University of California-Los Angeles Women's Soccer

Gof Boyoko, who has helped lead the UCLA women's soccer team to a NCAA Championship in 2022 and conference titles in back-to-back seasons in 2023 and 2024, was announced on Dec. 12, 2025 as the seventh head coach in program history. Boyoko served as UCLA's associate head coach for the past two seasons after joining the staff in 2022 as an assistant coach. Over four years, his teams compiled a 67-13-9 (.803) overall record and a 33-5-6 (.818) conference record, with NCAA Tournament appearances in each year. In 2022, he and the UCLA coaches earned recognition by the United Soccer Coaches as the National and Pacific Region Staff of the Year after recording a program-best 13-0 start, ultimately earning a school record-tying 22 victories and winning the national title. In 2023, the Bruins went 16-2-1 and won the Pac-12 Championship, and in 2024, UCLA swept through the Big Ten Conference Tournament with three shutout victories and a conference record five goals in the championship match. UCLA lead the nation in team defense in 2024 with a 0.41 goals against average and ranked second in 2025 with a conference-best 0.47 goals against average. Player development has been strong under Boyoko, as he has coached 21 Bruins who went on to professional playing careers both domestically and internationally, along with multiple national and youth national team players. UCLA players won six major conference awards during Boyoko's four years on staff, including Defender of the Year three times

Margueritte Aozasa established herself as a proven winner, capturing a national championship and two conference titles in just four seasons as a head coach. In her first season in 2022, she made history by becoming the first rookie head coach and first woman of color ever to win the NCAA Division I Women’s Soccer championship. Aozasa posted a 67-13-9 overall record from 2022-25 and earned her 50th career victory in just her 60th game on Oct. 13, 2024. After being hired in December 2021 as the sixth head coach in UCLA women’s soccer history, Aozasa promptly guided her team to the program’s second NCAA Championship and a school record-tying 22 victories while leading the United Soccer Coaches National Staff of the Year. The first-year head coach led UCLA to a No. 1 national ranking for the final nine weeks of the season, with the Bruins ascending to the top after a road sweep of No. 2 Duke and No. 1 North Carolina on Labor Day weekend. The Bruins began the year by winning their first 13 games, setting a new school record for best start to a season. After UCLA finished the regular season with a 17-2 record, Aozasa was voted the Pac-12 Coach of the Year, becoming the first rookie head coach ever to win the honor. Aozasa coached the 2022 Pac-12 Defender of the Year Lilly Reale, who went on to become UCLA’s third Honda Sport Award winner. In 2023, Aozasa won her first conference team title and second consecutive Pac-12 Coach of the Year award, as the Bruins finished the season with

Brendan O’Shea joined the Athletic Performance Staff in July of 2022. Prior to UCLA he interned at TD Athletes Edge in Boston, MA. O’Shea served as an Interi...

Brittany Bowman joined the UCLA performance nutrition staff in July 2023. She serves as the team dietitian for women’s soccer, men’s soccer, gymnastics, base...

Cole Schmit, who helped lead the University of Washington women to a deep postseason run in 2025, joined the UCLA women's soccer coaching staff in January of...

Danielle de Serière joined the Bruins as an assistant coach in January of 2026 after 12 seasons instructing the goalkeepers at UC Irvine. From 2014-25, de Serière helped lead UC Irvine to four Big West titles and three NCAA appearances, including back-to-back seasons advancing to the Round of 16 in 2022 and 2023. She coached Glo Hinojosa to All-West Region honors from 2021-23 and to Big West Goalkeeper of the Year acclaim in 2021. de Serière also has experience coaching the U.S. Youth National Teams, working as the goalkeeper coach for the U-16 team in 2017 and 2018. She also coached the U-15 team in 2018. A member of UC Irvine’s Athletics Hall of Fame, de Serière is the Anteaters’ all-time leader in wins (43), shutouts (31), and goals-against-average (0.80) and ranks second in goalkeeper saves (271). In 2010, she was named the Big West Goalkeeper of the Year and set the school’s single-season records in wins (19) and shutouts (11). That Anteater squad went 19-3-2 and advanced to the NCAA Round of 16. Following her collegiate career, she played professionally in the Netherlands with FC Twente from 2011-13. de Serière graduated from UC Irvine in 2014 with a degree in history.

Dominic Velotta joined UCLA Athletics in January 2025 as Associate Equipment Manager. Velotta handles the day-to-day needs of the women's soccer, softball and men's and women's water polo programs. Velotta previously spent nine years (2015-24) at Eastern Michigan University, where he oversaw the equipment needs of the football, baseball, wrestling, women's soccer, gymnastics and women's lacrosse programs. During his time at EMU, he designed a new equipment room and locker rooms in the school's new student-athlete performance center. He also helped steer the creation and designing of an athletics style guide, which included a new custom font and logos. A 2009 graduate in sport administration at The Ohio State University, Velotta began his career as a student equipment manager for the football, wrestling and men's and women's soccer teams. The Cleveland, Ohio native went on to work for the Cleveland Browns as an assistant equipment manager in charge of special teams, the running backs and all coaches and staff apparel and equipment. Velotta earned his Masters in Sport Management at Eastern Michigan in 2017. He is a certified member of the Athletic Equipment Managers Association.

James Potter joined the UCLA Sports Medicine staff in 2025 as an associate athletic trainer for women’s soccer. Prior to UCLA, Potter served as the athletic ...

Jeremy Vail: Rehabilitation Director - Physical Therapist & Athletic Trainer Evansville '96 Sport Assignments: Football (assist) Additional Specializations & Experience: Board Certified Sports Clinical Specialist, Board Certified Orthopedic Clinical Specialist, Certified Manual Therapist jvail@athletics.ucla.edu 310-825-1342

Molly Feighan completed her second year as a full-time assistant coach after spending the 2023 season as a graduate manager. In her first season on the coaching staff in 2024, she helped lead UCLA to the Big Ten Tournament Championship and a 17-4-3 overall record. The Bruins, who led the nation with a 0.415 goals against average on the year, rolled through the conference tournament with three shutout victories and scored a conference record five goals in the championship match in a 5-0 win over Rutgers. The 2025 Bruins finished 12-5-4 and ranked first in the Big Ten and second in the nation with a team goals against average of 0.47. Feighan played collegiately at Virginia Tech from 2018-21, totaling 16 points while appearing in 56 games with 28 starts in three seasons. She earned her undergraduate degree in public relations, with a minor in psychology. In 2022, she transferred to St. John’s to pursue a graduate degree in sports management. She totaled 95 career games in her five-year career. Feighan, who hails from Pleasant Valley, N.Y., was the 2017-18 Gatorade Girls Soccer New York State Player of the Year. Feighan’s coaching experience includes coaching youth teams at LA Bulls since July 2023. She was also the head coach at FC Westchester and FC Somers in Westchester, N.Y. in 2023. Feighan holds a U.S. Soccer National "C:" coaching license.

Ruben Telliyan serves as the Assistant Director of Student-Athlete Advising at UCLA, where he supports the academic and personal development of student-athletes. Telliyan works with multiple sports, including men's basketball, football, women's soccer, tennis and water polo. With nearly 10 years of experience in higher education and athletic advising, Telliyan specializes in academic support and holistic student success. He holds a B.S. in Business Management from Cal State Northridge and a Master's in Sport Management from the University of San Francisco. In his free time, he loves to travel with his wife, Nicole and son, Eddie.

Sam Friedman completed his first season as a graduate manager in 2025. Friedman served the 2024 season as a practice player for the Bruins. He played four seasons as a goalkeeper for the UCLA club soccer team, winning the NIRSA National Championships in 2022 and earning runner-up honors while being selected to the all-tournament team in 2024. Originally from Santa Barbara, Calif., Friedman played club soccer for the Santa Barbara Soccer Club from 2017-21, winning USYS Regionals in 2021. Also in 2021, he helped lead San Marcos HS to its first league title in 20 years, and he earned second-team All-Channel League honors as a junior. Friedman also played four years of varsity tennis. Friedman is currently working on his USSF coaching license and hopes to focus on the goalkeeper position. He is also a referee working on his progression to be a regional referee for 2026. A 2025 UCLA graduate in Economics and three-year student intern in the UCLA Athletic Communications office, Friedman is currently studying for a postgraduate marketing certificate.