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] [4] Ben Howland, led the Bruins to three consecutive Final Four appearances from 2006 to 2008.[5]
| 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 | [6] | |
| 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 | [7] | |
| Steve Alford | 2013–2018 | 124 | 63 | .663 | [8] | |
| Murry Bartow (interim) | 2018–2019 | 10 | 10 | .500 | ||
| Mick Cronin | 2019–present | 99 | 36 | .733 |