
Coach John Savage stands on the field with the Men’s College World Series decals on the outfield wall. (Kai Dizon/Daily Bruin senior staff)
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The baseball world was focused on game seven of the 2025 World Series on Saturday – the sport’s biggest possible stage.

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UCLA Athletics is no longer the new fish in the pond. After its inaugural year in the Big Ten, UCLA made its name known, winning four Big Ten tournament championships.
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When top high school prospects choose the collegiate path, they commit themselves to earning a degree while continuing to pursue their athletic dream – committing to three years of growth, improvement and development, while simultaneously pursuing their professional aspirations.
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UCLA baseball coach John Savage made a name for himself in college baseball through high school recruiting and player development.
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UCLA baseball will stick with its longtime head coach for a few more years.
A season removed from a 19-33 finish and missing the postseason for the second year in a row, coach John Savage led his team back to the Men’s College World Series for the first time since 2013, when he brought the program to its first and only national title.
“UCLA has agreed to a three-year contract extension with Head Coach John Savage,” a UCLA Athletics spokesperson said Thursday.
Savage’s first extension – which was signed after the 2013 campaign and at the time made him one of the highest-paid coaches in college baseball – concluded at the end of the 2025 season.
I walked into John Savage’s office May 18 of last year as the only reporter there.
Despite UCLA’s sweep of Stanford on Senior Day, the Bruins’ head coach seemingly had very little to celebrate.
No. 15 seed UCLA baseball (48-18, 22-8 Big Ten) lost a weather-induced double header to No. 6 seed LSU 9-5 and No. 3 seed Arkansas 7-3 Tuesday in the Men’s College World Series, ending the Bruins’ season.

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