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).
General | Overall | Conference | Postseason [A 1] | ||||
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No. | Order of coaches [A 2] | GC | Games coached | CW | Conference wins | PW | Postseason wins |
DC | Division championships | OW | Overall wins | CL | Conference losses | PL | Postseason losses |
CC | Conference championships | OL | Overall losses | CT | Conference ties | PT | Postseason ties |
NC | National championships | OT | Overall ties [A 3] | C% | Conference winning percentage | ||
† | Elected to the College Football Hall of Fame | O% | Overall winning percentage [A 4] |
No. | Name [A 6] | Season(s) [A 7] | GC | OW | OL | OT | O% | CW | CL | CT | C% | PW | PL | PT | CC | NC | Awards |
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1 | Oscar S. Howard | 1886 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0.722 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
2 | Lee McClung | 1892 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0.625 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
3 | Pudge Heffelfinger | 1893 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0.786 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
4 | Charles O. Gill | 1894 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0.333 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
5 | Frank Butterworth | 1895–1896 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0.700 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
6 | Charles P. Nott | 1897 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0.200 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
7 | Garrett Cochran † | 1898–1899 | 19 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 0.868 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
8 | Addison Kelly | 1900 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0.643 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
9 | Frank W. Simpson | 1901 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0.950 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
10 | James Whipple | 1902–1903 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0.882 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
11 | James Hopper | 1904 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0.813 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
12 | J. W. Knibbs | 1905 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0.714 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
13 | Jimmie Schaeffer | 1915 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0.615 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
14 | Andy Smith † | 1916–1925 | 97 | 74 | 16 | 7 | 0.799 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 0.750 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 1920 1921 1922 1923 | — |
15 | Nibs Price | 1926–1930 | 47 | 27 | 17 | 3 | 0.606 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 0.440 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
16 | Bill Ingram † | 1931–1934 | 45 | 27 | 14 | 4 | 0.644 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 0.595 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
17 | Stub Allison | 1935–1944 | 102 | 58 | 42 | 2 | 0.578 | 34 | 27 | 2 | 0.556 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 1937 | — |
18 | Buck Shaw | 1945 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0.450 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0.357 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
19 | Frank Wickhorst | 1946 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0.222 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0.143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
20 | Pappy Waldorf † | 1947–1956 | 103 | 67 | 32 | 4 | 0.670 | 40 | 21 | 4 | 0.646 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | — | — |
21 | Pete Elliott † | 1957–1959 | 31 | 10 | 21 | 0 | 0.323 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 0.444 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
22 | Marv Levy | 1960–1963 | 40 | 8 | 29 | 3 | 0.238 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0.188 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
23 | Ray Willsey | 1964–1971 | 83 | 40 | 42 | 1 | 0.488 | 18 | 25 | 1 | 0.420 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
24 | Mike White | 1972–1977 | 66 | 35 | 30 | 1 | 0.538 | 21 | 19 | 1 | 0.524 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
25 | Roger Theder | 1978–1981 | 45 | 17 | 28 | 0 | 0.378 | 13 | 19 | 0 | 0.406 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
26 | Joe Kapp | 1982–1986 | 55 | 20 | 34 | 1 | 0.373 | 12 | 30 | 1 | 0.291 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
27 | Bruce Snyder | 1987–1991 | 57 | 29 | 24 | 4 | 0.544 | 15 | 19 | 4 | 0.447 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
28 | Keith Gilbertson | 1992–1995 | 46 | 20 | 26 | 0 | 0.435 | 11 | 21 | 0 | 0.344 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
29 | Steve Mariucci | 1996 | 12 | 6 | 6 | — | 0.500 | 3 | 5 | — | 0.375 | 0 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
30 | Tom Holmoe [A 8] | 1997–2001 | 51 | 12 | 39 | — | 0.235 | 6 | 31 | — | 0.162 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
31 | Jeff Tedford | 2002–2012 | 139 | 82 | 57 | — | 0.590 | 50 | 45 | — | 0.526 | 5 | 3 | — | 1 | — | — |
32 | Sonny Dykes | 2013–2016 | 49 | 19 | 30 | — | 0.388 | 10 | 26 | — | 0.278 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
33 | Justin Wilcox | 2017–present | 79 | 36 | 43 | — | 0.456 | 21 | 37 | — | 0.362 | 1 | 2 | — | 0 | — | — |
The California Golden Bears (Cal) football program represents the University of California, Berkeley in college football as a member of the Pac-12 Conference at the NCAA Division I FBS level. The team plays its home games at California Memorial Stadium and is coached by Justin Wilcox. Since beginning of play in 1886, the team has won five NCAA recognized national titles - 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, and 1937 and 14 conference championships, the last one in 2006. It has also produced what are considered to be two of the oddest and most memorable plays in college football: Roy "Wrong Way" Riegels' fumble recovery at the 1929 Rose Bowl and The Play kickoff return in the 1982 Big Game.