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Six Candidates Who Could Replace Lindsay Gottlieb at California

By Matt Ward

MIAMI, FL - JANUARY 13: Rice Head Coach Tina Langley looks on during a college basketball game between the Rice University Owls and the Florida International University Panthers on January 13, 2018 at the Ocean Bank Convocation Center, Miami, Florida. FIU defeated Rice 68-58. (Photo by Richard C. Lewis/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
MIAMI, FL - JANUARY 13: Rice Head Coach Tina Langley looks on during a college basketball game between the Rice University Owls and the Florida International University Panthers on January 13, 2018 at the Ocean Bank Convocation Center, Miami, Florida. FIU defeated Rice 68-58. (Photo by Richard C. Lewis/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) /
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16 November 2014: UNC assistant coach Ivory Latta (left) and UCLA assistant coach Shannon Perry (right). The University of North Carolina Tar Heels hosted the University of California Los Angeles Bruins at Carmichael Arena in Chapel Hill, North Carolina in a 2014-15 NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball game. UNC won the game 84-68. (Photo by Andy Mead/YCJ/Icon Sportswire/Corbis via Getty Images)
16 November 2014: UNC assistant coach Ivory Latta (left) and UCLA assistant coach Shannon Perry (right). The University of North Carolina Tar Heels hosted the University of California Los Angeles Bruins at Carmichael Arena in Chapel Hill, North Carolina in a 2014-15 NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball game. UNC won the game 84-68. (Photo by Andy Mead/YCJ/Icon Sportswire/Corbis via Getty Images) /

Shannon Perry 

Perry just completed her eighth season as an assistant coach under head coach Cori Close, at UCLA. Prior to going to UCLA, Perry spent time as an assistant at Duke, USC, and her alma mater, Iowa.  In eight seasons with the Bruins, Perry has helped lead them to a 150-86 overall record, including five NCAA Tournament appearances.  The Bruins lost to UConn in the Sweet 16 this past season.  Those who have worked with or played for Perry talk about her work ethic, knowledge of the game, and the ability to connect to her players.  As a recruiter, Perry has proven to be one of the country’s best. UCLA landed two of the country’s top-25 recruits in the 2019 class in Jaden Owen and Charisma Osborne.  Perry may not have experience as a head coach at the division one level, like Langley or Fortier, but she has proven herself to be a dynamic and effective coach and teacher of the game. Perry would bring an already strong ability to recruit top student-athletes, and particularly, the ties to California high school and AAU teams, which she has developed throughout her time at UCLA.  Cal bringing in one of the country’s best assistant coaches — within the state of California — from UCLA? Perry would be a great fit for the Bears.

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