UC Santa Barbara Gauchos basketball history
University of California, Santa Barbara (Santa Barbara, CA)
UC Santa Barbara Events Center, aka The Thunderdome
Big West Conference
Current head coach: Joe Pasternack (2017-)
- Asst: Larry Lewis (2019-)
- Asst: Ben Tucker (2017-)
- Asst: Derek Glasser (2022-)
- DBO: Andrew Payne (2017-)
- Special Asst: Dominic Lippi (2022-)
Post-Season:
- National Championships: 0
- Final Four Appearances: 0
- Sweet Sixteen Appearances: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 7 (1988, 1990, 2002, 2010, 2011, 2021, 2023)
- NCAAT Overall Record: 1-7
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 5 (1989, 1992, 1993, 2003, 2008)
- NIT Overall Record: 0-5
- CBI Appearances: 1 (2015)
- CBI Overall Record: 0-1
- CIT Appearances: 1 (2012)
- CIT Overall Record: 0-1
- Vegas 16 Appearances: 1 (2016)
- Vegas 16 Overall Record: 1-1
- NCAA Division II Tournament Appearances: 2 (1961, 1963)
- NCAA Division II Tournament Overall Record: 3-2
- NAIA Tournament Appearances: 1 (1941)
- NAIA Tournament Overall Record: 3-2
Conference Titles (CCAA, WCC, Big West):
- Big West Regular Season Championships: 6 (1999, 2003, 2008, 2010, 2021, 2023)
- CCAA (Div II) Regular Season Championships: 4 (1940, 1960, 1961)
- Big West Tournament Championships: 5 (2002, 2010, 2011, 2021, 2023)
Award Winners:
- Naismith Player of the Year: 0
- John R. Wooden Award: 0
- Oscar Robertson Trophy: 0
- AP All-Americans: 0
- Big West Player of the Year: 8 (last = Ajay Mitchell, 2023)
UC Santa Barbara head coaches:
| Coach | Tenure | Record | Conf. Titles | NCAA Apps. | Nat. Champ |
| Joe Pasternack | 2017-Pres | 132-53 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Bob Williams | 1998-2017 | 313-260 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| Jerry Pimm | 1983-98 | 222-201 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Ed DeLacy | 1978-83 | 51-83 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ralph Barkey | 1966-78 | 169-144 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arthur Gallon | 1957-66 | 122-109 | 2^ | 2^ | 0 |
| Willie Wilton | 1937-43, 46-51, 52-57 | 205-163 | 1^ | 1^ | 0 |
| Lawrence Findlay | 1951-52 | 7-20 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| no team | 1943-46 | – | – | – | – |
| Paul Jones | 1936-37 | 2-8 | – | – | – |
| Harold Davis | 1929-36 | 36-62 | – | – | – |
| Dudley DeGroot | 1927-29 | 8-14 | – | – | – |
| Otho J. Gilliland | 1922-27 | 27-11 | – | – | – |
| Alice Bradley | 1921-22 | 8-5 | – | – | – |
Key: Conf. Titles= Regular Season only, NCAA Apps= NCAA Tournament Appearances, Nat. Champ= NCAA Tournament Champions
^ These conference titles and tournament appearances came when the UC Santa Barbara program was at either the NAIA or NCAA Division II level; UCSB moved up to Division I prior to the 1963-64 season
NOTE: Overall program records on this page do not include anything later vacated by the NCAA.
