List of UCLA head
basketball coaches
Updated: June 2025
List of head basketball coaches for UCLA, the University of California at Los Angeles, since the program’s inception in 1919. Source: UCLA men’s basketball media guide.
1919-21 — Fred Cozens, 20-4 (.833)
1921-39 — Caddy Works, 173-161 (.518)
1939-48 — Wilbur Johns, 93-120 (.437)
1948-75 — John Wooden, 620-147 (.808)
1975-77 — Gene Bartow, 52-9 (.852)
1977-79 — Gary Cunningham, 50-8 (.862)
1979-81 — Larry Brown, 42-17 (.712)
1981-84 — Larry Farmer, 61-23 (.726)
1984-88 — Walt Hazzard, 77-47 (.621)
1988-96 — Jim Harrick, 192-62 (.756)
1996-03 — Steve Lavin, 145-78 (.650)
2003-13 — Ben Howland, 233-107 (.685)
2013-18 — Steve Alford, 124-63 (.663)
2019 — Murry Bartow (interim), 10-10 (.500)
2019-present — Mick Cronin, 138-64 (.683)
The media guide notes that two seasons — 1979-80 and 1998-99 — include games that were “vacated” by NCAA action. The Bruins’ 6 NCAA Tournament games in 1980 and 1 Tournament game in 1999 “are not recognized by the NCAA.”