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This is Education 472: Introduction to Philosophies of Coaching. Valorie Kondos-Field is in charge – and it’s a learning environment unlike any other.

“She’s just so … herself,” UCLA women’s basketball player Charlisse Leger-Walker said. “The very first class, I thought she was crazy.”

Kondos-Field, known affectionately as Miss Val, won seven NCAA championships and collected more than 800 victories in her 29 years as head coach of the UCLA gymnastics team. She’s returned to the school as an educator in the School of Education and Information Studies’ Transformative Coaching and Leadership graduate program.

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Gold Over America Tour

Flipping into 30 cities near you with this pop concert-style spectacle! We hope you can join the celebration and be inspired with every twist, tumble, and gravity-defying flip.

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Incredibly honored to be asked by USPS to share some of my memories of my mentor, the great Coach John Wooden at the unveiling of the commemorative John Wooden stamp.

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