Margueritte Aozasa

Margueritte Aozasa
Personal information
Date of birth (1990-05-17) May 17, 1990 (age 34)[1]
Place of birth Piscataway, New Jersey, United States
Position(s) Defender, Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 UCLA (coach)
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2011 Santa Clara 77 (5)
International career
2006 United States U16
Managerial career
2015–2021 Stanford (assistant)
2022– UCLA
2023 United States U23

Margueritte Aozasa (born May 17, 1990) is an American college soccer coach who is the head coach of the UCLA Bruins women's soccer team. She led UCLA to the 2022 national championship, and was named the 2022 United Soccer Coaches College Coach of the Year.

Early life

Aozasa was born in Piscataway, New Jersey,[2] and was raised in Mountain View, California.[3] She attended Los Altos High School.[4]

Playing career

Aozasa played college soccer at Santa Clara from 2008 to 2011.[2]

Aozasa represented the United States under-16 team in 2006.[5]

Coaching career

After serving as an assistant coach at Stanford,[6] Aozasa was hired as the head coach at UCLA on December 29, 2021.[7] She led UCLA to the 2022 national championship,[8] and was named the United Soccer Coaches College Coach of the Year.[9] Following the 2022 season, Aozasa signed a contract equation with UCLA.[10]

In 2023, Aozasa coached the United States under-23 team.[11]

Personal life

She married her husband Mykell Bates in December 2021.[12]

In 2022, Aozasa became the first Asian American woman coach to win the NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament.[12]

Honors

UCLA Bruins

  • Pac-12 Championship: 2023

Individual

College head coaching record

Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
UCLA Bruins (Pac-12) (2022–present)
2022 UCLA 22–2–1 9–2–0 2nd NCAA Championship
2023 UCLA 16–2–1 10–0–1 1st NCAA First Round
UCLA: 38–4–2 (.886)
Total: 38–4–2 (.886)

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

References

  1. ^ "2006 U-16 GNT Player Pool". Archived from the original on 2006-05-21.
  2. ^ a b "Margueritte Aozasa - 2011 - Women's Soccer". Santa Clara University.
  3. ^ "Margueritte Aozasa - Women's Soccer Coach". Stanford University Athletics.
  4. ^ "Q&A: UCLA Women's Head Coach Margueritte Aozasa | NorCal Premier". norcalpremier.com.
  5. ^ "U.S. U-16 Girl's National Team Holds First Camp of 2006". January 18, 2006. Archived from the original on 2006-05-21.
  6. ^ "For Margueritte Aozasa, trust remains at the center of UCLA soccer's title defense". Los Angeles Times. August 29, 2023.
  7. ^ "Margueritte Aozasa Hired as UCLA Women's Soccer Head Coach". UCLA.
  8. ^ "UCLA Wins 2022 Women's National Championship Under First Year Head Coach Margueritte Aozasa – College Soccer News". December 6, 2022.
  9. ^ Coaches, United Soccer. "2022 National Coach and Staff of the Year Recipients Announced | United Soccer Coaches".
  10. ^ Royer, Benjamin (December 13, 2022). "Coach Margueritte Aozasa Signs Extension With UCLA Women's Soccer". Sports Illustrated UCLA Bruins News, Analysis and More.
  11. ^ "23 Players Called Up To U.S. U-23 Women's Youth National Team Roster For Thorns Preseason Tournament In Portland, Oregon | U.S. Soccer Official Website". www.ussoccer.com.
  12. ^ a b "On Her Front Foot". UCLA.

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