Margueritte Aozasa

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Margueritte Aozasa
Personal information
Date of birth (1990-05-17) May 17, 1990 (age 33) [1]
Place of birth Piscataway, New Jersey, United States
Position(s) Defender, Midfielder
Team information
Current team
UCLA (coach)
College career
YearsTeamApps(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.

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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

Individual

College head coaching record

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
UCLA Bruins (Pac-12)(2022–present)
2022UCLA 22–2–19–2–02nd NCAA Championship
2023UCLA 16–2–110–0–11st 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

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