List of California Golden Bears head football coaches

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]

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).

Coaches

No.	Coach	Tenure	Seasons	Win	Loss	Tie	Pct.	Bowls
1	Oscar S. Howard	1886	1	6	2	1	.722	0
1.5	No coach	1887–1892	5	18	4	0	.818	0
2	Lee McClung	1892	1	2	1	1	.625	0
3	William Heffelfinger	1893	1	5	1	1	.786	0
4	Charles O. Gill	1894	1	0	1	2	.333	0
5	Frank Butterworth	1895–1896	2	9	3	3	.700	0
6	Charles P. Nott	1897	1	0	3	2	.200	0
7	Garrett Cochran	1898–1899	2	15	1	3	.868	0
8	Addison Kelly	1900	1	4	2	1	.643	0
9	Frank W. Simpson	1901	1	9	0	1	.950	0
10	James Whipple	1902–1903	2	14	1	2	.882	0
11	James Hopper	1904	1	6	1	1	.813	0
12	J. W. Knibbs	1905	1	4	1	2	.714	0
14*	Jimmie Schaeffer	1915	1	8	5	0	.615	0
15	Andy Smith	1916–1925	10	74	16	7	.799	2
16	Nibs Price	1926–1930	5	27	17	3	.606	1
17	Bill Ingram	1931–1934	4	27	14	4	.644	0
18	Stub Allison	1935–1944	10	58	42	2	.578	1
19	Buck Shaw	1945	1	4	5	1	.450	0
20	Frank Wickhorst	1946	1	2	7	0	.222	0
21	Pappy Waldorf	1947–1956	10	67	32	4	.650	3
22	Pete Elliott	1957–1959	3	10	21	0	.323	1
23	Marv Levy	1960–1963	4	8	29	3	.238	0
24	Ray Willsey	1964–1971	8	40	42	1	.488	0
25	Mike White	1972–1977	6	35	30	1	.538	0
26	Roger Theder	1978–1981	4	18	27	0	.400	1
27	Joe Kapp	1982–1986	5	20	34	1	.373	0
28	Bruce Snyder	1987–1991	5	29	24	4	.544	2
29	Keith Gilbertson	1992–1995	4	20	26	0	.435	1
30	Steve Mariucci	1996	1	6	6	0	.500	1
31	Tom Holmoe	1997–2001	5	12	43	0	.218	0
32	Jeff Tedford	2002–2012	11	82	57	0	.590	8
33	Sonny Dykes	2013–2016	4	19	30	0	.388	1
34	Justin Wilcox	2017–present	2	8	9	0	.471	0
	Totals ^[2]	1886–present	123	666	537	51	.551	21

* From 1906 to 1914, rugby was played instead of football. Cal's 13th coach was Oscar Taylor, from 1906 to 1908. Cal's 14th coach, Jimmie Schaeffer, coached rugby from 1909 to 1914 and football in 1915.

References

↑ "Justin Wilcox Named California Head Football Coach". Cal Athletics. January 14, 2017.
↑ "2016 California Football Information Guide" (PDF). Cal Athletics. p. 162.

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[1] "Justin Wilcox Named California Head Football Coach". Cal Athletics. January 14, 2017.

[2] "2016 California Football Information Guide" (PDF). Cal Athletics. p. 162.

California Golden Bears football
Venues	California Field (1904–1922) California Memorial Stadium (1923–2010, 2012–present) AT&T Park (2011)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Stanford: Big Game (Stanford Axe) UCLA
Culture & lore	Oski "Fight for California" "Big C" Marching band Tightwad Hill The Play
People	Head coaches Starting quarterbacks NFL draftees Statistical leaders
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National championship seasons in bold

List of California Golden Bears head football coaches

Coaches

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