NCAA National Championship trophies , rings , watches won by UCLA teams
The UCLA Bruins are the sports teams for University of California , Los Angeles (UCLA ). The Bruin men 's and women's teams participate in NCAA Division I as part of the Pacific-12 Conference and the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF ). For football , they are in the Football Bowl Subdivision of Division I (formerly Division I-A ). UCLA has the most decorated athletic program in NCAA history , with 112 NCAA team championships. [1] [2] UCLA offers 10 varsity sports programs for men and 13 for women. [3]
School colors [ edit ]
The UCLA athletic teams ' colors are True Blue [4] [5] [6] and Gold . In the early days of the school , UCLA had the same colors as the University of California , Berkeley ; Yale blue and gold .
When football coach Red Sanders came to UCLA for the 1949 season he redesigned the football uniforms. The Yale blue was changed to a lighter shade of blue. Sanders figured that the baby blue would look better on the field and in film. He would dub the baby blue uniform "Powderkeg blue", powder blue with an explosive kick . [7] For the 1954 football season , Sanders added a gold loop on the shoulders, the UCLA Stripe . [8] UCLA still uses different color blues. They have an alternate uniform that is predominately Navy . Their helmet has the UCLA script in Royal .
Sports facilities[ edit ]
Two notable sports facilities serve as home venues for UCLA sports . Since 1982, the Bruin football team has played home games at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California . From 192381, including the Bruins ' 1954 National Championship year, the team played at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles , California . The womens gymnastics , men 's and women's basketball , and volleyball teams play at Pauley Pavilion on campus. The softball team plays on campus at Easton Stadium . Down the hill, the waterpolo teams as well as the swim and dive team compete at Spieker Aquatics Center . For baseball , there is the Steele Field at the Jackie Robinson Stadium , located close to campus.
National Team Championships [ edit ]
See also: List of NCAA schools with the most Division I national championships
As of December 2014, UCLA has won 112 NCAA team championships, and 134 total national team championshipsmore than any other university. [1] [2]
The nine most recent championships came on December 7, 2014 (9th men 's water polo title: defeated crosstown rival USC , 98), May 20, 2014 (2nd women's tennis title), December 8, 2013 (1st women's soccer team championship ); June 25, 2013 (1st men 's baseball team title ); December 17, 2011 (4th women's volleyball team title); May 21, 2011 (3rd women's golf team title); June 2010 (11th women's softball team title); April 24, 2010 (6th women's gymnastics team title); and May 10, 2009 (7th women's water polo team title: defeated crosstown rival USC , 54 [9] ).
UCLA also secured three NCAA championships during the month of May , 2008: on May 11, 2008 when UCLA defeated archrival USC , 63, for the Women 's Water Polo Championship, [10] on May 20, 2008 when the Bruins defeated California for the Women 's Tennis Championship, [11] and on May 31, 2008 when UCLA defeated archrivals Stanford and USC for the Men 's Golf Championship. [12]
On May 13, 2007, UCLA became the first school to win 100 NCAA championships, defeating Stanford , 5-4, for the 2007 Women 's Water Polo Championship. In the following 200708 sports season , some UCLA sports teams commemorated this achievement by replacing the blue letter 'C' on their uniforms with a gold 'C' ('C' being the Roman numeral for 100).
NCAA team championships[ edit ]
Non-NCAA national team championships[ edit ]
The NCAA has never offered championships in men 's rowing or high-level football . UCLA has won 3 national team championships in these sports , as well as 5 in volleyball before its 1970 NCAA inception . [13]
- 1953, 1954, 1956, 1965, 1967 (USVBA ) [14]
Baseball [ edit ]
The Bruins playing the L A Regional on June 1, 2013 in front of the new video board , steps away from winning the National Championship
Further information: Jackie Robinson Stadium (UCLA baseball )
The 2010 team, under head coach John Savage , won the Los Angeles Regional and Super-Regional, and was the first team to win 48 games in a season . The Bruins joined seven other teams in the 2010 College World Series and finished in second place, behind the University of South Carolina Gamecocks . [15] The 2011 team won the Pac-10 Conference title.
The 2013 team won UCLA 's 109th NCAA Championship and their first in baseball in the 2013 College World Series by beating Mississippi State 3-1 and 8-0 .
Many UCLA baseball players have gone on to play in Major League Baseball (MLB ). In the 2009 World Series , Chase Utley hit two home runs to help the Philadelphia Phillies win Game 1. There were a total of four former UCLA baseball players in the 2009 playoffs : Philadelphia 's Ben Francisco and Chase Utley , Pittsburgh 's Garrett Atkins , and St . Louis ' Troy Glaus , who was the 2002 World Series MVP for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim . Chris Chambliss and Gerrit Cole were No . 1 overall picks in the MLB drafts . Trevor Bauer was drafted as the No . 3 pick by the Arizona Diamondbacks on June 6, 2011. Former UCLA shortstop Brandon Crawford hit a grand-slam home run in his major-league debut with the San Francisco Giants on May 27, 2011 and helped the Giants to win the 2012 Major League World Series . Cole debuted with the Pittsburgh Pirates by winning his first four games he pitched and also drove in two runs with a single in his first at-bat in the 2013 major league .
Main articles : UCLA Bruins men 's basketball and UCLA Bruins women's basketball
Several of the most revered championships were won by the Men 's Basketball team under coaches John Wooden and Jim Harrick . The rich legacy of UCLA basketball has produced 11 NCAA championships 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, and 1995. From 1971 to 1974, UCLA men 's basketball won an unprecedented 88 consecutive games , a record that many sports pundits consider unbreakable . Past rosters of UCLA basketball teams have included greats such as Rafer Johnson who was the 1960 Olympic Decathlon Champion, Gail Goodrich , Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (then known as Lew Alcindor ), Bill Walton , Reggie Miller and Walt Hazzard . The Bruins also had a winning record for 54 consecutive seasons from the 19481949 season to the 20012002 season . [16]
In recent years, UCLA Men 's Basketball has returned to prominence under Coach Ben Howland . Between 2006 and 2008, UCLA has been to three consecutive Final Fours , while UCLA 's players have received numerous awards, most notably Arron Afflalo , a 2007 First-Team All American and the Pac-10 Player of the Year , and Kevin Love , a 2008 First-Team All American and the Pac-10 Player of the Year . [17] UCLA has produced the most NBA Most Valuable Player Award winners, six of them by Abdul-Jabbar and one by Walton , who was Abdul-Jabbar '