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List of UC Davis Aggies head football coaches

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Dan Hawkins served as head coach of the Aggies from 2017–2023.

The UC Davis Aggies college football team represents the University of California, Davis in the Big Sky Conference (Big Sky), as part of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision. The program has had 18 head coaches since it began play during the 1915 season. Since November 2023, Tim Plough has served as UC Davis' head coach.[1]

Five coaches have led UC Davis in the postseason: Ted Forbes, Jim Sochor, Bob Foster, Bob Biggs, and Dan Hawkins. Eight of those coaches also won conference championships: Sochor captured eleven; captured three; Forbes and Will Lotter captured two; and, Crip Toomey and Vern Hickey each captured one as a member of the Far Western Conference. Sochor captured seven and Foster captured three as a member of the Northern California Athletic Conference. Biggs captured one as a member of the American West Conference and two as a member of the Great West Conference. Hawkins captured one as a member of the Big Sky.

Sochor is the leader in seasons coached, with 19 years as head coach and wins with 156. Biggs is the leader in games coashed with 230. Sochor has the highest winning percentage at 0.785. Ron Gould has the lowest winning percentage at 0.267. Of the 18 different head coaches who have led the Aggies, Sochor has been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.

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[A 5], postseason records, championships and selected awards[A 6]
No. Name Season(s) GC OW OL OT O% CW CL CT C% PW PL PT CCs NCs Awards
1 Robert E. Harmon 1915–1916 13 10 3 0 0.769 0
2 Jack Glascock 1917 3 1 2 0 0.333 0
3 William E. Bobbitt 1919 7 2 5 0 0.286 0
4 Eugene Van Gent 1920 8 3 4 1 0.438 0
5 Wilmer D. Elfrink 1921 7 3 4 0 0.429 0
6 Chester Brewer 1922 9 3 4 2 0.444 0
7 William L. Driver 1923–1927 44 18 23 3 0.443 4 7 0 0.364 0 0
8 Crip Toomey 1928–1936 74 24 42 8 0.378 14 20 5 0.423 1 0
9 Vern Hickey 1937–1942
1946–1948
73 23 42 8 0.370 10 16 2 0.393 1 0
10 Ted Forbes 1949–1953
1955
52 21 29 2 0.423 16 6 2 0.708 0 2 0 1 0
11 Will Lotter 1954
1956–1957
1959–1963
71 26 42 3 0.387 10 16 2 0.393 0 0 0 2 0
12 Herb Schmalenberger 1958
1964–1969
66 28 38 0 0.424 16 22 0 0.421 0 0 0 0 0
13 Jim Sochor 1970–1988 202 156 41 5 0.785 92 5 0 0.948 4 9 0 18 0
14 Bob Foster 1989–1992 42 30 11 1 0.726 16 6 2 0.708 0 2 0 3 0
15 Bob Biggs 1993–2012 230 144 85 1 0.628 25 21 0 0.543 11 8 0 3 0
16 Ron Gould 2013–2016 45 12 33 0.267 10 22 0.313 0 0 0 0
17 Dan Hawkins 2017–2023 75 44 31 0.587 31 22 0.585 1 2 1 0
18 Tim Plough 2024–present 0 0 0 0 0 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.[2]
  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.[3]
  4. ^ When computing the win–loss percentage, a tie counts as half a win and half a loss.[4]
  5. ^ UC Davis has been a member of Big Sky Conference since the 2012 season.
  6. ^ Statistics correct as of the end of the 2023 NCAA Division I FCS football season.

References

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  1. ^ McKinnell, Zach (December 1, 2023). "UC Davis officially names Tim Plough as new head coach". SI.com. Retrieved July 13, 2024.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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.