page_title: List of UCLA Bruins men's basketball head coaches
hierarchical_section_title: List of UCLA Bruins men's basketball head coaches
caption_attribution_description: English: University of New Mexico men's basketball head coach Steve Alford at San Diego's Jenny Craig Pavilion for the New Mexico vs San Diego game
context_page_description: The men's college basketball program of the University of California, Los Angeles 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 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. Ben Howland, led the Bruins to three consecutive Final Four appearances from 2006 to 2008.
  Statistics updated through November 14, 2019
context_section_description: 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. Ben Howland, led the Bruins to three consecutive Final Four appearances from 2006 to 2008.
  Statistics updated through November 14, 2019
caption: Former coach Steve Alford
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