List of Texas Longhorns head football coaches

The Texas Longhorns football program is a college football team that represents the University of Texas at Austin of the Big 12 Conference in the National Collegiate Athletic Association. The team has had 28 head coaches since it started playing organized football in 1893 with the nickname Longhorns, although they played without a head coach in their first season. Texas was an original member of the Southwest Conference, joining in 1915. The Longhorns became a charter member of the Big 12 in 1996 when the Southwest Conference disbanded.^[1] The Longhorns have played in 1,200 games during their 117 seasons. In those seasons, eight coaches have led Texas to postseason bowl games: Dana X. Bible, Blair Cherry, Ed Price, Darrell Royal, Fred Akers, David McWilliams, John Mackovic, and Mack Brown. Ten coaches have won conference championships with the Longhorns: Berry Whitaker, Clyde Littlefield, Bible, Cherry, Price, Royal, Akers, McWilliams, Mackovic, and Brown. Royal and Brown have also won national championships with Texas.

Royal is the all-time leader in games coached (219), years coached (20) and total wins (167). Frank Crawford has the highest winning percentage of any Longhorn coach after going 5–0 his only year. Of coaches who served more than one season, Whitaker leads with a .865 winning percentage. Charlie Strong leads with a .455 winning percentage, the worst coach the Longhorns have ever had. Of the 28 Longhorns coaches, Bible and Royal have been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. Royal and Brown have each received National Coach of the Year honors from at least one organization. The current coach is Tom Herman, who was hired in November 2016.^[2]

Key

General # A running total of the number of coaches CCs Conference championships[A 1] NCs National Championships † Elected to the College Football Hall of Fame

Overall games GC Games coached OW Wins OL Losses OT Ties[A 2] O% Winning percentage[A 3]

Conference games CW Wins CL Losses CT Ties C% Winning percentage

Postseason games PW Wins PL Losses PT Ties

Coaches

List of head football coaches showing season(s) coached, overall records, conference records, postseason records, championships and selected awards^{[A 4]}

#	Name	Term	GC	OW	OL	OT	O%	CW	CL	CT	C%	PW	PL	PT	CCs	NCs	National awards
1	Wentworth, R. D.R. D. Wentworth	1894	7	6	1	0	.857	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2	Crawford, FrankFrank Crawford	1895	5	5	0	0	1.000	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
3	Robinson, Harry OrmanHarry Orman Robinson	1896	7	4	2	1	.643	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
4	Kelly, Walter F.Walter F. Kelly	1897	8	6	2	0	.750	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
5	Edwards, David FarragutDavid Farragut Edwards	1898	6	5	1	0	.833	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
6	Clarke, Maurice GordonMaurice Gordon Clarke	1899	8	6	2	0	.750	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
7	Thompson, Samuel HustonSamuel Huston Thompson	1900–1901	17	14	2	1	.853	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
8	Hart, J. B.J. B. Hart	1902	10	6	3	1	.650	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
9	Hutchinson, RalphRalph Hutchinson	1903–1905	25	16	7	2	.680	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
10	Schenker, H. R.H. R. Schenker	1906	10	9	1	0	.900	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
11	Metzenthin, W. E.W. E. Metzenthin	1907–1908	17	11	5	1	.676	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
12	Draper, DexterDexter Draper	1909	8	4	3	1	.563	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
13	Wasmund, BillyBilly Wasmund	1910	8	6	2	0	.750	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
14	Allerdice, DaveDave Allerdice	1911–1915	40	33	7	0	.825	2	2	0	.500	—	—	—	—	—	—
15	Van Gent, EugeneEugene Van Gent	1916	9	7	2	0	.778	5	1	0	.833	—	—	—	1	—	—
16	Juneau, BillBill Juneau	1917–1919	26	19	7	0	.731	9	5	0	.643	—	—	—	1	—	—
17	Whitaker, Berry M.Berry M. Whitaker	1920–1922	26	22	3	1	.865	8	1	1	.850	—	—	—	1	—	—
18	Stewart, E. J.E. J. Stewart	1923–1926	36	24	9	3	.708	8	8	3	.500	—	—	—	—	—	—
19	Littlefield, ClydeClyde Littlefield	1927–1933	68	44	18	6	.691	22	13	4	.615	—	—	—	2	—	—
20	Chevigny, JackJack Chevigny	1934–1936	29	13	14	2	.483	6	11	1	.361	—	—	—	—	—	—
21	Bible, Dana X.Dana X. Bible[5]^†	1937–1946	97	63	31	3	.665	35	22	1	.612	2	0	1	3	—	—
22	Cherry, BlairBlair Cherry	1947–1950	43	32	10	1	.756	18	5	1	.771	2	1	0	1	—	—
23	Price, EdEd Price	1951–1956	61	33	27	1	.549	20	15	1	.569	1	0	0	2	—	—
24	Royal, DarrellDarrell Royal[6]^†	1957–1976	219	167	47	5	.774	109	27	2	.797	8	7	1	11	3	Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year (1961, 1963)[7] AFCA Coach of the Year (1963, 1969)[8]
25	Akers, FredFred Akers	1977–1986	119	86	31	2	.731	60	19	1	.756	2	7	0	2	—	—
26	McWilliams, DavidDavid McWilliams	1987–1991	57	31	26	0	.544	23	15	0	.605	1	1	0	1	—	—
27	Mackovic, JohnJohn Mackovic	1992–1997	71	41	28	2	.592	28	16	0	.636	1	2	—	3	—	—
28	Brown, MackMack Brown	1998–2013	206	158	48	—	.767	98	33	—	.748	10	5	—	2	1	Paul "Bear" Bryant Award (2005)[9] Bobby Dodd Coach of the Year Award (2008)[9][10]
29	Strong, CharlieCharlie Strong	2014–2016	37	16	21	0	.433	9	9	—	.500	0	1	—	0	—	—
30	Herman, TomTom Herman	2017–present								—	–			—		—	—

Notes

1. Texas did not join a conference until 1915.^[1]
2. Overtime rules in college football were introduced in 1996, making ties impossible in the period since.^[3]
3. When computing the win–loss percentage, a tie counts as half a win and half a loss.^[4]
4. Statistics correct as of the end of the 2012 college football season.

References

General

• "Texas Coaching Records". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved 2009-12-09.
• "Football Head Coaches". MackBrown-TexasFootball.com. Archived from the original on 2009-12-09. Retrieved 2009-12-09.
• "2009 Football Media Guide". MackBrown-TexasFootball.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-12-09. Retrieved 2009-12-09.

Specific

1. "Southwest Athletic Conference: An Inventory of Its Records, 1914-1996 and undated, at the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library". Texas Archival Resources Online. Archived from the original on 2009-12-08. Retrieved 2009-12-08.
2. "Tom Herman named Texas Head Football Coach". TexasSports.com. November 26, 2016. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
3. Whiteside, Kelly (2006-08-25). "Overtime system still excites coaches". USA Today. Archived from the original on 2009-11-24. Retrieved 2009-09-25.
4. Finder, Chuck (1987-09-06). "Big plays help Paterno to 200th". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2009-10-22. Retrieved 2009-10-22.
5. "Hall of Famers: Dana Bible". National Football Foundation's College Football Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2010-02-08.
6. "Hall of Famers: Darrell Royal". National Football Foundation's College Football Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2010-02-08.
7. "All-Time Eddie Robinson Award Winners". Football Writers Association of America. Archived from the original on 2009-12-09. Retrieved 2009-12-09.
8. "AFCA Coach of the Year Award - Past Winners". American Football Coaches Association. 2008-01-15. Retrieved 2009-09-27.
9. "Mack Brown Profile". MackBrown-TexasFootball.com. Archived from the original on 2009-12-09. Retrieved 2009-12-09.
10. "Past Winners". Bobby Dodd National Coach of the Year Award. Archived from the original on 2009-12-09. Retrieved 2009-09-26.