And entering the NCAA gymnastics championships this weekend in Fort Worth, Texas, the Bruins are certainly in contention to repeat. She has coached the UCLA Bruins to seven national championships, including the 2018 title. With a big-picture philosophy that combines dance parties with major life lessons and gymnastics training, she focuses more on the people on her team than on winning any individual title.īut she has proven that her approach works pretty well at winning titles too. After 29 years at the helm, Kondos Field, 59, will retire this season - and in the sports world, her coaching style can only be described as, well, unconventional. I was immediately sold - and no one could change my mind after that."įrazier's story might sound almost hard to believe, but it's not exactly unique on the UCLA gymnastics team. And I really appreciated that and I fell in love with this school and the coaches right away. They want me to be not an excellent gymnast, but an excellent person. "I realized Miss Val, and the entire coaching staff, didn't just want me to win in gymnastics, but in life too," Frazier says. She frankly didn't know she was supposed to have any. national team who spent years in the elite system, the 19-year-old couldn't believe someone cared about her passions outside of the sport. Katharine Lotze/Getty ImagesĪ member of the U.S. "No one had ever asked me that before." Margzetta Frazier, a freshman at UCLA, has been a key competitor for the team this season, especially on bars and floor. "She asked me right away what I wanted to do after gymnastics," Frazier says, before sighing. She and her parents flew to Los Angeles without many expectations.īut as soon as she met UCLA head coach Valorie Kondos Field, her plans changed with one simple question.
She loved Alabama and Georgia and was deciding between the two when she thought looking at just one more school might help.
Margzetta Frazier had her heart set on attending an SEC school.
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