Location: Los Angeles, California ▪ Colors: Cardinal & Gold
Stadium: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (cap. 93,607)
Record*: 91 Years, 702-278-40, .708 W-L% (Major School)
*W-L-T adjusted to 688-278-40 by NCAA.
Conferences: Pac-12, Pac-10, Pac-8, AAWU and PCC
Conference Champion: 37 Times
Bowls: 49 Bowls, 32-17, .653 W-L% (Major Bowls)
Ranked in AP Poll: 52 Times (Preseason), 45 Times (Final), 718 Weeks (Total)
| Record | Bowls | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Coach | From | To | Yrs | G | W | L | T | Pct | G | W | L | T | Pct | Notes |
| 1 | John McKay | 1960 | 1975 | 16 | 175 | 127 | 40 | 8 | .749 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | .667 | |
| 2 | Howard Jones | 1925 | 1940 | 16 | 170 | 121 | 36 | 13 | .750 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
| 3 | John Robinson | 1976 | 1997 | 12 | 143 | 104 | 35 | 4 | .741 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .875 | |
| 4 | Pete Carroll | 2001 | 2009 | 9 | 116 | 97 | 19 | 0 | .836 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .778 | W-L-T adjusted to 83-19 by NCAA. |
| 5 | Jeff Cravath | 1942 | 1950 | 9 | 90 | 54 | 28 | 8 | .644 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .500 | |
| 6 | Jess Hill | 1951 | 1956 | 6 | 63 | 45 | 17 | 1 | .722 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | |
| 7 | Larry Smith | 1987 | 1992 | 6 | 72 | 44 | 25 | 3 | .632 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .200 | |
| 8 | Ted Tollner | 1983 | 1986 | 4 | 47 | 26 | 20 | 1 | .564 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .333 | |
| 9 | Gus Henderson | 1922 | 1924 | 3 | 30 | 25 | 5 | 0 | .833 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
| 10 | Lane Kiffin | 2010 | 2012 | 3 | 38 | 25 | 13 | 0 | .658 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
| 11 | Paul Hackett | 1998 | 2000 | 3 | 37 | 19 | 18 | 0 | .514 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
| 12 | Don Clark | 1957 | 1959 | 3 | 30 | 13 | 16 | 1 | .450 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 13 | Sam Barry | 1941 | 1941 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | .278 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||