List of Fresno State Bulldogs head football coaches explained

The Fresno State Bulldogs college football team represent California State University, Fresno in the Mountain West Conference. The Bulldogs competed in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) College Division in the years 1921–1968. In 1969, the team moved to National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I.

The program has had 20 different head coaches in its 102 seasons of existence (through 2023), including four who had multiple tenures as head coach.

Coaches

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No.CoachTenureSeasonsWinLossTiePct.Bowls
1 1921–1928 8 36 26 7 .572 0
2 1929–1932 4 16 17 2 .486 0
3 1933–1935 3 18 9 1 .661 0
4 1936–1942 8 59 18 5 .750 1
5 1944 10 6 0 .000 0
6 1945 2 7 14 2 .348 1
7 James Bradshaw
(totals included on line 4)		1946
8 1947–1948 2 6 12 3 .357 0
9 Alvin Pierson
(totals included on line 6)		1949
10 1950–1951 2 7 11 12 .395 0
11 1952–1958 7 46 22 2 .671 0
12 1959–1963 5 37 13 0 .740 1
13 1964–1965 2 10 10 0 .500 0
14 1966–1972 7 43 32 1 .573 2
15 1973–1975 3 10 24 0 .294 0
16 Jim Sweeney
(totals included on line 18)		1976–1977
17 1978–1979 2 7 15 0 .318 1
18 1980–1996 19 143 75 3 .654 7
19 1997–2011 15 112 80 0 .583 11
20 2012–2016 5 30 30 0 .500 3
21 2016 1 0 4 0 .000 0
22 2017–2019 5 45 22 0 .671 3
23 2020–2021 2 12 6 0 .667 0
24 Jeff Tedford
(totals included on line 22)		2022-PRESENT
   Totals   1921–2019   99  613  431  28 .585  25