David Wood was named Assistant Athletic Performance Coach at UCLA in September 2012. Coach Wood is currently the UCLA's Women’s Basketball Athletic Performance Coach and also spent one year (2012-2013) working with the men's and women's golf teams.

Coach Wood is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Coach through the National Strength and Conditioning Association, in addition to holding a Level 1 Certification through the Titleist Performance Institute. He earned an undergraduate degree in kinesiology at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo (SLO) in 2005 and added a Master's of Art, Education degree from the University of Alabama, Birmingham in 2009. Prior to joining the UCLA staff, Coach Wood spent three and a half years as the Head Strength and Conditioning Coach at Cal Poly, SLO, where he was in charge of 20 Division I intercollegiate teams. Coach Wood previously worked at the University of Alabama, Birmingham as a strength and conditioning graduate assistant while completing his Master’s. While at UAB, his primary responsibilities were overseeing the strength and conditioning program for the men’s and women’s tennis teams. He also worked with the development and implementation of programs for football, softball, baseball, men’s and women’s basketball, men’s and women’s soccer and volleyball. Coach Wood also helped publish his thesis, “Potentiation of Concentric Force and Acceleration only during the Stretch-Shortening Cycle” with UAB professors in the Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research in 2012.

Coach Wood, a Southern California native, spent a year with Velocity Sports Performance, training professional and collegiate athletes with a direct focus on baseball, soccer, football, volleyball and basketball. Wood also spent time as a volunteer intern at various universities, including UCLA and Cal Poly, SLO.

#	Full Name	Pos.	Ht.	Yr.	Hometown / High School
1	Nicole Kornet	G	6' 1''	R-Sr.	Dallas, Texas / Liberty Christian HS
2	Kari Korver	G	5' 9''	Jr.	Paramount, Calif. / Valley Christian
3	Jordin Canada	G	5' 6''	So.	Los Angeles, Calif. / Windward
4	Ashley Hearn	F	6' 4''	Fr.	Rowlett, Texas / Sachse HS
10	Kacy Swain	F	6' 3''	Sr.	Los Angeles, Calif. / St. Bernard's HS
11	Lajahna Drummer	F	6' 1''	So.	Inglewood, Calif. / Long Beach Poly
20	Dominique Williams	G	5' 8''	Jr.	Phoenix, Ariz. / St. Mary's Catholic
21	Nirra Fields	G	5' 9''	Sr.	Montreal, QC, Canada / Mater Dei
22	Kennedy Burke	G	6' 1''	Fr.	Northridge, Calif. / Sierra Canyon School
23	Kelli Hayes	G	6' 0''	So.	San Jose, Calif. / Archbishop Mitty
24	Paulina Hersler	F	6' 3''	So.	Malmö, Sweden / Igelstavikens Gymnasium
25	Monique Billings	F	6' 4''	So.	Corona, Calif. / Santiago
32	Chrissy Baird	G	6' 1''	So.	Wheaton, Ill. / Wheaton North

Coaching Staff
Image	Name	Title	Email	Phone Number
	Cori Close	Head Coach	cclose@athletics.ucla.edu
	Shannon LeBeauf	Assistant Coach	slebeauf@athletics.ucla.edu
	Jenny Huth	Assistant Coach	jhuth@athletics.ucla.edu
	Tony Newnan	Assistant Coach	tnewnan@athletics.ucla.edu
	Pam Walker	Director Of Operations	pwalker@athletics.ucla.edu
	Debbie Haliday	Staff Associate	dhaliday@athletics.ucla.edu
	David Wood	Athletic Performance Coach	dwood@athletics.ucla.edu
	Christian Blanks	Video Coordinator	cblanks@athletics.ucla.edu

University of California, Los Angeles, Athletics

2015-16 Women's Basketball Roster

Nicole Kornet

Kari Korver

Jordin Canada

Ashley Hearn

Kacy Swain

Lajahna Drummer

Dominique Williams

Nirra Fields

Kennedy Burke

Kelli Hayes

Paulina Hersler

Monique Billings

Chrissy Baird

Cori Close

Shannon LeBeauf

Jenny Huth

Tony Newnan

Pam Walker

Debbie Haliday

David Wood

Christian Blanks