to elevate that program to unprecedented success. Prior to arriving at UCI, Guerrero worked at Cal State Dominguez Hills, where he led that program to national prominence while serving as Athletic Director for five years (1988-92). A proud alumnus of UCLA, Guerrero received his Bachelor’s degree from the University in 1974 and played second base for the Bruins for four years. Known as “Warrior” during his playing career, he was inducted into the UCLA Baseball Hall of Fame in 1996. The Bruin Athletic Director earned a Master’s degree in Public Administration in 1982 from Cal State Dominguez Hills and was named to the Pi Alpha Alpha Honor Society for Public Affairs and Public Policy that same year. Guerrero was raised in Wilmington, CA. He is married to the Women’s Tennis Support Staff former Anne Marie Aniello, and they have two grown daughters.

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23 MEDIA INFORMATION

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24 PAC-12 CONFERENCE

Built on a firm foundation of academic excellence and superior (1998, 2001, 2003, 2005 and 2006). possible 100 teams into the postseason (64.0 percent), while athletic performance, the Pac-12 Conference renewed its the women sent 88 of a possible 126 teams (69.8 percent). undisputed claim as the Conference of Champions® in 2016-17 REVIEW 2016-17, becoming the first conference to win 500 NCAA Six Pac-12 football teams earned bowl bids, producing a The Conference’s 13 NCAA titles came in the form of a 3-3 record. Pac-12 Champion WASHINGTON provided the Championships. Beyond the court’s and fields, the Pac-12’s record 10 women’s crowns, two men’s and one combined accomplishments extend into the classrooms across 12 Conference with a College Football Playoff semifinalist for (skiing - UTAH). Seven members claimed at least one NCAA the second time in three years. The Huskies won their first- campuses, and outside its traditional geographic footprint title and, of the six institutions in the country to have won into new corners around the world. ever Pac-12 Football Championship Game, defeating South multiples titles, three were from the Pac-12. Champion COLORADO, 41-10, at Levi’s® Stadium. USC had En route to becoming the first conference to win 500 NCAA STANFORD was one of just two schools in the nation to a dramatic 52-49 victory over Penn State in the Rose Bowl Championships, the Pac-12 led the nation in 2016-17 with 13 claim four championships. The Cardinal extended its streak giving the Pac-12 eight of the last 10 Rose Bowl victories in NCAA crowns. This haul adds to the an incredible 158 NCAA of winning an NCAA title to 41 years, holding up the national which it was pitted against the Big Ten. UTAH edged Indiana team titles since 1999-2000 and 300 since 1981-82, the championship trophy in men’s soccer, women’s swimming in the Foster Farms Bowl, 26-24. STANFORD got a big start of women’s sports sponsorship, an average of over nine and diving, women’s water polo, and women’s volleyball. The defensive stop on North Carolina’s attempt at a two-point per year. Even more impressive has been the breadth of the OREGON women made history completing the first-ever “Triple conversion with 0:25 remaining in the game and pulled out Pac-12’s success with championships coming in 29 different Crown,” winning women’s national titles in cross country and a 25-23 victory in the Hyundai Sun Bowl. After posting the men’s and women’s sports. The Pac-12 has led or tied the both indoor and outdoor track and field. USC also took home first 10-win season since 2001, Colorado made its first bowl nation in NCAA Championships in 51 of the last 57 years, a pair of championships winning women’s soccer and its appearance in nine seasons at the Alamo Bowl. WASHINGTON the only exceptions being in 1980-81, 1988-89, 1990-91 second-straight beach volleyball title. STATE participated in the third-lowest scoring game in Holiday and 1995-96 when the Conference finished second, and only Bowl history but fell, 17-12. twice finished third in 1998-99 and 2004-05. ARIZONA STATE won a record eighth NCAA women’s golf title, CALIFORNIA won its 14th men’s water polo national Four Pac-12 men’s basketball teams earned postseason For the 12th-consecutive year, the Pac-12 had the most championship, defeating the Trojans in overtime, while UTAH bids, including regular-season co-champions ARIZONA and or tied for the most NCAA titles of any conference in the won its first skiing crown since 2003, and WASHINGTON also OREGON. Pac-12 teams went 10-4 in the NCAA Tournament, country, winning at least six every year since 2000-01. No made history en route to claiming its fourth NCAA title in buoyed by the Ducks’ run to the NCAA Final Four, their first other conference has won double-digit NCAA crowns in a women’s rowing, the first program in the 21-year history of the since 1939. It also marked the fourth-consecutive year a league single year, the Pac-12 doing so nine times, including a NCAA Rowing Championship to sweep all three grand finals. team has advanced to the Elite Eight, the only conference in record 14 in 1996-97. the country to accomplish the feat. Joining the Wildcats and In addition to the 13 national championships, the Pac-12 also the Ducks in the Big Dance were UCLA and USC. CALIFORNIA, Spanning over a century of outstanding athletics achievements, had runners-up in nine NCAA Championship events: men’s COLORADO and UTAH participated in the postseason in the The Pac-12 has claimed 501 NCAA Championships (297 cross country (STANFORD), men’s water polo (USC), skiing NIT. For the first time in the Conference’s 101-season history, men’s, 174 women’s, 30 combined), nearly 200 more than (COLORADO), men’s swimming and diving (CALIFORNIA), three teams had at least 30 wins, and had four 25-win teams the next league. It was also the first to win 400 championships women’s swimming and diving (CALIFORNIA), men’s golf for just the second time ever. Three teams finished ranked then surpassed 450 when Colorado and Utah joined the (OREGON), rowing (CALIFORNIA), women’s tennis (STANFORD) in the top 10 in the Associated Press and USA Today/ESPN league in 2010-11. and women’s water polo (UCLA). Overall, the Conference had Coaches Poll, the Ducks earning a No. 3 final ranking and Pac-12 members have won 297 NCAA team championships 38 teams finish in the top four at 24 NCAA Championship the Wildcats a No. 4 rating by the coaches. The Bruins were on the men’s side, 81 more than the next-closest conference. events, including at least three teams in the top four in women’s ninth in that poll. golf, and men’s and women’s water polo. Men’s NCAA crowns have come at a phenomenal rate for the Pac-12 women’s basketball continued to reestablish itself Pac-12 - 16 basketball titles by six schools, 54 tennis titles, 47 Participation in the postseason was a common occurrence for as a premier league in the sport. After sending two teams outdoor track & field crowns, and 28 baseball titles. Pac-12 the Pac-12 in 2016-17. Of the 23 sports sponsored by the to the Women’s Final Four in 2016 for the first time ever, members have won 25 of 47 NCAA titles in volleyball, 43 of Conference, 21 witnessed at least half its teams participating it set the stage for another record-breaking season which 48 in water polo, 30 in skiing, and 24 in swimming & diving in NCAA or other postseason action. The men sent 64 of a saw a record seven teams earn NCAA Tournament berths national championships. Individually, the Conference has produced an impressive number of NCAA individual champions. Over 2,000 (2,292) individual crowns have been won by Pac-12 student-athletes over the years with 1,358 by male student-athletes. Student- athletes have also captured 185 individual titles at combined championships (ie., skiing and fencing). On the women’s side, the story is much the same. Since the NCAA began conducting women’s championships 36 years ago, Pac-12 members have claimed at least four national titles in a single season on 26 occasions, including a current streak of 17-consecutive years, dating back to 2000. Overall, the Pac-12 has captured 174 NCAA women’s titles, easily outdistancing the SEC, which is second with 100. Pac-12 members have dominated a number of sports, winning 23 softball titles, 23 tennis crowns, 15 volleyball titles, 18 of the last 28 trophies in golf, and 15 in swimming & diving. Pac-12 women student-athletes shine nationally on an individual basis, as well, having captured an unmatched 749 NCAA individual crowns, an average of over 20 championships per season, including 30 in 2016-17. The Pac-12’s excellence is further proven in the annual Division I Learfield Sports Directors’ Cup competition, the prestigious award that honors the best overall collegiate athletics programs in the country. STANFORD won an unprecedented 23rd- consecutive Directors’ Cup in 2016-17 to lead the Conference. Five Pac-12 member institutions ranked among the top-15 Division I programs, and a remarkable six institutions were in the top 20: No. 1 STANFORD, No. 3 USC, No. 8 OREGON, No. 9 UCLA, No. 12 CALIFORNIA and No. 20 WASHINGTON. At least five member institutions have been ranked in the top 20 in all but one year of the Director’s Cup program, with seven appearing in the top 20 on five different occasions Gabby Andrews greets a competitor following a doubles match at the 2017 Pac-12 Championships in Ojai, Calif.