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List of North Texas Mean Green head football coaches

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The North Texas Mean Green football team represents the University of North Texas in college football as a member of the American Athletic Conference (AAC) at the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) level. The program has had 19 head coaches and two interim head coaches since it began play in 1913. The current head coach of the Mean Green, Eric Morris, was hired in December 2022.[1]

Odus Mitchell has the most wins and the longest tenure of any head coach in program history, compiling a record of 122–85–9 in 21 seasons, from 1946 to 1966. James W. St. Clair has highest winning percentage with a record of 20–10–2 (.656) in five seasons, from 1915 to 1919. Todd Dodge has the lowest winning percentage, tallying a mark 6–37 (.139) in four seasons, from 2007 to 2010.

Key

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Key to symbols in coaches list
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

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List of head football coaches showing season(s) coached, overall records, conference records, postseason records, championships and selected awards[A 5]
No. Name Term GC OW OL OT[A 6] O% CW CL CT C% PW PL DC
[A 7]
CC NC
1 J. W. Pender 1913–1914 7 3 4 0 0.429 0 0 0
2 J. W. St. Clair 1915–1919 32 20 10 2 0.656 0 0 0
3 Theron J. Fouts 1920–1924 39 23 14 2 0.615 0 0 0
4 John B. Reid 1925–1928 37 16 18 3 0.473 0 0 0
5 Jack Sisco 1929–1941 121 74 37 10 0.653 37 8 1 0.815 0 0 6 0
6 Lloyd Russell 1942 8 3 5 0 0.375 1 2 0 0.333 0 0 0 0
7 Odus Mitchell 1946–1966 216 122 85 9 0.586 37 20 1 0.647 1 2 10 0
8 Rod Rust 1967–1972 62 29 32 1 0.476 16 14 0 0.533 0 0 2 0
9 Hayden Fry 1973–1978 66 40 23 3 0.629 6 4 2 0.583 0 0 1 0
10 Jerry Moore 1979–1980 22 11 11 0 0.500 0 0 0
11 Bob Tyler 1981 11 2 9 0 0.182 0 0 0
12 Corky Nelson 1982–1990 101 48 52 1 0.480 24 20 1 0.544 0 3 1 0
13 Dennis Parker 1991–1993 33 11 21 1 0.348 7 14 0 0.333 0 0 0 0
14 Matt Simon 1994–1997 45 18 26 1 0.411 10 5 1 0.656 0 1 1 0
15 Darrell Dickey 1998–2006 106 42 64 0.396 31 20 0.608 1 3 4 0
16 Todd Dodge 2007–2010 43 6 37 0.140 3 23 0.115 0 0 0 0
Int. Mike Canales 2010 5 2 3 0.400 2 2 0.500 0 0 0 0
17 Dan McCarney 2011–2015 54 22 32 0.407 15 19 0.441 1 0 0 0 0
Int. Mike Canales 2015 7 1 6 0.143 1 5 0.167 0 0 0 0 0
18 Seth Littrell 2016–2022 88 44 44 0.500 32 23 0.582 0 5 1 0 0
Int. Phil Bennett 2022 1 0 1 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
19 Eric Morris 2023–present 12 5 7 0.417 3 5 0.375 0 0 0 0 0

Notes

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  1. ^ 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]
  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.
  3. ^ Overtime rules in college football were introduced in 1996, making ties impossible in the period since.[3]
  4. ^ When computing the win–loss percentage, a tie counts as half a win and half a loss.[4]
  5. ^ Statistics correct as of the end of the 2023 NCAA Division I FBS football season.
  6. ^ Overtime rules in college football were introduced in 1996, making ties impossible in the period since.[5]
  7. ^ North Texas competes in the West Division of the CUSA since 2013

References

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  1. ^ Thamel, Pete (December 13, 2022). "North Texas names Washington State OC Eric Morris as new coach". ESPN.com. Retrieved January 8, 2023.
  2. ^ National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2011). Bowl/All-Star Game Records (PDF). Indianapolis, Indiana: NCAA. pp. 5–10. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 5, 2011. Retrieved August 21, 2011.
  3. ^ Whiteside, Kelly (August 25, 2006). "Overtime system still excites coaches". USA Today. McLean, Virginia. Archived from the original on September 6, 2010. Retrieved September 25, 2009.
  4. ^ Finder, Chuck (September 6, 1987). "Big plays help Paterno to 200th". The New York Times. New York City. Archived from the original on September 28, 2013. Retrieved October 22, 2009.
  5. ^ Whiteside, Kelly (August 25, 2006). "Overtime system still excites coaches". USA Today. Archived from the original on September 6, 2010. Retrieved February 10, 2010.