UCLA Bruins | |
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University | University of California, Los Angeles |
Conference | Pac-12 |
NCAA | Division I / FBS |
Athletic director | Dan Guerrero |
Location | Los Angeles, California |
Varsity teams | 22 |
Football stadium | Rose Bowl |
Basketball arena | Pauley Pavilion |
Baseball stadium | Jackie Robinson Stadium |
Other arenas | Drake Stadium |
Mascot | Joe & Josephine Bruin |
Nickname | Bruins |
Fight song | "Sons of Westwood" |
Colors |
True Blue and Gold |
Website | www |
The UCLA Bruins are the athletic teams that represent the University of California, Los Angeles. The Bruin men's and women's teams participate in NCAA Division I as part of the Pac-12 Conference and the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF). For football, they are in the Football Bowl Subdivision of Division I (formerly Division I-A). No school has won more NCAA team championships than UCLA. UCLA offers 11 varsity sports programs for men and 14 for women.
The UCLA athletic teams' colors are True Blue and Gold. In the early days of the school, UCLA had the same colors as the University of California, Berkeley; Yale blue and gold.
When football coach Red Sanders came to UCLA for the 1949 season he redesigned the football uniforms. The Yale blue was changed to a lighter shade of blue. Sanders figured that the baby blue would look better on the field and in a film. He would dub the baby blue uniform "Powderkeg blue", powder blue with an explosive kick. For the 1954 football season, Sanders added a gold loop on the shoulders, the UCLA Stripe. UCLA still uses different color blues. They have an alternate uniform that is predominately Navy. Their helmet has the UCLA script in Royal.
The 2010 team, under head coach John Savage, won the Los Angeles Regional and Super-Regional, and was the first team to win 48 games in a season. The Bruins joined seven other teams in the 2010 College World Series and finished in second place, behind the University of South Carolina Gamecocks. The 2011 team won the Pac-10 Conference title.