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Cori is presently the head coach of the UCLA Womens Basketball team where she has just completed her 10th year. Before UCLA, Cori spent time as an assistant coach at Florida State University and her alma mater, UC Santa Barbara.

In total she has worked as a coach on teams that have advanced to the NCAA Tournament in 16 seasons, won at least 20 games in 16 of the previous 18 seasons and won or shared a total of 11 conference championships. She has also helped the USA to a gold medal  as an Assistant coach at the 2019 U19 World Cup and the 2018 FIBA Americas U18 Championship. In addition she was voted Pac-12 Coach of the Year in 2019