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List of San Jose State Spartans head football coaches

The San Jose State Spartans college football team represent San Jose State University in the Mountain West Conference. The Spartans 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.

Through the 2023 season, the program has had 32 head coaches across its 106 seasons of competition, including one coach who served multiple tenures. Several coaches in the history of Spartans football have received national and conference honors and have been inducted into various Halls of Fame, including Pop Warner, Bob Bronzan, Terry Shea, John Ralston, Dick Tomey and Brent Brennan. The program has also produced numerous former players who later became successful coaches including Bill Walsh, Dick Vermeil and Terry Donahue.

Key

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Key to symbols in coaches list
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

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List of head football coaches showing season(s) coached, overall records, conference records, postseason records, championships and selected awards[A 5]
No. Name[A 6] Year(s)[A 7] Season(s) GC OW OL OT O% CW CL CT C% PW PL PT DC CC NC Awards
1 James E. Addicott 1893
1895
1900		 1, 1, 1 16 6 6 4 0.500 — — — — — — — — — 0 —
2 Thad McKay 1898 1 6 5 0 1 0.917 — — — — — — — — — 0 —
3 Jess Woods 1899 1 10 6 3 1 0.650 — — — — — — — — — 0 —
4 Fielding H. Yost† 1900 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 — — — — — — — — — 0 —
5 David Wooster 1921–1922 2 14 3 10 1 0.250 0 3 0 .000 — — — — 0 0 —
6 Hovey C. McDonald 1923 1 6 0 6 0 .000 0 4 0 .000 — — — — 0 0 —
7 Ernesto R. Knollin 1924–1928 5 38 14 22 2 0.395 11 15 1 0.426 — — — — 1 0 —
8 Mush Crawford 1929–1931 3 24 6 14 4 0.333 3 8 2 0.308 — — — — 0 0 —
9 Dudley DeGroot 1932–1939 8 87 60 19 8 0.736 11 1 5 0.794 — — — — 3 0 —
10 Ben Winkelman 1940–1941 2 23 16 4 3 0.761 5 0 1 0.917 — — — — 2 0 —
11 Glenn Hartranft 1942 1 9 7 2 0 0.778 0 0 0 – — — — — 0 0 —
12 Wilbur V. Hubbard 1946–1947 2 48 36 11 1 0.760 16 2 0 0.889 2 0 0 — 3 0 —
13 Bob Bronzan 1950–1956 7 67 32 30 5 0.515 — — — — 0 0 0 — — 0 —
14 Bob Titchenal 1957–1964 8 80 33 46 1 0.419 — — — — 0 0 0 — — 0 —
15 Harry Anderson 1965–1968 4 39 13 26 0 0.316 — — — — 0 0 0 — — 0 —
16 Joe McMullen 1969–1970 2 13 3 10 0 0.231 2 1 0 0.667 0 0 0 — 0 0 —
17 Dewey King 1970–1972 3 30 10 20 0 0.333 6 7 0 0.462 0 1 0 — 0 0 —
18 Darryl Rogers 1973–1975 3 34 22 9 3 0.691 9 2 2 0.769 0 0 0 — 1 0 —
19 Lynn Stiles 1976–1978 3 34 18 16 0 0.529 10 3 0 0.769 0 0 0 — 2 0 —
20 Jack Elway 1979–1983 5 56 35 20 1 0.634 19 7 1 0.722 0 1 0 — 1 0 —
21 Claude Gilbert 1984–1989 6 69 38 30 1 0.558 30 11 1 0.726 1 1 0 — 2 0 —
22 Terry Shea 1990–1991 2 23 15 6 2 0.696 13 1 0 0.929 1 0 0 — 2 0 Big West Coach of the Year (1990)
23 Ron Turner 1992 1 11 7 4 0 0.636 4 2 0 0.667 0 0 0 — 0 0 —
24 John Ralston† 1993–1996 4 45 11 34 0 0.244 11 26 0 0.297 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
25 Dave Baldwin 1997–2000 4 45 18 27 — 0.400 13 17 — 0.433 0 0 — 0 0 0 —
26 Fitz Hill 2001–2004 4 47 14 33 — 0.298 9 21 — 0.300 0 0 — — 0 0 —
27 Dick Tomey 2005–2009 5 60 25 35 — 0.417 16 24 — 0.400 1 0 — — 0 0 —
28 Mike MacIntyre 2010–2012 3 37 16 21 — 0.432 8 13 — 0.381 0 0 — — 0 0 —
Int Kent Baer 2012 1 1 1 0 — 1.000 0 0 — – 1 0 — — 0 0 —
29 Ron Caragher 2013–2016 4 49 19 30 — 0.388 14 18 — 0.438 1 0 — 0 0 0 —
30 Brent Brennan 2017–2023 7 82 34 48 — 0.415 25 30 — 0.455 0 3 — 2 2 0 Mountain West Coach of the Year (2020)
31 Ken Niumatalolo 2024–present 2 25 10 15 — 0.400 5 10 — 0.333 0 1 — 0 0 0 —

Notes

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  1. ↑ Although the first Rose Bowl Game was played in 1902, it has been continuously played since the 1916 game, and is recognized as the oldest bowl game by the NCAA. "—" indicates any season prior to 1916 when postseason games were not played.[1]
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ Overtime rules in college football were introduced in 1996, making ties impossible in the period since.[2]
  4. ↑ When computing the win–loss percentage, a tie counts as half a win and half a loss.[3]
  5. ↑ Statistics correct as of the end of the 2025 NCAA Division I FBS football season.
  6. ↑ The head coach for the 1892 season is unknown.
  7. ↑ San Jose State did not field teams during the 1894, 1896–1897, 1901–1920, and 1943–1945 seasons.

References

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  1. ↑ National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2011). Bowl/All-Star Game Records (PDF). Indianapolis, Indiana: NCAA. pp. 5–10. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 5, 2011. Retrieved August 21, 2011.
  2. ↑ Whiteside, Kelly (August 25, 2006). "Overtime system still excites coaches". USA Today. McLean, Virginia. Archived from the original on September 6, 2010. Retrieved September 25, 2009.
  3. ↑ Finder, Chuck (September 6, 1987). "Big plays help Paterno to 200th". The New York Times. New York City. Archived from the original on September 28, 2013. Retrieved October 22, 2009.
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