University of California-Los Angeles Men's Basketball

(PDF) Mick Cronin enters his eighth season as UCLA’s head coach in 2026-27. Through 23 seasons as a collegiate head coach, he has led his teams to an overall record of 527-247 (.681 percentage). Cronin was named The Michael Price Family UCLA Men’s Head Basketball Coach on April 9, 2019. Through the past seven seasons at UCLA, Cronin has guided the Bruins to a record of 162-76 and an 94-43 mark in conference play – five years in the Pac-12 and two seasons in the Big Ten. UCLA was one of four programs, along with Arkansas, Gonzaga and Houston, to advance to the Sweet 16 or farther in 2021, 2022 and 2023. The Bruins advanced to the NCAA Tournament’s Sweet 16 in 2022 and 2023 after reaching the Final Four in 2021. That marked UCLA’s first Final Four appearance since 2008. In addition, the Bruins secured three consecutive Sweet 16 appearances (2021-23) for the first time since 2006-08. Cronin has led the Bruins to a 44-26 record in contests decided by five points or fewer, including all games that advanced to overtime. In addition, the Bruins have gone 120-9 over the past seven seasons when limiting the opposition to 65 points or fewer. Cronin has guided his teams to 16 NCAA Tournament berths in 23 seasons as a college head coach. He steered UCLA’s program to the NCAA Tournament in 2021 (Final Four), 2022 (Sweet 16), 2023 (Sweet 16), 2025 (Round of 32) and 2026 (Round of 32). The 2020 NCAA Tournament was abruptly canceled during the week of conference tournaments, due to the outbr

Alexa Blatt has entered her first season as the UCLA men's basketball team's athletic trainer in 2025-26. This marks her seventh year working in UCLA's athletic training office. In her current role, Blatt handles all day-to-day athletic training responsibilities with UCLA men's basketball and oversees multiple sports medicine interns. She also works with the UCLA women's golf program. In addition to women's golf, Blatt spent her first six seasons in UCLA's athletic department working with the women's basketball team and Bruins' track and field programs. Blatt's work over the past six seasons with the UCLA women's basketball program proved vital to the Bruins' continued success. Most notably, the women's basketball program advanced to the NCAA Final Four in 2024-25 and concluded the season with a 34-3 record. During her six-year stretch with the women's basketball team, the Bruins advanced to the NCAA Tournament in 2021 (second round), 2023 (Sweet 16), 2024 (Sweet 16) and 2025 (Final Four). Blatt, who hails from Westlake Village, Calif., previously worked as an athletic trainer at Jacksonville University and Illinois State. She spent two seasons working with the women's basketball program at Jacksonville University. As a graduate assistant at Illinois State, Blatt worked with the men's and women's track and field programs. She earned her master's degree in kinesiology with a focus on athletic training. During her time at Illinois State, she worked with the women's indoor track

Darren Savino enters his eighth season as UCLA’s associate head coach in 2026-27. He has helped the Bruins’ program compile an overall record of 162-76 over the past seven years (2019-20 through 2025-26), playing a major role in the development of the team’s frontcourt players. Savino has served as a college basketball coach for the past 30 seasons and enters his 31st year as an assistant coach or associate head coach in 2026-27. He arrived in Westwood in April of 2019 after spending the previous nine seasons on the coaching staff at the University of Cincinnati. The 2026-27 season marks his 19th year working alongside head coach Mick Cronin. Savino has worked with Coach Cronin for seven years at UCLA (2019-25), nine seasons at Cincinnati (2011-19) and two years at Murray State (2005-06). Through the past seven seasons at UCLA, Savino has played a substantial role in helping the Bruins return to national prominence. The Bruins have advanced to the NCAA Tournament in five of the past six seasons, with a trip to the 2021 Final Four and back-to-back Sweet 16 appearances in 2022 and 2023. UCLA won the Pac-12 regular-season title in 2023, the Bruins’ first league championship since 2013. In addition, the Bruins finished in second place in the Pac-12 in 2019-20 and 2021-22, in fourth place in the Pac-12 in 2020-21, and in fourth place out of the 18-team Big Ten Conference in 2024-25. Over the past seven seasons, UCLA has compiled a 44-26 record in games that were decided by five po

Dave Andrews enters his second season as the men's basketball program's athletic performance coach in 2025-26. Andrews arrived at UCLA in May of 2024, bringing a strong resume of developing high-level athletes at multiple Division I universities over the past 20 years. Andrews previously worked with UCLA men's basketball head coach Mick Cronin at the University of Cincinnati, over 12 years ago. Andrews spent eight years as an assistant strength and conditioning coach with the Bearcats from 2004-12, serving as the men's basketball performance coach during Coach Cronin's first six seasons as Cincinnati's head coach (2006-07 through 2010-12). Last season, Andrews played a major role in UCLA advancing to the second round of the NCAA Tournament and securing a top-four finish in the Big Ten's regular-season standings. In all, Andrews' career as a strength and conditioning coach has included stops with the football programs at Iowa State (2020-22), Pittsburgh (2015-19), Notre Dame (2014) and Illinois (2012-13), following his time at Cincinnati (2004-12). After graduating from Ohio State in 2004, he began his career as a graduate assistant at Cincinnati. Most recently, he served as Iowa State's director of football strength and conditioning for three seasons (2020-22). While at Iowa State he helped the Cyclones to a 9-3 record during the 2020 season. Iowa State finished in first place with an 8-1 record in the Big 12 Conference that fall, advancing to the Big 12 Championship Game and

David Singleton will enter his second season as an assistant coach with the UCLA men’s basketball program in 2026-27, marking his seventh year with the Bruins’ program. Singleton played five seasons at UCLA, from 2018-19 through 2022-23, before spending two years playing in the NBA G League. Singleton, who graduated with his bachelor’s degree in sociology from UCLA in 2023, returned to UCLA in the summer of 2025 as an assistant coach. He helped the Bruins’ program to a 24-12 overall record and a 13-7 mark in Big Ten play during the 2025-26 season. UCLA advanced to the NCAA Tournament as a No. 7 seed, going 2-1 in the Big Ten Tournament with wins over Rutgers and Michigan State. A talented 3-point shooter during his playing career, Singleton helped UCLA to a 37.9 team shooting percentage from 3-point distance in 2025-26, second in the Big Ten and No. 20, nationally. In addition, UCLA’s team set the school single-season record for best free throw percentage (76.3), among the top 50 shooting percentages in the nation. The Bruins concluded the year ranking No. 7 in fewest turnovers committed per game (8.9) and No. 8 in assist-turnover ratio (1.8). Singleton competed for the College Park Skyhawks in 2023-24 and 2024-25. Following his fifth and final season in Westwood (2022-23), Singleton played for the Atlanta Hawks’ NBA Summer League squad in July of 2023 before competing with Atlanta’s G League affiliate squad for the next two seasons. A former standout at nearby Bishop Montgom

Doug Erickson has worked with the UCLA men’s basketball program for 34 seasons. The 2025-26 season marked his 34th year with the Bruins. As the Director of Basketball Administration, Erickson has been responsible for all internal operations of the basketball program and serves as a liaison between the coaches and department administrators. He is involved in the day-to-day operations of the team, including finance, travel, meals, ticketing, housing, financial aid and parking. Erickson also plays a central role in the basketball program’s alumni relations, having worked with student-athletes, coaches and support staff across four decades. Erickson organizes and serves as co-director of the UCLA basketball camps each summer. He helps coordinate every aspect of the camp including housing, meals and camp speakers. During Erickson’s tenure at UCLA, the Bruins have made 26 appearances in the NCAA Tournament, including five trips to the NCAA Final Four. He was a member of the staff when UCLA won the 1995 NCAA Championship. In addition, UCLA has captured eight Pac-12 regular-season titles and two Pac-12 Tournament championships. He joined the Bruins’ program when Jim Harrick served as UCLA’s head coach. Since then, he has worked alongside six UCLA head coaches – Harrick, followed by Steve Lavin, Ben Howland, Steve Alford, Murry Bartow in an interim role, and Mick Cronin. Erickson joined the Bruins’ staff in 1992 after serving as an accountant for two years at Cadence Design Systems, a

Max Feldman has entered his first season working with the UCLA men's basketball program as the assistant general manager in 2025-26. Feldman joined the Bruins' staff in August of 2025 to assist UCLA's program in recruiting and player development. Feldman, who grew up in Highland Park, Ill., assists the men's basketball program in a variety of avenues, including roster management, recruiting databases and player development. He also serves as a liaison between the men's basketball program and the university's compliance and branding arms. After graduating from the University of Illinois in 2022, Feldman's professional experiences have centered largely within grassroots scouting and the transfer portal. From 2021 through 2025, he had worked as the director of scouting and as a national scouting analyst for MADE Hoops, an organization that specializes in youth basketball events at the middle school and high school age levels. As a college student at Illinois, Feldman served as an intern with Priority Sports Agency. His work with Priority Sports included pre-draft preparations, scouting and basketball operations tasks. He graduated from Illinois with his undergraduate degree in sport management with a minor in journalism. Feldman grew up in Highland Park, Ill., a suburban city roughly 25 miles north of Chicago.

Nate Georgeton enters his fourth season as an assistant coach with the UCLA men’s basketball program in 2026-27, marking his eighth year on the Bruins’ staff. Georgeton joined UCLA’s program in the summer of 2019 and was elevated to the role of assistant coach in the summer of 2023. Over the past three seasons as an assistant coach, Georgeton has helped lead UCLA to a 63-40 overall record. In 2025-26, UCLA finished in a tie for sixth place out of 18 teams in the Big Ten. In 2024-25, UCLA finished in a tie for fourth place in league play. Through each of the past two seasons, the Bruins have advanced into the second round of the NCAA Tournament as a No. 7 seed. UCLA compiled a 24-12 record in 2025-26 and a 23-11 mark in 2024-25, posting a 13-7 record in Big Ten play each season. UCLA led its conference, in the Pac-12 in 2023-24 and the Big Ten in 2024-25, in scoring defense in back-to-back seasons. The Bruins held the opposition to an average of 65.2 points per game in 2024-25. Georgeton, who graduated from the University of Cincinnati, served as the Bruins’ video coordinator and the Director of Student-Athlete Development during his first four seasons at UCLA. Through the past seven seasons at UCLA, he has assisted the Bruins’ coaching staff with an array of responsibilities, especially with video analysis. Georgeton has overseen UCLA’s postgame video edits, practice film and scouting assessments. He has played a central role in overseeing recruiting efforts while routinely m

Nemanja Jovanovic enters his fourth season as an assistant coach at UCLA in 2026-27. Jovanovic, who joined the Bruins’ program in the summer of 2023, also serves as the team’s Director of International Recruiting. Jovanovic, who primarily goes by Yogi, assists UCLA’s program in multiple areas, including international recruiting, scouting and player development. Prior to his arrival in Westwood, he spent the previous nine seasons working at three universities in the United States – SMU (2015-22), DePaul (2022-23) and UT Arlington (2023-24). In addition to time working in college basketball, Jovanovic has extensive international basketball experience. The Bruins’ 2026-27 campaign will mark his 13th season working in college basketball. In three seasons at UCLA, Jovanovic has helped guide the Bruins to an overall record of 63-40. Most recently, UCLA went 24-12 and finished in a tie for sixth place in the 18-team Big Ten standings in 2025-26. The Bruins advanced to the NCAA Tournament as a No. 7 seed in the past two seasons (2024-25, 2025-26). In addition, UCLA has posted a 13-7 record in Big Ten play in both seasons. Bruins’ forward Tyler Bilodeau earned third-team All-Big Ten acclaim in 2024-25 and 2025-26. In 2025-26, UCLA ranked No. 7 in the nation in fewest turnovers committed per game (8.9) and No. 8 in assist-turnover ratio (1.8). In 2024-25, the Bruins won 12 of their final 17 games and ranked No. 7 in the nation in turnover margin (+4.6) and No. 16 in turnovers forced pe

Rod Palmer enters his eighth season as an assistant coach at UCLA in 2026-27. Palmer has helped guide the Bruins to a record of 162-76 over the past seven seasons (2019-20 through 2025-26). He joined the Bruins’ program in May of 2019 after having spent his previous 12 seasons coaching at Long Beach State and San Diego State. Palmer has coached in the Southern California region for the past 33 years, both at the high school and college levels. He has spent the previous seven seasons at UCLA, and he coached at San Diego State in 2018-19. Prior to his time at UCLA and SDSU, Palmer spent 11 years as an assistant coach at Long Beach State, including the final four seasons as the program’s associate head coach. Through seven seasons at UCLA, Palmer has played a major role in guiding the Bruins to five NCAA Tournaments, including a Final Four trip in 2021. After advancing from the First Four to the Final Four in 2021, UCLA made back-to-back Sweet 16 appearances in 2022 and 2023. The Bruins advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament in 2025 and 2026. In addition, UCLA won the Pac-12 regular-season title in 2023, marking the program’s first regular-season league title since 2013. The Bruins finished in second place in the Pac-12 standings in 2019-20 and 2021-22. Head coach Mick Cronin was honored as the Pac-12 Coach of the Year in 2020 and 2023. In addition, UCLA has tallied a record of 44-26 in games decided by five points or fewer, including any game that extended into ove

T.J. Wolf enters his eighth season on the UCLA men’s basketball staff in 2026-27. He serves as the program’s Director of Player Personnel. Wolf played colleg...

Trey Doty enters his first season as a graduate assistant on the UCLA men’s basketball staff in 2025-26. This marks his fifth year assisting the program, hav...