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. 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." 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.There were 28 seasons from 1975–76 to 2002–03 and 7 coaches, an average of 4 years. The Yahoo article said 3.9. Ben Howland, led the Bruins to three consecutive Final Four appearances from 2006 to 2008.

Years Duration of head coaching career at UCLAWon Number of games won at UCLALost 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 YearsWonLost%RefFred Cozens1919–1921204.833Caddy Works1921–1939173159.521Wilbur Johns1939–194893120.437John Wooden*1948–1975620147.808Gene Bartow1975–1977529.852Gary Cunningham1977–1979508.862Larry Brown*1979–19814217.712Larry Farmer1981–19846123.726Walt Hazzard1984–19887747.621Jim Harrick1988–199619262.756Steve Lavin1996–200314578.650Ben Howland2003–2013233107.685Steve Alford2013–201812463.663 Murry Bartow (interim)2018–20191010.500Mick Cronin2019–present13762.688

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