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]

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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

Key to symbols in coaches list
GeneralOverallConferencePostseason [A 1]
No.Order of coaches [A 2] GCGames coachedCWConference winsPWPostseason wins
DCDivision championshipsOWOverall winsCLConference lossesPLPostseason losses
CCConference championshipsOLOverall lossesCTConference tiesPTPostseason ties
NCNational championshipsOTOverall 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

List of head football coaches showing season(s) coached, overall records, conference records, postseason records, championships and selected awards [A 5]
No.NameTermGCOWOLOT [A 6] O%CWCLCTC%PWPLDC
[A 7]
CCNC
1 J. W. Pender 1913–191473400.429000
2 J. W. St. Clair 1915–191932201020.656000
3 Theron J. Fouts 1920–192439231420.615000
4 John B. Reid 1925–192837161830.473000
5 Jack Sisco 1929–19411217437100.65337810.8150060
6 Lloyd Russell 194283500.3751200.3330000
7 Odus Mitchell 1946–19662161228590.586372010.64712100
8 Rod Rust 1967–197262293210.476161400.5330020
9 Hayden Fry 1973–197866402330.6296420.5830010
10 Jerry Moore 1979–198022111100.500000
11 Bob Tyler 1981112900.182000
12 Corky Nelson 1982–1990101485210.480242010.5440310
13 Dennis Parker 1991–199333112110.34871400.3330000
14 Matt Simon 1994–199745182610.41110510.6560110
15 Darrell Dickey 1998–200610642640.39631200.6081340
16 Todd Dodge 2007–2010436370.1403230.1150000
Int. Mike Canales 20105230.400220.5000000
17 Dan McCarney 2011–20155422320.40715190.44110000
Int. Mike Canales 20157160.143150.16700000
18 Seth Littrell 2016–20228844440.50032230.58205100
Int. Phil Bennett 2022101.0000001000
19 Eric Morris 2023–present2511140.4406100.37501000

Notes

  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 2024 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

  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.