List of UCLA Bruins men's basketball head coaches

The men's college basketball program of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) was founded in 1919 and is known competitively as the UCLA Bruins. The team has had 13 head coaches in its history, and they have won 11 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Men's Division I Basketball Championships, the most of any school.^[1] John Wooden won 10 national championships between 1964 and 1975, and Jim Harrick won the other in 1995. The New York Times wrote that Wooden "made UCLA the most successful team in college basketball."^[2] After Wooden retired, the four coaches that succeeded him resigned, and the following three—Harrick included—were fired. The average tenure of those coaches after Wooden was four years.^[3]^{[note 1]} Ben Howland, led the Bruins to three consecutive Final Four appearances from 2006 to 2008.^[4]

Years	Duration of head coaching career at UCLA
Won	Number of games won at UCLA
Lost	Number of games lost at UCLA
%	Percentage of games won at UCLA
*	Elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach

Statistics updated through 2019–20 season

Head Coach	Years	Won	Lost	%	Ref
Fred Cozens	1919–1921	20	4	.833	^[5]
Caddy Works	1921–1939	173	159	.521
Wilbur Johns	1939–1948	93	120	.437
John Wooden*	1948–1975	620	147	.808
Gene Bartow	1975–1977	52	9	.852
Gary Cunningham	1977–1979	50	8	.862
Larry Brown*	1979–1981	42	17	.712
Larry Farmer	1981–1984	61	23	.726
Walt Hazzard	1984–1988	77	47	.621
Jim Harrick	1988–1996	192	62	.756
Steve Lavin	1996–2003	145	78	.650
Ben Howland	2003–2013	233	107	.685	^[6]
Steve Alford	2013–2018	124	63	.663	^[7]
Murry Bartow (interim)	2018–2019	10	10	.500
Mick Cronin	2019–present	99	36	.733

Notes

^ There were 28 seasons from 1975–76 to 2002–03 and 7 coaches, an average of 4 years. The Yahoo article said 3.9.

References

^ "Top 10 Colleges to Produce NBA Pros". RealClearSports. June 21, 2011. Archived from the original on March 23, 2012.
^ Litsky, Frank (March 18, 2003). "Formality Is Reality As U.C.L.A. Fires Lavin". The New York Times. Archived from the original on December 20, 2013.
^ Wetzel, Dan (March 29, 2006). "Westwood's new look". yahoo.com. Yahoo! Sports. Archived from the original on December 15, 2013.
^ Dwyre, Bill (February 11, 2011). "Ben Howland keeps cool on the UCLA basketball hot seat". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on April 19, 2011.
^ "2011–12 UCLA Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). UCLA Athletic Department. 2011. p. 121. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 7, 2012. Retrieved March 29, 2012.
^ "Ben Howland coaching record". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 29, 2012.
^ "Steve Alford Coaching Record". sports-reference.com. Retrieved February 12, 2016.

[4] There were 28 seasons from 1975–76 to 2002–03 and 7 coaches, an average of 4 years. The Yahoo article said 3.9.

[top10-1] "Top 10 Colleges to Produce NBA Pros". RealClearSports. June 21, 2011. Archived from the original on March 23, 2012.

[litsky-2] Litsky, Frank (March 18, 2003). "Formality Is Reality As U.C.L.A. Fires Lavin". The New York Times. Archived from the original on December 20, 2013.

[3] Wetzel, Dan (March 29, 2006). "Westwood's new look". yahoo.com. Yahoo! Sports. Archived from the original on December 15, 2013.

[5] Dwyre, Bill (February 11, 2011). "Ben Howland keeps cool on the UCLA basketball hot seat". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on April 19, 2011.

[2011_coaches-6] "2011–12 UCLA Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). UCLA Athletic Department. 2011. p. 121. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 7, 2012. Retrieved March 29, 2012.

[7] "Ben Howland coaching record". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 29, 2012.

[8] "Steve Alford Coaching Record". sports-reference.com. Retrieved February 12, 2016.

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v t e UCLA Bruins men's basketball
Venues	Men's Gym (1932–1965) Pan-Pacific Auditorium (alternate; 1949–1959) Venice High School (1955–1956) Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena (1959–1965; 2011–2012) Honda Center (2011–2012) Pauley Pavilion (1965–present)
Rivalries	Arizona Notre Dame USC (Crosstown Cup)
Culture & lore	Blue blood status Game of the Century UCLA High Post Offense Joe Bruin
People	Head coaches Retired numbers NBA players Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics