UC Santa Barbara Gauchos basketball
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: Derek Glasser (2022-)
- Asst: Skye Ettin (2023-)
- Asst: Brian Eskildsen (2023-)
- DBO: Andrew Payne (2017-)
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 | 148-68 | 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.