UCLA Club Sports

Head Coach & Director of Rugby at UCLA Men's Rugby

Harry enters his 5th full season with UCLA as Head Coach after retiring from professional rugby. With a 12 year professional playing career ending with Rugby New York in Major League Rugby, Harry brings plenty of experience. Originally from Australia, Harry has been in numerous high performance rugby environments as a player including The King's School; Parramatta, Australian Schoolboys, NSW Waratahs (Super Rugby) & Rugby New York (MLR). 

Since joining UCLA Men's Rugby, Bennett has lead UCLA to major milestones including recent back to back playoff seasons, historic victories against Oxford University & past National Champions - Saint Mary's College as well as pioneering the programs first international tour in over 40 years with an incredible tour of the UK where the Bruins had 2 famous victories from 3 games. This past season, Bennett was named a Collegiate All-American coach and lead the Western Conference All-American team to a victory in the inaugural West vs East All-American game. 

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