List of California Golden Bears head football coaches
Coaches
* From 1906 to 1914, rugby was played instead of football. Cal's 13th coach was Oscar Taylor, from 1906 to 1908.

List of California Golden Bears head football coaches

Section Title: Coaches
Table Section Text: * From 1906 to 1914, rugby was played instead of football. Cal's 13th coach was Oscar Taylor, from 1906 to 1908.

No.	Coach	Tenure	Seasons	Win	Loss	Tie	Pct.	Bowls

1	Oscar S. Howard	1886	1	6	2	1	.722	0

1.5	No coach	1887–1892	5	18	4	0	.818	0

2	Lee McClung	1892	1	2	1	1	.625	0

3	William Heffelfinger	1893	1	5	1	1	.786	0

4	Charles O. Gill	1894	1	0	1	2	.333	0

5	Frank Butterworth	1895–1896	2	9	3	3	.700	0

6	Charles P. Nott	1897	1	0	3	2	.200	0

7	Garrett Cochran	1898–1899	2	15	1	3	.868	0

8	Addison Kelly	1900	1	4	2	1	.643	0

9	Frank W. Simpson	1901	1	9	0	1	.950	0

10	James Whipple	1902–1903	2	14	1	2	.882	0

11	James Hopper	1904	1	6	1	1	.813	0

12	J. W. Knibbs	1905	1	4	1	2	.714	0

14*	Jimmie Schaeffer	1915	1	8	5	0	.615	0

15	Andy Smith	1916–1925	10	74	16	7	.799	2

16	Nibs Price	1926–1930	5	27	17	3	.606	1

17	Bill Ingram	1931–1934	4	27	14	4	.644	0

18	Stub Allison	1935–1944	10	58	42	2	.578	1

19	Buck Shaw	1945	1	4	5	1	.450	0

20	Frank Wickhorst	1946	1	2	7	0	.222	0

21	Pappy Waldorf	1947–1956	10	67	32	4	.650	3

22	Pete Elliott	1957–1959	3	10	21	0	.323	1

23	Marv Levy	1960–1963	4	8	29	3	.238	0

24	Ray Willsey	1964–1971	8	40	42	1	.488	0

25	Mike White	1972–1977	6	35	30	1	.538	0

26	Roger Theder	1978–1981	4	18	27	0	.400	1

27	Joe Kapp	1982–1986	5	20	34	1	.373	0

28	Bruce Snyder	1987–1991	5	29	24	4	.544	2

29	Keith Gilbertson	1992–1995	4	20	26	0	.435	1

30	Steve Mariucci	1996	1	6	6	0	.500	1

31	Tom Holmoe	1997–2001	5	12	43	0	.218	0

32	Jeff Tedford	2002–2012	11	82	57	0	.590	8

33	Sonny Dykes	2013–2016	4	19	30	0	.388	1

34	Justin Wilcox	2017–present	2	11	11	0	.500	0

Totals	1886–present	123	669	539	51	.552	21

Sentence(s)

For the period of 1916–1925, Andy Smith has the highest win percentage of .799 of any coach (minimum 3 seasons).

final_sentence: For the period of 1916–1925, Andy Smith has the highest win percentage of .799 of any coach (minimum 3 seasons).