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THE INSIDER’S VIEW WELCOME FROM THE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR

ne look at the cover of this issue will tell you it’s something special. is is the  rst of our four Centennial-themed Bruin Blue covers, and the subject was an easy choice. In the past 100 years of UCLA Athletics, we have had no shortage of Bruin icons; there are literally dozens of cover-worthy people whom it would have made sense to feature. But, when it comes down to it, the face most synonymous with UCLA Athletics over the past century Ois Coach Wooden. at’s obviously due, in large part, to his legacy of success on the court, but it’s also due to his lasting impact, including many of the values that guide us every day as a department and as a University. You’ll learn more about that impact in this issue’s cover story.

As most of you know, we are in the midst of UCLA’s Centennial Celebration, paying tribute to the many milestones, advancements and breakthroughs of the University’s  rst 100 years, and looking ahead to how, collectively, will continue DAN GUERRERO lighting the way in Westwood, Los Angeles, across the country and around the world, for the next 100 years. e University o cially launched the year-long celebration in May with a full day of events that culminated in a spectacular projection show on the façade of our iconic Royce Hall.

Athletics has begun looking back on the first 100 years of Bruin sports via the unveiling of our 100 Top Moments in UCLA Athletics history, highlighted on our social media channels and the website. Keep an eye out as we continue to reveal the remaining moments throughout the academic year. As we move into the 2019-20 season, our programs will celebrate the Centennial in various ways, including a dedicated Centennial Celebration at one home competition per sport, and alternate Centennial uniform options for many of our sports, thanks to our partners at Under Armour.

In re ecting on UCLA’s impact over the past 100 years, I can’t help but think about how UCLA has been part of my own life for 50 years. When I was a boy growing up in Wilmington, in the heart of the Los Angeles Harbor, I became a fan by listening to my father tell me about the greatness of Jackie Robinson, both as a baseball player and as a person. I remember him telling me that because Jackie was a Bruin he always believed that UCLA was a school “for the people,” and that someone that looked like me, a minority, would be welcome at this university. Jackie made me want to be a Bruin, and going to UCLA was an incentive for me to do well in school and in sports. Getting the opportunity to play baseball for UCLA at Sawtelle Field — now Jackie Robinson Stadium — was the  rst time I realized a dream.

Now, as an athletic administrator, I may have a di erent de nition of success than some of my counterparts because of the perspective UCLA has given me. is university is unique in that success here is measured in many ways, beyond the number of championships won. Fueled by a spirit of innovation and inclusion, UCLA seeks excellence in every endeavor, from academic and athletic achievement to community service, equity and diversity. Success is excellence in any of these, in all of these. Success is making the world a better place and having an impact beyond the  eld or court of competition. is is the University that embraced barrier breakers like Arthur Ashe, Jackie Robinson and Ann Meyers Drysdale, just to name a few.

As the athletic director at UCLA, one of the greatest perks I could ever receive was never written in my contract. It was the privilege, for the  rst eight years of my tenure here, of regularly spending time with Coach Wooden. Over breakfast or lunch, at his home or at games or meets in Pauley, I would seek his counsel and try to absorb his wisdom. We never talked about basketball — ever. Sometimes, we talked about baseball, but most of the time, our conversations were centered on family and life. I found solace with him, and I would often ask his advice on a variety of topics. He never gave it to me — never told me what to do — but I always walked away with the answer I sought, simply based on the questions he asked. He had an uncanny ability to deliver in that way. It’s a unique skill that very few people possess, and I’m so grateful that I was able to experience it and to build a relationship with him.

UCLA shaped my life. It saved my life. It caused me to have a better life. ere’s no adequate way to articulate what it means to me, and I know there are countless others who feel the same way. For that, we celebrate 100 years of pioneering, persevering and optimism, and we look toward the next century with expectations  tting of UCLA.

Go Bruins!

Dan

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LAYOUT & DESIGN: LEARFIELD IMG COLLEGE 4 8 12 KRISTY MARQUES, SARAH JANE SNOWDEN, JASON CRISLER, RICHARD GROVES, UCLA ATHLETICS IN PHOTOS COURTNEY BIRNBAUM, KIMBERLY SANDERS, Featuring the U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team and RYAN ALVES, CASEY CASTLE their victory in the World Cup Final, UCLA’s softball team’s 13th NCAA title, and UCLA football players ADVERTISING: 16 during Pac-12 Football Media Day. LEARFIELD IMG COLLEGE DAMON DUKAKIS THE WOODEN EFFECT (310) 825-0328 34 Nearly 10 years since his passing, John Wooden’s [email protected] impact at UCLA is as strong as ever. MARK YOUR CALENDAR Find out what UCLA upcoming events are happening this fall.

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FIVE QUESTIONS 22 WITH RACHEL GARCIA THE TRUST A Q&A with the winner of FACTOR the 2019 Collegiate Woman For UCLA’s trio of new Bruin Olympic Athlete of the Year Award and sports coaches, building relationships the prestigious Honda Cup. with their student-athletes is paramount.

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WORLD BEATERS The U.S. WOMEN’S NATIONAL SOCCER TEAM celebrates after capturing its second-straight FIFA Women’s World Cup on July 7. The Americans downed the Netherlands, 2-0 before a sold-out crowd of 57,900 spectators in Franceís Stade de Lyon. Former UCLA players Abby Dahlkemper (bottom left) and Sam Mewis (back row middle) started the game for Team USA, while Bruin Mal Pugh (front row, third from left) came off the bench in the victory. (Photo: Robert Cianflone/Getty Images)

INSET LEFT: Former UCLA head coach and current U.S. Women’s National Team head coach JILLIAN ELLIS celebrates after leading her team to victory in the World Cup Final. Ellis, who served as the Bruins’ coach from 1999-2010, led UCLA to eight straight NCAA Final Four appearances during her tenure in Westwood (Photo: Elsa/Getty Images).

INSET RIGHT: SAM MEWIS (left) and ABBY DAHLKEMER (right) embrace after Team USA’s 2-0 victory over the Netherlands. (Photo: Elsa/Getty Images)

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CALM BEFORE THE STORM With the season a little over a month away, UCLA running back Joshua Kelley (second from right) and linebacker Krys Barnes (far right) join Pac-12 talent Mike Yam (far left) and Yogi Roth (second from left) on set during PAC-12 FOOTBALL MEDIA DAY in Hollywood on July 24. (Photo: Jesus Ramirez)

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THE WOODEN EFFECT

Nearly 10 years since his passing, John Wooden’s impact at UCLA is as strong as ever.

he legacy doesn’t just live; it ickers like a bright, blue-and-gold ame that can never be snu ed out. On this, the occasion of UCLA’s Centennial, nobody embodies what this university is all about more than the late John Wooden, who is not only the greatest coach in college Tbasketball history, but also one of the greatest teachers this country has ever seen.  e remarkable qualities of the man — his warmth and kindness, his grace and dignity, his steely will and unquestioned wisdom — ow through the halls and corridors of this university as much as the thousands of eager students, accomplished professors and dedicated employees who ock here from all parts of the world. Reminders of Coach Wooden can be found everywhere you look on campus.  e physical landmarks are obvious, such as the iconic statue that welcomes visitors to Pauley Pavilion or the John Wooden Center, which houses UCLA Recreation. But a closer look will reveal that his in uence on this great university, and those entrusted with its success, runs deep. “John Wooden’s values still inspire our campus community every day,” UCLA Chancellor Gene D. Block has said.  e lucky ones are those who were there when he was still around, usually just a phone call away. Associate Vice Chancellor Mick Deluca, who heads up the John Wooden Center, is one of those people. “When I  rst met him, I had these bigger-than-life images,” says Deluca. “But I’ve never met a nicer, more down to earth person. It’s pretty remarkable. I think he has had an in uence on everyone who has touched the UCLA campus.” In Deluca’s o ce hangs a plaque that was made following Wooden’s death in 2010.  e plaque contains a quote from Wooden in 1978,  ve years before the John Wooden Center opened, that reads, “ e only building that will bear my name is a building open to all students and the campus community, not just a select group.” Like Deluca, Athletic Director Dan Guerrero cherished his relationship with Coach. “I would go to him for words of wisdom,” remembers Guerrero. “I didn’t go for secrets of the universe. It was more about perspective and clarity. One of the joys of my job was the opportunity to get to know him better.” Valorie Kondos Field, UCLA’s women’s gymnastics coach who recently retired after a glittering 37-year career, speaks fondly of Coach Wooden and makes no secret of how he played a part in her success. “I  rst met Coach Wooden after we won our  rst National Championship, and he had an amazing e ect on me,” Kondos Field said. “He taught me to always be the same, no matter what happens. Always be gracious and balanced and try not to get too high or too low. And the longer I knew him, the more I realized he lived what he preached.” 17 BRUIN BLUE FALL 2019 THE WOODEN EFFECT

NEARLY 10 YEARS SINCE HIS PASSING, JOHN WOODEN’S IMPACT AT UCLA IS AS STRONG AS EVER.

As impressive as Wooden the man sounds, it would be preposterous to try to sum him up without writing about Wooden the coach. Part of what made Wooden so extraordinary is that he bridged several generational gaps. He went from the time of the no-center jump to the era of the non-stop dunks. He evolved from shooting at an iron basketball hoop on a tiny, deserted farm in Indiana to coaching in gleaming domed basketball palaces in major metropolitan cities. He played with Stretch Murphy and coached Lew Alcindor. He listened to “Piggie” Lambert and lectured to Bill Walton. He matched wits with Pete Newell and Dean Smith and competed against Adolph Rupp and Jerry Tarkanian. Few people who know about him today realize that those who saw him back in his playing days at Purdue would later refer to him as “the Michael Jordan of his time.” Yes, he was THAT good. What he did best, of course, was teach. He won his fi rst national championship with a withering zone- press defense and no starter taller than 6-foot-5. He won with great big men like Alcindor (now Kareem Abdul-Jabbar) and Walton, with two great forwards named Sidney Wicks and Curtis Rowe and, in his fi nal, and perhaps most memorable season in 1975, he won without anyone approaching superstar status. What distinguished all those teams, in addition to their obvious talent, was their unquestioned ability to play together. Any UCLA basketball afi cionado can tell you that Wooden’s Bruins won 10 NCAA titles in an extraordinary 12-year run, including a stunning seven in a row at one point. His teams once captured 88 consecutive games and, even more astounding, 38 straight in the NCAA tournament. “Now it’s unthinkable to win back-to-back national titles,” said Kansas Head Coach Bill Self. “And we’re talking 10 of 12. It’s never going to happen again. High school sweethearts from their days in Martinsville, Indiana, COACH WOODEN and his Nobody is even going to sniff that. When you watch wife, NELLIE, were married shortly after his graduation from Purdue in 1932 and were together tapes, it is amazing how he gets all those great players 53 years until her passing in 1985. to play unselfi shly.” Talk to any of his former players, and they’ll speak Above all else, Wooden was a dedicated family man. He married his about Wooden’s strength and gentleness, the same traits he used to rave high school sweetheart, Nellie, and the two of them were inseparable until about in his father.  ey’ll also talk about the magical atmosphere that he her death in 1985. A man of great faith, he nonetheless fell into a brief always seemed to create. In his later years, you’d see it with kids at a clinic, depression at that point, but the birth of his fi rst great-grandchild, Cori, where they would squat down in front of him, wide-eyed and engrossed, helped him realize “when one door closes another always opens,” as he liked even when they didn’t even realize how famous he was. to say. He doted on his children and grandchildren so much that once, “ ere is a quality, kind of like an aura, about him that is really, really when presented a chance to go back to his beloved Midwest to coach at strong,” said Jamaal Wilkes, known as Keith during his All-American days Indiana University, he turned down the off er. He couldn’t bear to be that far with the Walton Gang. “I don’t know what to call it, but it is special. I away from his loved ones. know for me, I love my dad. He’s a great man. But I could always go to

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COACH WOODEN addresses the crowd at Pauley Pavilion on December 20, 2003 prior to the Bruins’ game against Michigan State. That day marked the dedication of Nell and John Wooden Court. (Photo: ASUCLA Photography)

Coach Wooden for a more honest, detached perspective. When you went after one of UCLA’s most respected leaders. to Coach, you didn’t even have to say you have a problem. You could just Says Coy, “ e Wooden Academy is unique to UCLA because we are the say ‘What if?’ And he’d understand. He wouldn’t press you for the details. recipients and caretakers of Coach Wooden’s legacy, the Pyramid of Success. He would just listen and try to help you solve it.” It is a special part of what it means to be a Bruin. Coach Wooden took Swen Nater, a back-up center in the Walton Era who probably would great satisfaction working with and teaching others.  rough the legacy of have started at any other school in America, was another who grew close to his teachings, we get to educate a whole new generation of Bruins who will Wooden after his playing days were over. He even wrote poetry, much of it take what they’ve learned from the Wooden Academy and apply it to their dedicated to the man he came to love so many years later. Perhaps his best future successes.” was a poem entitled “Beyond the Basketball.” Its nal stanza reads: Wooden’s impact does not stop with the Athletic Department. Recently UCLA’s Anderson School of Management has worked Coach Wooden’s “The Teacher loved me, so he coached teachings into its curriculum. Beginning with the 2020 class, the school Beyond gymnasium wall kicked o its Leadership Development Program with a two-unit course I thank my God, the Teacher taught centered on Wooden’s leadership principles that are re ected in the Pyramid Beyond the basketball.” of Success. In addition, Anderson honors an exceptional leader each year with the John Wooden Global Leadership Award for exemplary leadership Few men have a ected so many for so long and still remain relevant and service to the community. even today. Like the statue at the entrance of Pauley Pavilion, John Wooden’s UCLA’s current student-athletes are reaping the bene ts as well.  e in uence will remain on this campus forever. Wooden Academy, a development program designed to educate and support Bruin student-athletes throughout their career at UCLA, was implemented Steve Bishe has covered the Southern California sports scene for more than in 2006. Headed by Director of Student-Athlete Development, Ric Coy, the  fty years. He covered Coach Wooden as a sportswriter for the Los Angeles program’s mission is to create a strong network of future Bruin leaders and Herald-Examiner and the San Diego Tribune, and spent twenty-four years provide them with the needed skill set to be successful in all their endeavors. as an award-winning columnist with the Orange County Register. He is the Given the goal of the program, and its focus on teaching the building blocks author of seven books, including the critically-acclaimed John Wooden: An of Wooden’s famed Pyramid of Success, it seemed appropriate to name it American Treasure (Turner Publishing). 19

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FOR UCLA’S TRIO OF NEW BRUIN OLYMPIC SPORTS COACHES, BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS WITH THEIR PLAYERS IS PARAMOUNT.

by JON GOLD

CLA women’s swimming and diving head coach Jordan Wolfrum stepped into her empty new offi ce in the J.D. Morgan Center in early July, ready to leave her mark, ready to make the program — if not the offi ce — her own. U By the middle of the month, still living in a nearby hotel, she barely had time to breathe, much less interior decorate.  ere was one item waiting for her, at least. When she walked into her offi ce for the fi rst time, she found a greeting card left by Cyndi Gallagher, the coach whom she replaced, a legend in their sport. “To a smart, strong, unstoppable woman,” the card reads, “Go forth and run the world.” “ at was my permission to go and run with it,” Wolfrum said, “and to accept the responsibility that this is.” It is a big one, taking the reins from Gallagher, who spent more than three decades as UCLA head coach, producing more than 90 All-Americans. For Wolfrum and the two other newest Bruin Olympic sports coaches — gymnastics coach Chris Waller and men’s soccer coach Ryan Jorden — the weight of expectation and legacy is on their shoulders. Right now, weeks or months into the job, there is only one thing more important than the four letters adorning their shirts. Five letters now rule the day.

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HEAD COACH CHRIS WALLER Women’s Gymnastics

T-R-U-S-T. How do you build it? What are the rst steps? Of the three, Waller had the easiest job. And, perhaps, the hardest. On the one hand, he is certainly the most familiar with UCLA. A Bruins legend who won either a U.S. or NCAA men’s gymnastics title each year from 1989-93, Waller would become one of the great gymnasts in Team USA history, with a berth on the 1992 Olympic team and the 1991 U.S. all-around title. He also spent the last 18 years as an assistant coach at his alma mater, the last seven as associate head coach. On the other hand, he inherits the two-time defending Pac- 12 Champions from Valorie Kondos Field, not only a legendary coach but a formative gure in gymnastics history, worthy of a feting last season that ranks among dignitaries and heads of state. “Day 1 taking over from a coaching legend can be daunting,” Waller said. “I’ve been excited about the possibility of taking over the program for many years, so to nally have it come to fruition was beyond thrilling. But the rst thing I needed to do was build trust within the program.” Waller sat down with each current UCLA gymnast, he said, and more than anything, he asked a lot of questions and listened. He wanted “to get a real pulse” of the program.  ese athletes know Waller.  ey trust him, or, at least, the former version of him. But moving into a bigger o ce is more than just having the ultimate say. Waller had been in charge of so much of the Bruins’ tness and strength, but Miss Val is a stylistic legend, a dance artist and choreographer with the skill and touch to combine that strength with grace. How will Waller lead?  at was an important question for him to answer. “My leadership style and my coaching style is very di erent from Val’s,” he said. “When a new coach comes in, and the old coach’s program is so respected, even if they know you, they still want to know, ‘what direction is this going?’  ey think they might know, but there is an important level of comfort you have to build. Ultimately it’s about being heard.” Waller used a bit of sage advice from Kondos Field, who’d received it from a trusted source. “I’ve been a part of this with Val for so long, but I’m not Miss Val,” he said. “As Coach Wooden told Val a long time ago, ‘You’d CHRIS WALLER is no stranger to UCLA gymnastics, having served as an assistant be a very poor John Wooden, but a great Miss Val.’ Well, I’d be under legendary head coach Valorie Kondos Field for the past 17 seasons. (Photo: a terrible Miss Val, but hopefully I can be a great Chris Waller.” Don Liebig) 23 BRUIN BLUE FALL 2019

HEAD COACH RYAN JORDEN Men’s Soccer

If step one is building trust, steps two through roughly 282 unfold over the next week. Recruiting, meetings, fi nding a place to live, scheduling, meetings, fi nding a place to get your morning coff ee, meetings. Jorden, who inherited the men’s soccer program from Jorge Salcedo at the beginning of May, called the process “onboarding.” “A lot of what we’re doing is compressed work; a lot of things you normally do over a few months happen in a short period of time,” Jorden said. “Some of the big things were just getting the pieces out on the table, everything that needed to be addressed. Once those are in place, you can start attacking and prioritizing the necessities, to go after where you think you can make a diff erence.” Jorden, the 11th coach in UCLA men’s soccer history, comes to Westwood from Stockton, California, where he restarted a dormant University of Pacifi c program and helped lead the Tigers to the second round of the NCAA tournament in each of the last three seasons. Before Jorden, Pacifi c hadn’t fi elded a varsity men’s soccer team in 28 years.  ree years later, he was West Coast Conference Coach of the Year. So he knows how to accomplish things in a hurry, and with a few months under his belt and a month to work with the team before the summer, Jorden is starting to settle in. “I feel real comfortable on campus, with the guys on the team,” he said. “We had four weeks to spend time with the players and start to paint the picture we want them to see. Players are sometimes excited by change, and by new opportunity, to start to develop and work on a new project. It’s fun to partner with them in that and give leadership to that project, to fi nd out what their qualities are, what is their part of the puzzle.” Jorden might not be ready to put together the puzzle quite yet, but the pieces are on the table. Some of the corners are coming together, if not the corner kicks. Jorden has watched ample fi lm and has some familiarity with the Bruins’ strengths, and he said the next step is building “a road map in your mind, how you go about assembling what you want to be a successful group.”  at, Jorden said, is the best part of the job. “Team culture is the fun part to build,” he said. “You get to take a collection of individuals who all have a common goal and diff erent personalities, and put it together to achieve a common aim. When you’re working on developing that culture, the relationship becomes an important component.  e honesty and sincerity is critical. As you start to implement the ideas you have, the student-athletes are very RYAN JORDEN, the 11th coach in UCLA men’s soccer history, comes to West- sharp in understanding authenticity.  at’s something they crave and wood from Stockton, California, where he restarted a dormant University of Pa- want to be part of.” cific program. (Photo: courtesy of University of Pacific)

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in long hours and was still living in “a very lovely hotel.” She has started to sni out some of the local creature comforts. ere is a Starbucks “a mile from my very lovely hotel,” and get this: She’s able to get there without Waze. She even discovered the local Target, just a quick walk from her o ce. “It’s been a big week,” she said. While she said it was heartbreaking to arrive on campus when most of her athletes are gone for summer, she added that it may be a blessing in disguise. “It’s letting me get my feet on the ground and get things sort of settled,” she said. “When we all are on campus, I feel con dent I’ll be able to be in a HEAD COACH place to hit the ground running. I’m excited about that. But it doesn’t make JORDAN WOLFRUM this time any less crunchy. is isn’t the glamorous part of coaching. is is Women’s Swimming & Diving the building blocks of what we have to do to take good care of somebody else’s kid.” More so than even the responsibility to win, especially on an ultra- Wolfrum did not arrive in Westwood until July 8, but she’d already been competitive campus such as UCLA, Wolfrum values that role. on the job for a week. “ e trust piece is big, and it’s hard to start when you’re not in front of “ e  rst thing I did, pretty much as soon as it was announced, was get in them,” she said. “It kind of broke my heart I wouldn’t be immediately in touch with all of the current athletes and incoming athletes,” Wolfrum said. front of the team. Reaching out, especially individually, was an important “I went through every single person I had contact info for, and introduced step to calm nerves. As a coach, that makes you feel normal, like you’re myself and shared my enthusiasm.” doing your job. e part that anchors me, the part I love about coaching, From one conversation it became evident: ere is a lot of enthusiasm. is not purchase orders and housing assignments. It’s the human interaction, And there should be. Wolfrum, 32, is coming o a  ve-year stint it’s the relationships.” as an assistant coach at Ohio State, with just one year of head coaching In a word, it is trust, and for these new UCLA coaches, that is more than just experience, at Div. III College of St. Benedict in St. Joseph’s, Minnesota, in a  ve-letter word. 2012. She sounds a bit surprised that she got the gig in the  rst place, especially considering it is her dream gig. “It’s been kind of my stated dream job for a long time,” she said. “I didn’t think it would come open this quickly, and I didn’t know I’d be the one to get the shot. I got a text that Cyndi was retiring and at that moment, I said, “Well, OK, you always said you were gonna do it. You’ve gotta go for it.” During the interview process, UCLA athletic director Dan Guerrero said Wolfrum “impressed us with her vision for where she believes she can take the program and her enthusiasm about the opportunity to join the Bruin Family. I know the future of the program is bright with Jordan at the helm.” He also added that Wolfrum — who helped lead the Buckeyes to top-25  nishes in four of her  ve seasons, with third-place  nishes in the competitive Big Ten Championships the last two seasons — “comes from an athletic department with an excellent, winning culture,” and added “she’s no stranger to high athletic expectations.” “ is is a big (job),” Wolfrum said. “I don’t want to say I have no idea why they hired me — I feel like I put my best foot forward — but I also get the sense they took a chance on me, that they trusted my word when I said I was a culture-focused, process-focused coach, and that I am willing to learn and stick to it and use the resources around here. I do however feel particularly honored and very proud — but also feel the pressure. I was an assistant coach and this is a big step, and they are trusting the vision I have for the program and my character to back it up. I don’t take that lightly.” New swimming & diving head coach JORDAN WOLFRAM is coming off a five-year stint as an at is one reason that, as of mid-July, she was putting assistant coach at Ohio State. (Photo: Walt Middleton) 25 BRUIN BLUE FALL 2019

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STANDING TALL Above all, he needed a break. “ ree full years of cumulative racing, training, 100 miles a week, it’s mentally taxing,” he said. “A lot of runners you see later in college lose that UCLA’s Robert Brandt has blossomed into one competitive edge because it’s just a lot of training. It was huge for me to of the nation’s best distance runners. mentally get back in the game.” Ten miles in the morning,  ve in the afternoon, every day, rinse, repeat. Forget his bones — his brain needed a cold tub. e redshirt year let Brandt “reset and focus” on other aspects of his life. He was able, he said, “to take by JON GOLD a long-term view, to put things into perspective.” He went out more, made friends. From meets to meeting people. Facing the toughest lap of a grueling long-distance race, UCLA senior Mostly, it allowed him to rest, and that rest was a big reason he came back Robert Brandt does not have to dig very far for motivation. for the 2019 track season so primed. ere was a time when there just wasn’t that far to dig. After an impressive debut for the Bruins — in 2017-18, he paced the Back then, his freshman year at nearby Loyola High School, he was cross-country team in three of four meets in the fall, then posted top- known as Little Guy, and for good reason: He entered high school all of 10 marks in UCLA history in the 5000m and 10K, earning All-America 5-foot-1, 90 pounds. When he visits the Cubs track team now, some who honors in the 10K with an eighth-place  nish in the NCAA Outdoor remember him from then can barely believe their eyes. Who is this 6-1, 155 Championships — he really  ew up the record books last year. specimen standing before them? He established new UCLA standards in the indoor 3000m (7:50.27) and It was a transformation that turned Brandt from an unrecruitable pip 5000m (13:40.82) categories, winning the MPSF Indoor Championships squeak into a dominating high school senior then into a Cal Bear and a and earning two  rst-team All-America honors. He then  nished seventh UCLA Bruin and, ultimately, into the best Bruins’ long-distance runner in nationally in the outdoor championships, becoming the Bruins’  rst point- two decades. scorer since Meb Ke ezighi in 1998. It was a transformation that sticks with him, even as he races. “I’m super focused when I’m in season”, said Brandt. “Other seasons, I’d “Going into high school that small, I always kind of had a chip on burned out and not really made it to the championship races. (Redshirting), my shoulder,” he said. “Late sophomore year, I still wasn’t big; I almost I took focus away from it, which was so good for me. One change I did went backward and really struggled. I think I just began to almost give up on myself. When am I gonna grow? I’m the same size; I’m not improving. I kind of knew, eventually, I was going to grow. Even until now, it still feels like I’m the small runner walking into Loyola at 5-1, 90 pounds. I have that in the back of my mind.” Even when he’s at the front of the pack. ◊◊◊ Brandt heads into his senior season rejuvenated and renewed. Last season, the three-sport athlete — cross- country, indoor track, outdoor track — sat out the cross-country season. On the verge of burnout, he needed to press pause. He’d already redshirted during a previous track season to recuperate from injury while at Cal, so he planned to miss the last cross-country season to realign his eligibility for one  nal full season in 2019-20.

Right: Prior to redshirting in 2018, ROBERT BRANDT was the Bruins’ top finisher at the 2017 NCAA Championships in the 10K. posting a time of 30:34.36. (Photo: Ricky Bassman)

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UCLA’S ROBERT BRANDT HAS BLOSSOMED INTO ONE OF THE NATION’S BEST DISTANCE RUNNERS. make was to my diet; I’d never focused on it before, and for the spring and winter, I focused on quality nutrients, working with nutritionists. If anything, though, it allowed me to take a break.” Now he returns for his fi nal cross-country season ready to fl y. ◊◊◊ Brandt’s coach, Devin Elizondo, knows a thing or two about elite running. In San Diego in the early-to-mid-1990s, there were two long- distance runners of note: San Diego High’s Kefl ezighi — who would later become the only person to win the Boston Marathon, the New York City Marathon, and an Olympic Medal — and Mission Bay High’s Elizondo. After tremendous high school battles, the two decided to team up at UCLA, where they helped lead the Bruins to three Pac-10 championships. Nearly two decades after graduating UCLA with a degree in history, Elizondo returned to Westwood in 2017 as an assistant track and cross- country coach, charged with leading the Bruins’ long-distance runners. “Robert is one second a lap away from our 5K and 10K records, and when you talk about the only guy in 30 years to win a 10K title on the track, bordering on school records set by one of the most prolifi c American distance runners we have — Robert is in some rarifi ed air,” Elizondo said. For Elizondo, the fact that Brandt is even a Bruin is something to behold. Elizondo — a mentee of Loyola’s long-time track coach Lalo Diaz, a local legend in the sport — remembers watching the Cubs during Brandt’s high school tenure. Loyola always produces top prospects; for a long time, Brandt was not one of them. “I would see him, but he wouldn’t be overwhelming,” Elizondo said. “ ere were better teammates and he was the third man on a pretty good team as a sophomore and a junior.” But… “You could see the growth in him,” Elizondo said. “His sophomore and junior marks were good but, not like fi ve-time All-American good. I’ll say he was 9:12 in the 2-mile and 4:18 in the mile as a junior. You’d do well in the county, but it won’t get you to state fi nals. Senior year he was down to 4:08 in the mile and 8:51 in the two, and that correlates with his growth spurt.” It’s more than Brandt’s initial small stature that makes it a surprise he landed in Westwood. He started in Berkeley, after all. He probably would’ve have fi nished there, too. Despite transitioning from a quiet, Catholic private school two miles from Staples Center to Berkeley, Brandt enjoyed his time on campus and formed lasting bonds with his teammates. But coming from the rigorous and structured Diaz, he wanted that in his college coaching staff , and wasn’t fi nding it. While competing for UCLA’s track & field team in 2019, ROBERT “I came from Loyola, a very tight-knit program, big and successful with a BRANDT earned first-team All-America honors in the 10K at the NCAA lot of structure and organization, and I was used to having a really close team Championships in Austin, Texas, recording a time of 29:26.34. (Photo: Kirby environment,” Brandt said. “I went to Cal and still have a great relationship Lee/Image of Sport) with coach (Tony) Sandoval, but it was a little more hands-off . For some that’s a great structure and they like to have a little space, but for me coming said. “He might not be the fi rst contributor in a conversation or the last, from coach Diaz, that environment was a little bit of a shock to me.” but throughout you’ll hear from him. Some of his confi dence has come So he came home, and landed with one of Diaz’s many protégés. from accolades. Most of us continue in this sport because we get that fi rst And with one fi nal season left to do damage the UCLA record books, shiny medal.” Brandt is not about to slow down. Brandt isn’t just motivated by medal. He’s motivated by proving “He has this humble quietness about him, a grinder mentality,” Elizondo people wrong.

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Redshirt junior Rachel Garcia was named the winner of the 2019 Collegiate Woman Athlete of the Year Award and the prestigious Honda Cup, as announced during a live television ceremony on June 24 at USC’s Galen Center. Bruin Blue caught up with Garcia to discuss the award, UCLA’s championship season and her plans for the future.

YOU JOINED SOME VERY IMPRESSIVE UCLA ATHLETES WHO HAVE WON THE HONDA CUP IN NOT ONLY FELLOW SOFTBALL PLAYERS LISA FERNANDEZ AND NATASHA WATLEY, BUT ALSO JACKIE JOYNER-KERSEE AND ANN MEYERS. WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO YOU TO BE A PART OF THIS OUTSTANDING GROUP? It is extremely humbling and such an honor to be named alongside such strong and accomplished Bruin female athletes. It’s hard for me to even believe that I have a place next to them. They are the very defi nition of what being a Bruin is…they are greatness. I will forever be grateful and proud of this accomplishment, and that I have represented my sport and UCLA the very best I could as a student-athlete.

WHAT DO YOU THINK WAS THE KEY TO THE 2019 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RUN? Our team played for each other. Everyone contributed in some way and that made it pretty special. It felt right going into this season and especially right once we landed in Oklahoma City. The team chemistry was so unbelievably strong. We all worked hard and never lost sight of the goal. There was a diff erent vibe happening all around us, and nothing was going to stop us from getting that national championship.

WHO HAS PLAYED THE BIGGEST ROLE IN YOUR SOFTBALL SUCCESS? My biggest role model has been (assistant coach) Lisa Fernandez. She has been someone who I have looked up to my whole life. I followed her career and now I have the honor to play and learn from her. It just doesn’t get any better than that. She has a passion for the sport unlike anyone I know.

YOU HAVE ACCOMPLISHED SO MUCH IN YOUR CAREER ON THE INDIVIDUAL AND TEAM LEVELS. WHAT MOTIVATES YOU TO KEEP IMPROVING? Every day is a new challenge. There is always something to improve upon, something that is changing in the game, and I have to make sure I am prepared. Each season the opponents get to know me more, and I have to make sure that I keep them off balance. Whether it’s learning a new pitch, changing a grip, doing extra hitting and extra workouts, you can bet I will succeed at meeting those challenges head on.

WHERE IS RACHEL GARCIA IN 10 YEARS? Rachel Garcia will hopefully still be involved in the game somehow, be it playing, coaching and defi nitely being an advocate in our sport. I want to help continue to be a voice and grow the sport of softball. I see me working with our youth and community because this sport has given me so much; it’s only right for me to give back in any way that I can.

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 e UCLA men’s soccer team welcomes the defending NCAA Champion Maryland Terrapins for an early season encounter on Sept. 6 at Annenberg Stadium.  e two teams actually met last season in College Park, Maryland, with the Bruins taking a 1-0 MEN’S WATER POLO VS. USC victory thanks to a Mohammed Kamara header in the 52nd minute.  e 2019 season marks the Winners of the last two NCAA men’s water polo titles, UCLA (2017) and USC (2018) will NOV. inaugural season for head coach Ryan Jorden, take to the pool on Nov. 9, with UCLA’s Spieker Aquatics Center playing host to this year’s 9 who spent the last six seasons as head coach at the rivalry.  e Bruins return its two leading scorers from a year ago in junior All-Americans University of Pacifi c. Quinten Osborne and Nicolas Saveljic. UCLA TIME: 7 P.M. will also be well protected in goal, as All- TICKET INFO: $10 ADULTS, $5 YOUTH American Alex Wolf, a starter in 20 of the Bruins’

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BRUIN BLUE FALL 2019 UCLA ON THE MOVE

FROM THE COLISEUM TO THE ROSE BOWL

by EMILY LERNER

n some ways, it was as it had always been for the past 52 years. It was June 1982, school was ending, summer vacations were being planned I and taken, and come July UCLA would again start gearing up for the football season with the home opener coming in September. e 1982 season’s schedule was already on the books and typed — on a typewriter — and looked something like this:

Saturday, September 11 vs. Long Beach State at the Los Angeles Coliseum at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, October 9 vs. Arizona at the Los Angeles Coliseum at 1:30 p.m.

And so on. But then a cavalcade of factors and occurrences that no one could have predicted converged to change the course of UCLA Football forever. In what would be a wild seven weeks, UCLA Football’s “gutty little Bruins” fi nally got their own home. And that new home was in none other than one of the most prestigious stadiums in the country: the Rose Bowl in Pasadena. At the time, the Rose Bowl was used for one big, nationally-televised game every January 1 for “ e Granddaddy of em All,” the Rose Bowl Game. e stadium held a smattering of games on a much smaller scale; for example, every anksgiving, the Rose Bowl hosted the “Turkey Tussle,” the annual rivalry game between John Muir and Pasadena High Schools. But now, the Rose Bowl’s new tenant — UCLA — would be adding six more football games to the stadium’s schedule. e decision was approved by the University of California’s Board of Regents on July 16. A press conference to offi cially announce the move was held on July 23. e fi rst home game that year was September 11. Suddenly, there was a lot to be done, and there were fewer than seven weeks to accomplish it. How UCLA’s football program fi nally got its own home can’t be explained by pointing to any one specifi c thing. In actuality, it was the actions of two NFL teams that were the impetus for UCLA to begin serious talks with the City of Pasadena. At this point, both USC and UCLA had called the Coliseum their home The City of Pasadena welcomed UCLA to the ROSE BOWL on August 18, fi eld for 52 years. Sharing tenancy with USC and UCLA at the Coliseum 1982. were the NFL’s Los Angeles Rams. Always having been a generous co-tenant with UCLA and USC, the Rams had made the decision to move south to and other UCLA administrators were not happy that UCLA was quickly play their games in Anaheim. Beginning in 1980, the Rams’ home fi eld getting moved down in the “ranks” and not only would they not be the became Anaheim Stadium, leaving the Coliseum with only two tenants, secondary tenant, which was USC, but they would be third out of three on USC and UCLA. is left the Coliseum one tenant short and desperate the totem pole. When the Commission approved the Raiders’ move to the to fi nd another to make up the revenue that the loss of the Rams created. Coliseum, and it was discovered that members of the Commission had met So when Owner and General Manager of the Oakland Raiders, Al Davis, with the Raiders to discuss building them luxury boxes, with all revenue was looking to move his team out of Oakland, the Los Angeles Coliseum going to the Raiders, negotiations with UCLA went south. Commission was more than happy to entertain the notion of them coming But, there were internal and external forces at work that opposed UCLA’s to Los Angeles. e Raiders offi cially began negotiations with the Coliseum move from the Coliseum. Commission in July 1982. en Mayor of Los Angeles Tom Bradley, a proud UCLA alumnus who UCLA Chancellor Charles E. Young and USC President James H. also ran track for UCLA, adamantly opposed the move. He believed that Zumberge ironically found themselves allied in facing Al Davis, the Oakland UCLA was deserting the city of Los Angeles and that jobs and therefore Raiders, and the Coliseum Commission. During negotiations, and even revenue would be taken away from lower-income families. ere was with stiff opposition by both USC and UCLA, it started to become clear also internal opposition from University of California President David that the Raiders were going to be Los Angeles bound. Chancellor Young Saxon and UCLA’s Student Body President Bobby Grace. ey were not

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on board with the proposed move; Grace believed that there hadn’t been other viewpoints ran the gamut from jubilation to reservation to downright enough input by UCLA’s student body, and Saxon voiced concern over objection. Many of the concerns raised were about the bowl itself, namely, alienating fans and disregarding tradition. Others voiced opposition to the discomfort of the seating at the Rose Bowl, lack of restrooms, and the the move saying that it would negatively impact recruiting from south smog that wafts over Pasadena like a top hat. Although there wasn’t much Los Angeles. that could be done about the smog, fans and season ticket holders were Greg Turk, the UCLA Daily Bruin Sports Editor during that summer of promised restroom renovations and backs added to the bench seats between 1982, was not only kept closely in the loop regarding the potential move the goal lines. to the Rose Bowl, but was asked to meet with Chancellor Young and Elwin Even with these hurdles, the fact remained that Bruin fans were tired of “Sven” Svenson, then Vice Chancellor for Institutional Relations. playing in USC’s backyard and playing second  ddle to Trojan football. So “Both Sven and Chuck [Young] met with me to ask e Daily Bruin for most embraced the move to the Rose Bowl, as evidenced by the  rst game’s our support during the move,” said Turk. “We had a long tradition playing attendance being announced at 45,396. at the Coliseum, but people were excited because this would be OUR UCLA Athletics’ marketing e orts were a large part in making the stadium. I remember the headline we ran [in the Daily Bruin] when the transition exciting and upbeat. Headed by then Event Manager for UCLA move was announced: ‘ e University of California, Pasadena? For campus, Athletics, Glenn Toth, the Rose Bowl was touted as “UCLA’s very own of course not, but for football team, yes.’” stadium.” Concerted e orts were made to tap into fan bases from the San During one of the negotiation sessions between USC, the Raiders, Gabriel and San Fernando Valleys and their surrounding areas, and ads and UCLA, Chancellor Young asked Coliseum Commission Chairman went up everywhere. Mike Frankovich, also a UCLA alum, for permission to be heard, but “We really had no blueprint to follow,” recalled Toth. “I convinced [then Frankovich refused to allow him to speak. Chancellor Young and other UCLA Athletic Director] Bob Fischer to run a quarter page ad in the LA UCLA administrators were angry at how they were being treated, so Times sports section publicizing our move. He agreed, and in ten days the Young, during a now heated session, made his decision right then and coupon included in the paper had generated $24,000 in ticket sales.” there to start negotiations with the City of Pasadena to move UCLA It also didn’t hurt that UCLA had an incredibly talented team that year, as Football to the Rose Bowl. well as some of the greatest football coaches assembled, like Homer Smith, e City of Pasadena made o ers that proved di cult to turn down. Don Riley, and of course, Head Coach Terry Donahue. Tom Ramsey was Parking would be free, and tailgating space would be plentiful, two things the senior quarterback, and the roster included student-athletes like Matt the Coliseum did not o er. ey had already undertaken seismic renovation Stevens, Irv Eatman, Cormac Carney and Karl Morgan. of the bowl a few years earlier. ey o ered to rent the Rose Bowl to UCLA e Bruins had an incredible season, topping it o with a stunning, last- for 8% of the net receipts, whereas the Coliseum had always asked for 10%. second win over USC. e win helped send them to the Rose Bowl — the But the biggest draw to playing at the Rose Bowl was that Bruin fans were  rst time UCLA played in the Rose Bowl Game in seven years — and on tired of being in the shadow of USC and their football program. After the Jan. 1, 1983, they beat Michigan 24-14. In fact, Coach Donahue’s teams Board of Regents approved the measure, UCLA and the City of Pasadena represented the Pac-10 in the Rose Bowl Game three of their  rst four years signed a  ve-year lease. playing in the Rose Bowl in 1983, 1984 and 1986. With less than seven weeks to the  rst home game, UCLA kicked into With all the machinations that had to occur for UCLA to leave the high gear. Coliseum and make the Rose Bowl its home  eld, the happy end result was After announcing the move,  rst and foremost of the tasks at hand was that UCLA Football got its own home. UCLA began its tenancy with the bowl seating and ticketing. UCLA Football season tickets are mailed out Rose Bowl with winning seasons and winning bowl games. roughly four weeks prior to the  rst home game. e tickets were ready In August 1982, before the season began, Coach Donahue brought his to be printed as they had been for half a century, to read “Los Angeles team, who were met by approximately 1,000 cheering fans, to the Rose Coliseum.” Not only did that need to change to “Rose Bowl” but all of Bowl to look at it for the  rst time. the season tickets that were purchased in the Coliseum had to somehow “ e move from the Coliseum to the Rose Bowl in 1982 was the single be converted to the Rose Bowl seating plan. is posed problematic, as the most important decision in the history of UCLA Football,” recalls Donahue. actual bowl of the two stadiums di ered. is is where then Director of “It was the  rst time that UCLA had a true home  eld advantage. It was UCLA’s Central Ticket O ce, Dave Lowenstein, stepped in. great for the players, the coaches and the fans. We should all credit Chuck “After the press conference where the move to the Rose Bowl was Young for his leadership in making it happen.” announced, I called our printing company rep to let him know of the en Assistant to the Chancellor John Sandbrook, who played a large change,” said Lowenstein. “We basically had three weeks to come up with role in the Coliseum and Rose Bowl negotiations, looked back on what the Rose Bowl manifest and try our best to match it up with the Coliseum’s. seemed like an impossible task that somehow became possible. We all went to Pasadena to physically check every seat in the Rose Bowl to “Chuck Young had said more than once that it was the best decision he make sure the manifest was 100% accurate.” ever made with respect to UCLA Athletics,” said Sandbrook. “He believed A next step was getting Bruin fans to buy in to the new venue. Since no this because it established UCLA with its own stadium. All of the tailgating, one could predict how alumni and fans would react to the unprecedented pregame activities and family atmosphere that occur now would never have move, there were general feelings of cautious optimism from some, while been possible if UCLA had stayed at the Coliseum.” 39

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