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The San Diego State Aztecs football team represents San Diego State University in the Mountain West 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

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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 Season(s)[A 6] GC OW OL OT O% CW CL CT C% PW PL PT DC CC NC Awards
1 Charles E. Peterson 1921–1929 78 43 31 4 0.577 16 17 1 0.485 — — — — 3 0 —
2 Walter Herreid 1930–1934 46 20 21 5 0.489 13 12 4 0.517 — — — — 0 0 —
3 Leo Calland 1935–1941 60 34 22 4 0.600 14 10 3 0.574 — — — — 2 0 —
4 John Eubank 1942 7 0 6 1 0.071 0 2 0 .000 — — — — 0 0 —
5 Bob Breitbard 1945 7 2 5 0 0.286 1 0 0 1.000 — — — — 0 0 —
6 Gander Terry 1946 10 6 4 0 0.600 2 3 0 0.400 — — — — 0 0 —
7 Bill Schutte 1947–1955 88 48 36 4 0.568 20 14 3 0.581 1 1 0 — 2 0 —
8 Paul Governali 1956–1960 42 11 27 4 0.310 4 15 0 0.211 0 0 0 — 0 0 —
9 Don Coryell† 1961–1972 125 104 19 2 0.840 46 10 1 0.816 3 0 0 — 7 3 – 1966
1967
1968 		—
10 Claude Gilbert 1973–1980 89 61 26 2 0.697 20 12 1 0.621 0 0 0 — 2 0 —
11 Doug Scovil 1981–1985 59 24 32 3 0.432 15 21 3 0.423 0 0 0 — 0 0 —
12 Denny Stolz 1986–1988 35 16 19 0 0.457 14 10 0 0.583 0 1 0 — 1 0 —
13 Al Luginbill 1989–1993 59 31 25 3 0.551 25 11 2 0.684 0 1 0 — 0 0 —
14 Ted Tollner 1994–2001 91 43 48 0 0.473 32 29 0 0.525 0 1 0 1 0 0 —
15 Tom Craft 2002–2005 48 19 29 — 0.396 13 16 — 0.448 0 0 — — 0 0 —
16 Chuck Long 2006–2008 36 9 27 — 0.250 7 17 — 0.292 0 0 — — 0 0 —
17 Brady Hoke 2009–2010
2020–2023 		72 40 32 — 0.556 25 21 — 0.543 2 1 — 1 0 0 —
18 Rocky Long 2011–2019 119 81 38 — 0.681 51 20 — 0.718 4 5 — 4 3 0 —
19 Sean Lewis 2024–present 0 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. ^ Statistics correct as of the end of the 2023 NCAA Division I FBS football season.
  6. ^ San Diego State did not field teams during the 1943–1944 seasons.

References

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  1. ^ "National Football Foundation, Hall of Fame - Inductee Detail, Don "Air" Coryell". Retrieved January 5, 2017.
  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.
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