Doug Erickson - Men's Basketball Coach

Doug Erickson

Title:
Director of Basketball Administration
Alma Mater:
San Jose State, '90

Doug Erickson enters his 34th year working with the UCLA men’s basketball program in 2025-26.

As the Director of Basketball Administration, Erickson is responsible for all internal operations of the basketball program and serves as a liaison between the coaches and department administrators. He is involved in the day-to-day operations of the team, including finance, travel, meals, ticketing, housing, financial aid and parking. Erickson also plays a central role in the basketball program’s alumni relations, having worked with student-athletes, coaches and support staff across four decades.

Erickson organizes and serves as co-director of the UCLA basketball camps each summer. He helps coordinate every aspect of the camp including housing, meals and camp speakers.

During Erickson’s tenure at UCLA, the Bruins have made 25 appearances in the NCAA Tournament, including five trips to the NCAA Final Four. He was a member of the staff when UCLA won the 1995 NCAA Championship. In addition, UCLA has captured eight Pac-12 regular-season titles and two Pac-12 Tournament championships. He joined the Bruins’ program when Jim Harrick served as UCLA’s head coach. Since then, he has worked alongside six UCLA head coaches – Harrick, followed by Steve Lavin, Ben Howland, Steve Alford, Murry Bartow in an interim role, and Mick Cronin.

Erickson joined the Bruins’ staff in 1992 after serving as an accountant for two years at Cadence Design Systems, a leading semiconductor company in San Jose, Calif.

A native of Eureka, Calif., Erickson played four years of basketball and graduated from Eureka High School. In 2013, he was inducted into the high school’s athletic Hall of Fame.

Erickson earned a bachelor’s degree in economics at San Jose State in 1990. His career has been shaped by his family, where all six members played basketball at one time or another.