Entering his seventh year as the Bruins' head coach in 2009-10, Howland has led UCLA to three straight Pacific-10 Conference titles (2006-08) and three consecutive Final Four appearances (2006-08).
Last year, Howland guided the Bruins to a 26-9 overall record and a 13-5 league mark to place second in the Pac-10. His Bruins have finished in the top three in the rugged Pac-10 for five consecutive seasons.
He also guided the Bruins to a school-record 35 victories in 2008. Additionally, he won more games in a three-year span (97 from 2006-08) than any other coach in UCLA history. UCLA also won the 2008 Pac-10 Tournament Championship and finished the year with an overall record of 35-4 and a 16-2 mark in the Pac-10.
Coaching Career
| 2003-present | Head Coach, UCLA |
| 1999-2003 | Head Coach, University of Pittsburgh |
| 1994-1999 | Head Coach, Northern Arizona |
| 1982-1994 | Assistant Coach, UC Santa Barbara |
| 1981-1982 | Graduate Assistant, Gonzaga University |
Coaching Honors
| 2007 | NABC Dist. 15 Coach of the Year |
| 2006 | Pac 10 Coach of the Year; National Coach of the Year (Collegehoops.Net) |
| 2004 | Howland's 1997-98 Northern Arizona club inducted into the NAU Athletic Hall of Fame |
| 2003 | Dapper Dan Award, honoring Pittsburgh's Sportsman of the Year |
| 2002 | National Coach of the Year (AP, Naismith, USBWA, ESPN Magazine, The Sporting News); USBWA Distritc Coach of the Year; Big East Coach of the Year; Basketball America Big East Coach of the Year; Basketball Times Big East Coach of the Year; Pittsburgh Tribune-Review City of Champions Award |
| 1997 | Big Sky Conference Coach of the Year |