List of UC Santa Barbara Gauchos football head coaches
The UC Santa Barbara Gauchos college football team represented University of California, Santa Barbara. The Gauchos competed in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) College Division in the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) from 1939–1962. In 1969, the team moved to National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I, but decided to drop football after the 1971 season. A student-run team was fielded in 1984–1985, then a Division III team was fielded from 1986–1991.
The program had 13 identifiable head coaches in its 55 years of existence, including one who had two tenures. The team played as a student-run "club team" from 1983 to 1985, and games from those years do not count as official NCAA games.
Coaches
| No. | Coach | Tenure | Seasons | Win | Loss | Tie | Pct. | Bowls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | J. C. Lewis | 1921 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| 2 | Otho J. Gilliland | 1922–1925 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 1 | .321 | 0 |
| 3 | Dudley DeGroot | 1926–1927 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 0 | .231 | 0 |
| 4 | Harold Davis | 1928–1933 | 6 | 18 | 29 | 3 | .390 | 0 |
| 5 | Spud Harder | 1934–1940 | 7 | 33 | 27 | 6 | .545 | 0 |
| 6 | Stan Williamson (totals included on line 9) |
1941–1948 | ||||||
| 7 | Roy Engle | 1949–1951 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 0 | .500 | 0 |
| 8 | Stan Williamson | 1952–1955 | 8 | 32 | 38 | 3 | .459 | 1 |
| 9 | Ed Cody | 1956–1959 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 1 | .566 | 1 |
| 10 | Willard Hammer | 1960–1962 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 1 | .232 | 0 |
| 11 | Jack Curtice | 1963–1969 | 7 | 37 | 31 | 1 | .543 | 2 |
| 12 | Andy Everest | 1970–1971 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 0 | .227 | 0 |
| 13 | (club team) | 1983–1985 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| 14 | Mike Warren | 1986–1989 | 4 | 26 | 13 | 0 | .667 | 0 |
| 15 | Rick Candaele | 1990–1991 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 0 | .611 | 0 |
| Totals | 1921–1991 | 53 | 211 | 234 | 16 | .475 | 4 |