List of Cal State Los Angeles Diablos head football coaches

The Cal State Los Angeles Diablos college football team represented California State University, Los Angeles from 1951 to 1977. The Diablos competed in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) College Division

The program had seven different head coaches in its 27 seasons of existence, including one who had multiple tenures as coach. The Diablos compiled an all time record of 102 wins, 139 losses, and 9 ties.

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, and championships.
No. Name Season(s) GC OW OL OT O% CW CL CT C% PW PL PT CCs NCs
1 Leonard Adams 1951–1962 107 41 61 5 0.407 10 33 3 0.250 0 0
2 Homer Beatty 1963–1965 27 25 2 0 0.926 13 1 0 0.929 1 0 0 3 1 – 1964
3 Jim Williams 1966–1968
1974–1975
48 17 29 2 0.375 4 17 1 0.205 0 0 0 0 0
4 Walter Thurmond 1969 9 0 9 0 .000 0 4 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0
5 Bob Enger 1970 10 1 9 0 0.100 0 4 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0
6 Foster Andersen 1971–1973 31 9 21 1 0.306 0 3 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0
7 Ron Hull 1976–1977 18 9 8 1 0.528 0 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]

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.