List of San Diego State Aztecs head football coaches
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The San Diego State Aztecs football team represents San Diego State University in the Pac-12 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 19 head coaches in its 97 seasons of existence. Don Coryell is the coach with the highest winning percentage (.840) and most wins (104) of any San Diego State coaches. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1999.[1] From a perspective of Bowl appearances, the former coach Rocky Long has been the most successful and has led the Aztecs to a Bowl game in each of his nine years as head coach.
Key
| General | Overall | Conference | Postseason[A 1] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Order of coaches[A 2] | GC | Games coached | CW | Conference wins | PW | Postseason wins |
| DC | Division championships | OW | Overall wins | CL | Conference losses | PL | Postseason losses |
| CC | Conference championships | OL | Overall losses | CT | Conference ties | PT | Postseason ties |
| NC | National championships | OT | Overall ties[A 3] | C% | Conference winning percentage | ||
| † | Elected to the College Football Hall of Fame | O% | Overall winning percentage[A 4] | ||||
Coaches
| No. | Name | Year(s)[A 6] | Season(s) | GC | OW | OL | OT | O% | CW | CL | CT | C% | PW | PL | PT | DC | CC | NC | Awards |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Charles E. Peterson | 1921–1929 | 9 | 78 | 43 | 31 | 4 | 0.577 | 16 | 17 | 1 | 0.485 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | — |
| 2 | Walter Herreid | 1930–1934 | 5 | 46 | 20 | 21 | 5 | 0.489 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 0.517 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 3 | Leo Calland | 1935–1941 | 7 | 60 | 34 | 22 | 4 | 0.600 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 0.574 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | — |
| 4 | John Eubank | 1942 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0.071 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 5 | Bob Breitbard | 1945 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0.286 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 6 | Gander Terry | 1946 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0.600 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.500 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 7 | Bill Schutte | 1947–1955 | 9 | 88 | 48 | 36 | 4 | 0.568 | 20 | 14 | 3 | 0.581 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | — |
| 8 | Paul Governali | 1956–1960 | 5 | 42 | 11 | 27 | 4 | 0.310 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 0.211 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 9 | Don Coryell† | 1961–1972 | 12 | 125 | 104 | 19 | 2 | 0.840 | 44 | 10 | 1 | 0.809 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 7 | 3 – 1966 1967 1968 |
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| 10 | Claude Gilbert | 1973–1980 | 8 | 89 | 61 | 26 | 2 | 0.697 | 20 | 12 | 1 | 0.621 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | — |
| 11 | Doug Scovil | 1981–1985 | 5 | 59 | 24 | 32 | 3 | 0.432 | 15 | 21 | 3 | 0.423 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 12 | Denny Stolz | 1986–1988 | 3 | 35 | 16 | 19 | 0 | 0.457 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 0.583 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | — |
| 13 | Al Luginbill | 1989–1993 | 3 | 59 | 31 | 25 | 3 | 0.551 | 25 | 11 | 2 | 0.684 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 14 | Ted Tollner | 1994–2001 | 8 | 91 | 43 | 48 | 0 | 0.473 | 32 | 29 | 0 | 0.525 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 15 | Tom Craft | 2002–2005 | 4 | 48 | 19 | 29 | — | 0.396 | 13 | 16 | — | 0.448 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 16 | Chuck Long | 2006–2008 | 3 | 36 | 9 | 27 | — | 0.250 | 7 | 17 | — | 0.292 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 17 | Brady Hoke | 2009–2010 2020–2023 |
2, 4 | 72 | 40 | 32 | — | 0.556 | 25 | 21 | — | 0.543 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 18 | Rocky Long | 2011–2019 | 9 | 119 | 81 | 38 | — | 0.681 | 51 | 20 | — | 0.718 | 4 | 5 | — | 4 | 3 | 0 | — |
| 19 | Sean Lewis | 2024–present | 2 | 25 | 12 | 13 | — | 0.480 | 8 | 7 | — | 0.533 | 0 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
Notes
- A running total of the number of head coaches, with coaches who served separate tenures being counted only once. Interim head coaches are represented with "Int" and are not counted in the running total. "—" indicates the team played but either without a coach or no coach is on record. "X" indicates an interim year without play.
- Statistics correct as of the end of the 2025 NCAA Division I FBS football season.
- San Diego State did not field teams during the 1943–1944 seasons.