Will Oldham enters his fifth season on staff and first as an assistant coach in 2027. Oldham previously served as the director of player development and data analytics from 2025-26 and as a volunteer assistant from 2023-24.
Oldham specializes in scouting and hitting development, working alongside associate head coach Lisa Fernandez and assistant coach Mysha Sataraka.
During Oldham's first four seasons on staff, the Bruins compiled a 203-42 record (.829), advanced to three consecutive Women's College World Series from 2024-26 and captured two Pac-12 regular-season championships and one Pac-12 Tournament title. Oldham was also part of three consecutive NFCA West Region Coaching Staff of the Year award-winning staffs from 2024-26.
During the collegiate offseason, Oldham serves as an assistant coach for the Utah Talons of the Athletes Unlimited Softball League (AUSL). Working alongside general manager Lisa Fernandez, Oldham helped guide the Talons to back-to-back AUSL championships in the league's first two seasons in 2025 and 2026.
In 2026, Oldham helped coach the most prolific offense in NCAA history. The Bruins set Division I single-season records for home runs (209), runs scored (672), RBIs (643), total bases (1,408), extra-base hits (234), slugging percentage (.825) and on-base percentage (.490). UCLA also broke its program record for mercy-rule victories for the second consecutive season with 30 and surpassed 100 home runs for the second straight year. The Bruins' NCAA-record 209 home runs nearly doubled the previous program single-season record of 108 set in 2010.
Megan Grant and Jordan Woolery formed one of the most dominant offensive duos in college softball history, combining for 78 home runs. Grant broke the NCAA single-season home run record with 42, while Woolery hit 36 home runs with an NCAA-leading 117 RBIs en route to Softball America National Player of the Year and Big Ten Player of the Year honors. A program-record eight Bruins hit at least 10 home runs, led by Grant and Woolery, who produced two of the top three single-season home run totals in NCAA history. Three UCLA hitters earned NFCA All-America honors for the second consecutive season, with Grant and Woolery receiving first-team recognition and Rylee Slimp earning third-team honors.
In 2025, Oldham’s offensive unit ranked in the top 10 nationally in runs scored (485), home runs (101) and slugging percentage (.591). Grant set the Big Ten Conference single-season record and ranked second in UCLA single-season history with 26 home runs. Woolery joined Grant in the 20-homer club with 23 blasts, signaling just the second time a UCLA duo had each homered 20 times in the same year. Woolery finished the season with a nation-leading 86 runs batted in.
Three of Oldham’s hitters were named NFCA All-Americans and All-Big Ten First Team selections in 2025. Grant and Woolery were tabbed as First Team All-Americans for the first time in their collegiate careers. Senior Savannah Pola earned the first All-America recognition of her career with a third-team selection after a breakout season as UCLA’s batting average leader (.428). Pola ranked second in the nation in hits (98) and fourth in runs scored (73).
In 2024, Oldham helped UCLA overcome a 3-4 start to finish 43-12 and return to the WCWS. The Bruins captured the Pac-12 regular-season and tournament championships, highlighted by a 14-game winning streak spanning late April and May. Oldham worked closely with NFCA All-Americans Maya Brady and Sharlize Palacios. Palacios hit five of her team-leading 20 home runs in the NCAA Tournament and earned Pac-12 Tournament MVP honors. Brady was named Pac-12 Player of the Year for a second straight season in 2024, leading UCLA with a .418 batting average and 68 RBIs.
The Bruins posted a 52-7 record and clinched the Pac-12 regular season championship in Oldham’s first year on staff in 2023. Three of UCLA’s hitters – Brady, Grant and Woolery – earned NFCA All-America status. Grant and Woolery, a pair of NFCA Freshman of the Year Top 10 Finalists, combined for 104 RBIs for the most by a freshman duo in UCLA history. Brady claimed her first Pac-12 Player of the Year trophy and was named a USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year Top 3 Finalist after setting career benchmarks in batting average (.448), home runs (18) and slugging percentage (.866).
Prior to working at UCLA, Oldham played with longtime Bruins assistant coach Kirk Walker on their men's fastpitch softball team as a pitcher and shortstop for three years.
Oldham has seven years of high school softball coaching experience in the Palm Springs area and has coached travel ball for two years. He has also worked at UCLA softball summer camps.
Oldham was born in Indio, Calif.
Oldham’s Coaching Experience
2023 – Volunteer Assistant Coach, UCLA
2024 – Volunteer Director of Player Development & Data Analytics, UCLA
2025-26 – Director of Player Development & Data Analytics, UCLA
2027-Pres. – Assistant Coach, UCLA