List of Cal State Northridge Matadors men's basketball head coaches

The following is a list of Cal State Northridge Matadors men's basketball head coaches. There have been seven head coaches of the Matadors in their 65-season history.^[1]

Cal State Northridge's current head coach is Trent Johnson. He was hired as the Matadors' full-time head coach in March 2022, after serving as interim coach for the 2021–22 season.^[2] Johnson replaced Mark Gottfried, who was placed on administrative leave while the school investigated allegations of rules violations committed by Gottfried and his staff.^[3]

No.	Tenure	Coach	Years	Record	Pct.
1	1958–1963	Paul Thomas	5	33–97	.254
2	1963–1971	Jerry Ball	8	104–101	.507
3	1971–1996	Pete Cassidy	25	335–336	.499
4	1996–2013	Bobby Braswell	17	251–258	.493
5	2013–2018^[a]	Reggie Theus	5	44–105	.295
6	2018–2021	Mark Gottfried	3	37–51	.420
7	2021–present^[b]	Trent Johnson	2	14–48	.226
Totals		7 coaches	65 seasons	818–996	.451
Records updated through end of 2022–23 season Source^[1]

^ Cal State Northridge vacated nine games in the 2014–15 season. Theus' on-court record is 53–105 (.335).
^ Johnson served as interim head coach for the 2021–22 season, and was named permanent head coach after the season.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b "CSUN Team History" (PDF). Cal State Northridge Athletics. Retrieved February 26, 2023.
^ ^a ^b Fattal, Tarek (March 17, 2022). "CSUN lifts interim tag, hires Trent Johnson as men's basketball coach". Los Angeles Daily News. Retrieved February 27, 2023.
^ Schlabach, Mark (April 29, 2021). "Cal State Northridge puts men's basketball coach Mark Gottfried, staff on leave". ESPN.com. Retrieved February 27, 2023.

[TheusVacated-4] Cal State Northridge vacated nine games in the 2014–15 season. Theus' on-court record is 53–105 (.335).

[Johnson-5] Johnson served as interim head coach for the 2021–22 season, and was named permanent head coach after the season.^[2]

[RecordBook-1] "CSUN Team History" (PDF). Cal State Northridge Athletics. Retrieved February 26, 2023.

[JohnsonInterim-2] Fattal, Tarek (March 17, 2022). "CSUN lifts interim tag, hires Trent Johnson as men's basketball coach". Los Angeles Daily News. Retrieved February 27, 2023.

[3] Schlabach, Mark (April 29, 2021). "Cal State Northridge puts men's basketball coach Mark Gottfried, staff on leave". ESPN.com. Retrieved February 27, 2023.

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