Margueritte Aozasa

Biography

Margueritte Aozasa established herself as a proven winner, capturing a national championship and two conference titles in just four seasons as a head coach. In her first season in 2022, she made history by becoming the first rookie head coach and first woman of color ever to win the NCAA Division I Women’s Soccer championship. Aozasa posted a 67-13-9 overall record from 2022-25 and earned her 50th career victory in just her 60th game on Oct. 13, 2024. After being hired in December 2021 as the sixth head coach in UCLA women’s soccer history, Aozasa promptly guided her team to the program’s second NCAA Championship and a school record-tying 22 victories while leading the United Soccer Coaches National Staff of the Year. The first-year head coach led UCLA to a No. 1 national ranking for the final nine weeks of the season, with the Bruins ascending to the top after a road sweep of No. 2 Duke and No. 1 North Carolina on Labor Day weekend. The Bruins began the year by winning their first 13 games, setting a new school record for best start to a season. After UCLA finished the regular season with a 17-2 record, Aozasa was voted the Pac-12 Coach of the Year, becoming the first rookie head coach ever to win the honor. Aozasa coached the 2022 Pac-12 Defender of the Year Lilly Reale, who went on to become UCLA’s third Honda Sport Award winner. In 2023, Aozasa won her first conference team title and second consecutive Pac-12 Coach of the Year award, as the Bruins finished the season with