List of California Golden Bears men's basketball head coaches

Last updated March 03, 2025

Nibs Price, the winningest head coach in Golden Bears men's basketball history. Young Nibs Price.jpg — Nibs Price, the winningest head coach in Golden Bears men's basketball history.

The following is a list of California Golden Bears men's basketball head coaches. There have been 19 head coaches of the Golden Bears in their 114-season history.^[1]

California's current head coach is Mark Madsen. He was hired as the Golden Bears' head coach in March 2023,^[2]^[3] replacing Mark Fox, who was fired after the 2022–23 season.^[4]

No.	Tenure	Coach	Years	Record	Pct.
–	1907–1915^[a]	No coach	6	21–0	1.000
1	1915–1916	Kilduff	1	11–5	.688
2	1916–1917	Ben Cherrington	1	15–1	.938
3	1917–1918	Walter Christie	1	8–2	.800
4	1918–1920	Bill Hollander	2	14–8	.636
5	1920–1924	Earl Wight	4	60–20	.750
6	1924–1954	Nibs Price	30	449–294	.604
7	1954–1960	Pete Newell	6	119–44	.730
8	1960–1968	Rene Herrerias	8	92–100	.479
9	1968–1972	Jim Padgett	4	52–53	.495
10	1972–1978	Dick Edwards	6	73–85	.462
11	1978–1985	Dick Kuchen	7	80–112	.417
12	1985–1993^[b]	Lou Campanelli	8	123–108	.532
13	1993–1996^[c]^[d]	Todd Bozeman	4	35–63	.357
14	1996–2008	Ben Braun	12	219–154	.587
15	2008–2014	Mike Montgomery	6	130–73	.640
16	2014–2017	Cuonzo Martin	3	62–39	.614
17	2017–2019	Wyking Jones	2	16–47	.254
18	2019–2023	Mark Fox	4	38–87	.304
19	2023–present	Mark Madsen	1	0–0	–
Totals		19 coaches	114 seasons	1,617–1,295	.555
Records updated through end of 2022–23 season Source^[1]

↑ California did not field a basketball team for the 1909–10 and 1910–11 seasons.
↑ Campanelli was fired on February 8, 1993. Todd Bozeman was named interim head coach for the remainder of the season.'"`UNIQ--ref-0000000B-QINU`"'
↑ Bozeman was named permanent head coach in March of 1993, five weeks after being named interim coach.'"`UNIQ--ref-0000000D-QINU`"'
↑ California forfeited all games from the 1994–95 season, and 25 games from the 1995–96 season. Bozeman's on-court record is 63–35 (.643).

References

1 2 "California Men's Basketball 2020-21 Record Book" (PDF). University of California Berkeley Athletics. Retrieved February 27, 2023.
↑ "Mark Madsen hired by Cal: Bears land Utah Valley coach who was a star player for rival Stanford". 29 March 2023.
↑ "Mark Madsen Named Cal Men's Basketball Head Coach".
↑ "Cal Makes Change In Men's Basketball Leadership".

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[NoTeam-5] California did not field a basketball team for the 1909–10 and 1910–11 seasons.

[CampanelliBozeman-6] Campanelli was fired on February 8, 1993. Todd Bozeman was named interim head coach for the remainder of the season.'"`UNIQ--ref-0000000B-QINU`"'

[BozemanInterim-7] Bozeman was named permanent head coach in March of 1993, five weeks after being named interim coach.'"`UNIQ--ref-0000000D-QINU`"'

[BozemanForfeited-8] California forfeited all games from the 1994–95 season, and 25 games from the 1995–96 season. Bozeman's on-court record is 63–35 (.643).

[RecordBook-1] 1 2 "California Men's Basketball 2020-21 Record Book" (PDF). University of California Berkeley Athletics. Retrieved February 27, 2023.

[2] "Mark Madsen hired by Cal: Bears land Utah Valley coach who was a star player for rival Stanford". 29 March 2023.

[3] "Mark Madsen Named Cal Men's Basketball Head Coach".

[4] "Cal Makes Change In Men's Basketball Leadership".

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