David Singleton - Men's Basketball Coach

David Singleton

Title:
Assistant Coach
Alma Mater:
UCLA, '23

David Singleton will enter his second season as an assistant coach with the UCLA men’s basketball program in 2026-27, marking his seventh year with the Bruins’ program. Singleton played five seasons at UCLA, from 2018-19 through 2022-23, before spending two years playing in the NBA G League.

Singleton, who graduated with his bachelor’s degree in sociology from UCLA in 2023, returned to UCLA in the summer of 2025 as an assistant coach. He helped the Bruins’ program to a 24-12 overall record and a 13-7 mark in Big Ten play during the 2025-26 season. UCLA advanced to the NCAA Tournament as a No. 7 seed, going 2-1 in the Big Ten Tournament with wins over Rutgers and Michigan State.

A talented 3-point shooter during his playing career, Singleton helped UCLA to a 37.9 team shooting percentage from 3-point distance in 2025-26, second in the Big Ten and No. 20, nationally. In addition, UCLA’s team set the school single-season record for best free throw percentage (76.3), among the top 50 shooting percentages in the nation. The Bruins concluded the year ranking No. 7 in fewest turnovers committed per game (8.9) and No. 8 in assist-turnover ratio (1.8).

Singleton competed for the College Park Skyhawks in 2023-24 and 2024-25. Following his fifth and final season in Westwood (2022-23), Singleton played for the Atlanta Hawks’ NBA Summer League squad in July of 2023 before competing with Atlanta’s G League affiliate squad for the next two seasons.

A former standout at nearby Bishop Montgomery High School in Torrance, Calif., Singleton concluded his collegiate career as UCLA’s all-time leader in games played (164). He was able to take advantage of an extra year of eligibility afforded to student-athletes who saw their 2020-21 athletic season interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Singleton helped UCLA advance to the NCAA Tournament in three consecutive seasons (2021, 2022 and 2023), including a remarkable run from the First Four to the Final Four in 2021. As a fifth-year senior in 2022-23, Singleton guided the Bruins to the Pac-12 regular-season title and the program’s third consecutive trip to the NCAA Tournament’s Sweet 16.

Through his five seasons at UCLA, Singleton averaged 5.7 points and 1.8 rebounds per game. He concluded his career ranking No. 5 on UCLA’s career 3-point percentage list (43.4 percent) and No. 9 on the Pac-12’s career 3-point percentage record list. Singleton ranks No. 3 on UCLA’s career list for most 3-pointers made (219), behind Bryce Alford (329) and Jason Kapono (317). He compiled a career assist-turnover ratio of 2.4-to-1, with 154 assists and 63 turnovers.

Singleton’s leadership, effort and durability helped UCLA total 116 wins and 52 losses through five seasons, logging a career win percentage of 69.0. Through his final three seasons at UCLA, the Bruins went 80-24 with a 9-3 record in three NCAA Tournament appearances.

As a fifth-year senior in 2022-23, Singleton played in all 37 games and made 16 starts as UCLA compiled a 31-6 overall record. He averaged 9.0 points and 2.8 rebounds in 28.2 minutes per game, shooting a team-best 42.4 percent from 3-point range (73-for-172). That season, he ranked No. 3 in the Pac-12 in 3-point field goal percentage (42.4) and led UCLA with 73 shots made from 3-point range. His 73 triples that year were the most by any UCLA player since Aaron Holiday had made 88 threes during his junior season (2017-18). Singleton played for head coach Mick Cronin during his final four seasons at UCLA.

Singleton, 27, enrolled at UCLA as a freshman in the summer of 2018 after having been selected as the 2018 Gatorade California State Player of the Year at Bishop Montgomery. As a high school senior, Singleton was one of five athletes to secure first-team honors on the All-USA California Boys Basketball Team.