| April 19, 1967 | Office of the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs established |
| 9/1/1967 – 11/1/1971 | Herbert E. Carter |
| 9/1/1971 – 10/31/71 | Morton Weir (VCAA Designate) |
| 11/1/1971 – 8/20/1979 | Morton Weir |
| 8/21/1979 – 1/16/1980 | Edwin Goldwasser (Acting VCAA) |
| 1/17/1980 – 8/20/1986 | Edwin Goldwasser |
| 8/21/1986 – 1/20/1993 | Robert Berdahl |
| 1/21/1993 – 12/31/1993 | Theodore Brown (Interim VCAA) |
| 3/1994 | “Provost” added to title |
| 1/1/1994 – 4/12/1998 | Larry Faulkner |
| 4/13/1998 – 10/14/1998 | Thomas Mengler (Interim VCAA & Provost) |
| 10/15/1998 – 8/15/2004 | Richard Herman |
| 8/16/2004 – 3/31/2006 | Jesse Delia (Interim VCAA & Provost) |
| 4/1/2006 – 8/16/2009 | Linda Katehi |
| 7/1/2009 – 8/16/2009 | Robert Easter (Interim Provost Designate) |
| 8/17/2009 – 1/24/2010 | Robert Easter (Interim Provost/Chancellor) |
| 12/1/2009 – 1/24/2010 | Richard Wheeler (VCAA Designate) |
| 1/25/2010 – 8/15/2012 | Richard Wheeler (Interim VCAA) |
| 8/16/2012 – 8/31/2015 | Ilesanmi Adesida |
| 9/3/2015 – 9/10/2015 | Edward Feser (Interim VCAA & Provost Designate) |
| 9/10/2015 – 2/17/2017 | Edward Feser (Interim VCAA & Provost) |
| 2/18/2017 – 3/15/2017 | John P. Wilkin (Interim VCAA & Provost Designate) |
| 3/16/2017 – 1/15/2018 | John P. Wilkin (Interim VCAA & Provost) |
| 1/16/2018 – 1/18/2018 | Andreas Cangellaris (VCAA & Provost Designate) |
| 1/19/2018 – 8/15/2022 | Andreas Cangellaris |
| 8/16/2022 – 9/21/2022 | William Bernhard (Interim VCAA & Provost Designate) |
| 9/22/2022 – 7/18/2023 | William Bernhard (Interim) VCAA & Provost |
| 7/19/2023 – Present | John Coleman |
Updated 7/19/2023