List of San Diego State Aztecs head football coaches

The San Diego State Aztecs college football team represent San Diego State University in the Mountain West Conference. The Aztecs competed in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) College Division in the years 1921–1968. In 1969, the team moved to National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I.

The program has had 18 head coaches in its 94 seasons of existence (through 2016). Don Coryell is the coach with the highest winning percentage (.840) and most wins (104) of any San Diego State coach. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1999. From a Bowl perspective, the current coach Rocky Long has been the most successful. He has led the Aztecs to a Bowl game in each of his six years as head coach.

Coaches

No.	Coach	Tenure	Seasons	Win	Loss	Tie	Pct.	Bowls
1	C.E. Peterson	1921–1929	9	43	31	4	.577	0
2	Walter Herreid	1930–1934	5	20	21	5	.489	0
3	Leo Calland	1935–1941	7	34	22	4	.600	0
4	John Eubank	1942	1	0	6	1	.071	0
5	Bob Breitbard	1945	1	2	5	0	.286	0
6	Bill Terry	1946	1	6	4	0	.600	0
7	Bill Schutte	1947–1955	9	48	36	4	.568	2
8	Paul Governali	1956–1960	5	11	27	4	.310	0
9	Don Coryell	1961–1972	12	104	19	2	.840	3
10	Claude Gilbert	1973–1980	8	61	26	2	.697	0
11	Doug Scovil	1981–1985	5	24	32	3	.432	0
12	Denny Stolz	1986–1988	3	16	19	0	.457	1
13	Al Luginbill	1989–1993	5	31	25	2	.534	1
14	Ted Tollner	1994–2001	8	43	48	0	.473	1
15	Tom Craft	2002–2005	4	19	29	0	.396	0
16	Chuck Long	2006–2008	3	9	27	0	.250	0
17	Brady Hoke	2009–2010	2	13	12	0	.520	1
18	Rocky Long	2011–2016	6	54	26	0	.675	6
	Totals	1921–2016	94	538	415	32	.562	15