List of North Texas Mean Green head football coaches
The
Division I Football Bowl Subdivision. The program has had 20 head coaches since it began play during the 1913 season. The current head coach of the Mean Green, Eric Morris, was hired in December 2022.[1]
The team has played more than 1,000 games over 100 seasons. In that time, only four
Head Coaches have led the Mean Green to post season bowl games and played in the New Orleans Bowl four different times. North Texas has a 2–5 record in seven bowl games in which they have competed in. The Mean Green have been conference champions 25 times in their program history; in many of the conferences the program has been in from the Lone Star Conference to the Sun Belt Conference
.
Mitchell spent the most seasons (21) as the Mean Green’s head coach and took the program to its first post season play. The highest winning percentage by any coach is by James W. St. Clair, who was the head coach of the team from 1915–1919, who went 20–10–2 (.656) in his career. The lowest winning percentage for any coach is Todd Dodge, who has gone 6–37 (.139) from 2007–2010.
Key
| General | Overall | Conference | Postseason[A 1] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Order of coaches[A 2] | GC | Games coached | CW | Conference wins | PW | Postseason wins |
| DC | Division championships | OW | Overall wins | CL | Conference losses | PL | Postseason losses |
| CC | Conference championships | OL | Overall losses | CT | Conference ties | PT | Postseason ties |
| NC | National championships | OT | Overall ties[A 3] | C% | Conference winning percentage | ||
| † | Elected to the College Football Hall of Fame | O% | Overall winning percentage[A 4] | ||||
List of head coaches
| Name | Term | GC | OW | OL | OT[A 6] | O% | CW | CL | CT | C% | PW | PL | DC [A 7] |
CC | NC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J. W. Pender | 1913–1914 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0.429 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 |
J. W. St. Clair
|
1915–1919 | 32 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 0.656 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| Theron J. Fouts | 1920–1924 | 39 | 23 | 14 | 2 | 0.615 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| John B. Reid | 1925–1928 | 37 | 16 | 18 | 3 | 0.473 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| Jack Sisco | 1929–1941 | 121 | 74 | 37 | 10 | 0.653 | 37 | 8 | 1 | 0.815 | 0 | 0 | — | 6 | 0 |
| Lloyd Russell | 1942 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0.375 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.333 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| Odus Mitchell | 1946–1966 | 216 | 122 | 85 | 9 | 0.586 | 37 | 20 | 1 | 0.647 | 1 | 2 | — | 10 | 0 |
| Rod Rust | 1967–1972 | 62 | 29 | 32 | 1 | 0.476 | 16 | 14 | 0 | 0.533 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 |
| Hayden Fry† | 1973–1978 | 66 | 40 | 23 | 3 | 0.629 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0.583 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 |
| Jerry Moore† | 1979–1980 | 22 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0.500 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| Bob Tyler | 1981 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0.182 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| Corky Nelson | 1982–1990 | 101 | 48 | 52 | 1 | 0.480 | 24 | 20 | 1 | 0.544 | 0 | 3 | — | 1 | 0 |
| Dennis Parker | 1991–1993 | 33 | 11 | 21 | 1 | 0.348 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 0.333 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Simon | 1994–1997 | 45 | 18 | 26 | 1 | 0.411 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0.656 | 0 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 |
| Darrell Dickey | 1998–2006 | 106 | 42 | 64 | — | 0.396 | 31 | 20 | — | 0.608 | 1 | 3 | — | 4 | 0 |
| Todd Dodge | 2007–2010 | 43 | 6 | 37 | — | 0.140 | 3 | 23 | — | 0.115 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Canales | 2010 | 5 | 2 | 3 | — | 0.400 | 2 | 2 | — | 0.500 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| Dan McCarney | 2011–2015 | 54 | 22 | 32 | — | 0.407 | 15 | 19 | — | 0.441 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Canales | 2015 | 7 | 1 | 6 | — | 0.143 | 1 | 5 | — | 0.167 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Seth Littrell | 2016–2022 | 88 | 44 | 44 | — | 0.500 | 32 | 23 | — | 0.582 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Phil Bennett | 2022 (Int.) | 1 | 0 | 1 | — | .000 | 0 | 0 | — | – | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eric Morris | 2023–present | 12 | 5 | 7 | — | 0.417 | 3 | 5 | — | 0.375 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Notes
- ^ Although the first Rose Bowl Game was played in 1902, it has been continuously played since the 1916 game, and is recognized as the oldest bowl game by the NCAA. "—" indicates any season prior to 1916 when postseason games were not played.[2]
- ^ A running total of the number of head coaches, with coaches who served separate tenures being counted only once. Interim head coaches are represented with "Int" and are not counted in the running total. "—" indicates the team played but either without a coach or no coach is on record. "X" indicates an interim year without play.
- ^ Overtime rules in college football were introduced in 1996, making ties impossible in the period since.[3]
- ^ When computing the win–loss percentage, a tie counts as half a win and half a loss.[4]
- ^ Statistics correct as of the end of the 2023 NCAA Division I FBS football season.
- ^ Overtime rules in college football were introduced in 1996, making ties impossible in the period since.[5]
- ^ North Texas competes in the West Division of the CUSA since 2013
References
- ^ Thamel, Pete (December 13, 2022). "North Texas names Washington State OC Eric Morris as new coach". ESPN.com. Retrieved January 8, 2023.
- ^ National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2011). Bowl/All-Star Game Records (PDF). Indianapolis, Indiana: NCAA. pp. 5–10. Archived from the original on August 22, 2011. Retrieved August 21, 2011.
- ^ Whiteside, Kelly (August 25, 2006). "Overtime system still excites coaches". USA Today. McLean, Virginia. Archived from the original on November 24, 2009. Retrieved September 25, 2009.
- ^ Finder, Chuck (September 6, 1987). "Big plays help Paterno to 200th". The New York Times. New York City. Archived from the original on October 22, 2009. Retrieved October 22, 2009.
- ^ Whiteside, Kelly (August 25, 2006). "Overtime system still excites coaches". USA Today. Archived from the original on September 6, 2010. Retrieved February 10, 2010.