List of California Golden Bears head football coaches

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The California Golden Bears college football team represents the University of California, Berkeley in the North Division of the Pac-12 Conference (Pac-12). The Golden Bears compete as part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision. The program has had 34  head coaches since it began play during the 1886 season. As of 2017, Justin Wilcox is the head football coach of California Golden Bears. [1]

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Jeff Tedford (2002–12) is the leader in seasons coached (11), games won (82), and bowl appearances (8). Pappy Waldorf (1948–56) led the team to three Rose Bowl games from 1948 to 1950. Andy Smith (1916–25) has the highest win percentage (.799) of any coach (minimum 3 seasons).

Key

Key to symbols in coaches list
GeneralOverallConferencePostseason [A 1]
No.Order of coaches [A 2] GCGames coachedCWConference winsPWPostseason wins
DCDivision championshipsOWOverall winsCLConference lossesPLPostseason losses
CCConference championshipsOLOverall lossesCTConference tiesPTPostseason ties
NCNational championshipsOTOverall ties [A 3] C%Conference winning percentage
Elected to the College Football Hall of Fame O%Overall winning percentage [A 4]

Coaches

List of head football coaches showing season(s) coached, overall records, conference records, postseason records, championships and selected awards [A 5]
No.Name
[A 6]
Season(s)
[A 7]
GCOWOLOTO%CWCLCTC%PWPLPTCCNCAwards
1 Oscar S. Howard 188696210.722
2 Lee McClung 189242110.625
3 Pudge Heffelfinger 189375110.786
4 Charles O. Gill 189430120.333
5 Frank Butterworth 1895–1896159330.700
6 Charles P. Nott 189750320.200
7 Garrett Cochran 1898–18991915130.868
8 Addison Kelly 190074210.643
9 Frank W. Simpson 1901109010.950
10 James Whipple 1902–19031714120.882
11 James Hopper 190486110.813
12 J. W. Knibbs 190574120.714
13 Jimmie Schaeffer 1915138500.615
14 Andy Smith 1916–192597741670.79926820.75010154
1920
1921
1922
1923
15 Nibs Price 1926–193047271730.606101320.4400100
16 Bill Ingram 1931–193445271440.64411730.5950000
17 Stub Allison 1935–1944102584220.578342720.55610031
1937
18 Buck Shaw 1945104510.4502410.3570000
19 Frank Wickhorst 194692700.2221600.1430000
20 Pappy Waldorf 1947–1956103673240.670402140.6460303
21 Pete Elliott 1957–195931102100.32381000.4440101
22 Marv Levy 1960–19634082930.23831300.1880000
23 Ray Willsey 1964–197183404210.488182510.4200000
24 Mike White 1972–197766353010.538211910.5240001
25 Roger Theder 1978–198145172800.378131900.4060100
26 Joe Kapp 1982–198655203410.373123010.2910000
27 Bruce Snyder 1987–199157292440.544151940.4472000
28 Keith Gilbertson 1992–199546202600.435112100.3441000
29 Steve Mariucci 199612660.500350.375010
30 Tom Holmoe
[A 8]
1997–20015112390.2356310.162000
31 Jeff Tedford 2002–201213982570.59050450.526531
32 Sonny Dykes 2013–20164919300.38810260.278100
33 Justin Wilcox 2017–present7936430.45621370.362120

Notes

  1. Although the first Rose Bowl Game was played in 1902, it has been continuously played since the 1916 game, and is recognized as the oldest bowl game by the NCAA. "—" indicates any season prior to 1916 when postseason games were not played. [2]
  2. A running total of the number of head coaches, with coaches who served separate tenures being counted only once. Interim head coaches are represented with "Int" and are not counted in the running total. "" indicates the team played but either without a coach or no coach is on record. "X" indicates an interim year without play.
  3. Overtime rules in college football were introduced in 1996, making ties impossible in the period since. [3]
  4. When computing the win–loss percentage, a tie counts as half a win and half a loss. [4]
  5. Statistics correct as of the end of the 2023 NCAA Division I FBS football season.
  6. California did not have a head coach for their 18821884, 18871888, and 18901892 seasons.
  7. From 1906 to 1914, rugby was played instead of football and Oscar Taylor served as head coach, from 1906 to 1908. Jimmie Schaeffer, coached rugby from 1909 to 1914 and football in 1915. California also did not field teams for their 1889 season
  8. Under Holmoe, Cal finished 4–7 (3–5 in conference) in 1999, but later vacated the wins due to use of ineligible players. [5]

References

  1. "Justin Wilcox Named California Head Football Coach". Cal Athletics. January 14, 2017.
  2. National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2011). Bowl/All-Star Game Records (PDF). Indianapolis, Indiana: NCAA. pp. 5–10. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 5, 2011. Retrieved August 21, 2011.
  3. Whiteside, Kelly (August 25, 2006). "Overtime system still excites coaches". USA Today. McLean, Virginia. Archived from the original on September 6, 2010. Retrieved September 25, 2009.
  4. Finder, Chuck (September 6, 1987). "Big plays help Paterno to 200th". The New York Times. New York City. Archived from the original on September 28, 2013. Retrieved October 22, 2009.
  5. "Forfeits and Vacated Games". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 29, 2023.