Under the mild-mannered, avuncular 59-year-old, Spain have swept to 30 wins in 32 matches, including a perfect 10 victories during their World Cup qualifying campaign.
While Aragones favoured a brasher style and provoked his players to inspire them, Del Bosque is more of a kindly father figure, quietly coaxing the best out of his hugely talented squad and successfully fostering a harmonious atmosphere.
The only blots on his record are a 2-0 defeat by the United States at last year's Confederations Cup and the 1-0 reverse to Switzerland in their opening Group H match in South Africa.
Despite the shock of that setback, he refused to tinker with the European champions' fast-flowing, possession-based playing style, triumphantly leading the Spanish into a World Cup final for the first time.
He reads widely over the media coverage of Spain's performances, is publicly respectful of others' opinions, however they are expressed, and willing to take on board criticism and consider changing tactics where needed.
"I learn more from Vicente than he learns from me," Spain's sporting director Fernando Hierro, who played under Del Bosque at La Liga giants Real Madrid, told reporters at the team's training base in Potchefstroom last month.
"For me he is like an encyclopaedia," Hierro added.
He has proved equally capable of getting the best from Real players such as captain Iker Casillas, right back Sergio Ramos and midfielder Xabi Alonso as from key squad members like Xavi, Andres Iniesta, Gerard Pique and Carles Puyol, who play for Real's arch rivals Barcelona.
"During the day I was thinking a lot about my (deceased) father and brother, who both had the name Fermin," he said on Thursday in an internet chat.
"I remembered those closest to me, my family, who were suffering back in Madrid."
