Valorie Kondos Field (2010) - Hall of Fame

Valorie Kondos Field

Induction:
2010

In 2010, Valorie Kondos Field became just the second head coach ever to be inducted into the UCLA Athletic Hall of Fame while still coaching at UCLA. Upon arriving at UCLA in 1983 as a student coach, Valorie Kondos Field ascended the ranks as an assistant coach and choreographer, co-head coach (1991-94) and then sole head coach from 1995-2019. As head coach, Kondos Field positioned UCLA as the premier program in collegiate gymnastics by guiding it to an overall record of 843-215-5 with 15 Pac-12 titles, 20 Regional crowns and seven NCAA titles (1997, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2010 and 2018), as well as 32 NCAA individual titles during her tenure. Her 2018 squad won the NCAA title in dramatic comeback fashion, using a record-setting beam total of 49.750 in the final rotation to capture the victory. In 2010, UCLA won NCAA, Regional and Pac-10 championships and produced two NCAA individual champions. In 2003, the Bruins recorded an unprecedented five team scores of 198.0 or better en route to the NCAA title. The 2004 team set an NCAA Championship record by scoring 198.125 in the Super Six Team Finals. In 2001, UCLA gymnasts won the NCAA floor, uneven bars and all-around events, and every Bruin who competed earned All-America honors. That year, Kondos Field was voted the NACGC National Coach of the Year for the fourth time. Kondos Field was honored in 2016 as the Pac-12 Gymnastics Coach of the Century, and in 2019, she received the UCLA Professional Achievement award for her superior achievements in the field.