The Texas Longhorns football program is a college football team that represents the University of Texas at Austin of the SEC 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, 10 coaches have led Texas to postseason bowl games: Dana X. Bible, Blair Cherry, Ed Price, Darrell Royal, Fred Akers, David McWilliams, John Mackovic, Mack Brown, Charlie Strong, Tom Herman, and Steve Sarkisian.
Eleven coaches have won conference championships with the Longhorns: Berry Whitaker, Clyde Littlefield, Bible, Cherry, Price, Royal, Akers, McWilliams, Mackovic, Brown, and Sarkisian. 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 trails with a .455 winning percentage. Of the 28 Longhorns coaches, Bible, Royal, and Brown 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 head coach of the Longhorns is Steve Sarkisian.
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Coaches
[edit]| # | Name | Term | GC | OW | OL | OT | O% | CW | CL | CT | C% | PW | PL | PT | CCs | NCs | National awards |
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| 1 | R. D. Wentworth | 1894 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .857 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2 | Frank Crawford | 1895 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 3 | Harry Orman Robinson | 1896 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .643 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 4 | Walter F. Kelly | 1897 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .750 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 5 | David Farragut Edwards | 1898 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .833 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 6 | Maurice Gordon Clarke | 1899 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .750 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 7 | Samuel Huston Thompson | 1900–1901 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 1 | .853 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 8 | J. B. Hart | 1902 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | .650 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 9 | Ralph Hutchinson | 1903–1905 | 25 | 16 | 7 | 2 | .680 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 10 | H. R. Schenker | 1906 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .900 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 11 | W. E. Metzenthin | 1907–1908 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 1 | .676 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 12 | Dexter Draper | 1909 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | .563 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 13 | Billy Wasmund | 1910 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .750 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 14 | Dave Allerdice | 1911–1915 | 40 | 33 | 7 | 0 | .825 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .500 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 15 | Eugene Van Gent | 1916 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .778 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .833 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| 16 | Bill Juneau | 1917–1919 | 26 | 19 | 7 | 0 | .731 | 9 | 5 | 0 | .643 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| 17 | Berry M. Whitaker | 1920–1922 | 26 | 22 | 3 | 1 | .865 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .850 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| 18 | E. J. Stewart | 1923–1926 | 36 | 24 | 9 | 3 | .708 | 8 | 8 | 3 | .500 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 19 | Clyde Littlefield | 1927–1933 | 68 | 44 | 18 | 6 | .691 | 22 | 13 | 4 | .615 | — | — | — | 2 | — | — |
| 20 | Jack Chevigny | 1934–1936 | 29 | 13 | 14 | 2 | .483 | 6 | 11 | 1 | .361 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 21 | Dana X. Bible[4]† | 1937–1946 | 97 | 63 | 31 | 3 | .665 | 35 | 22 | 1 | .612 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | — | — |
| 22 | Blair Cherry | 1947–1950 | 43 | 32 | 10 | 1 | .756 | 18 | 5 | 1 | .771 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| 23 | Ed Price | 1951–1956 | 61 | 33 | 27 | 1 | .549 | 20 | 15 | 1 | .569 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
| 24 | Darrell Royal[5]† | 1957–1976 | 219 | 167 | 47 | 5 | .774 | 109 | 27 | 2 | .797 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 3 |
Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year (1961, 1963)[6] |
| 25 | Fred Akers | 1977–1986 | 119 | 86 | 31 | 2 | .731 | 60 | 19 | 1 | .756 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
| 26 | David McWilliams | 1987–1991 | 57 | 31 | 26 | 0 | .544 | 23 | 15 | 0 | .605 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| 27 | John Mackovic | 1992–1997 | 71 | 41 | 28 | 2 | .592 | 28 | 16 | 0 | .636 | 1 | 2 | — | 3 | — | — |
| 28 | Mack Brown† | 1998–2013 | 206 | 158 | 48 | — | .767 | 98 | 33 | — | .748 | 10 | 5 | — | 2 | 1 |
Paul "Bear" Bryant Award (2005)[8] |
| 29 | Charlie Strong | 2014–2016 | 37 | 16 | 21 | 0 | .433 | 12 | 15 | — | .444 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| 30 | Tom Herman | 2017–2020 | 50 | 32 | 18 | 0 | .640 | 22 | 13 | — | .629 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| 31 | Steve Sarkisian | 2021–present | 54 | 38 | 16 | 0 | .704 | 24 | 11 | — | .686 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | — | — |
Notes
[edit]- ^ Texas did not join a conference until 1915.[1]
- ^ Overtime rules in college football were introduced in 1996, making ties impossible in the period since.[2]
- ^ When computing the win–loss percentage, a tie counts as half a win and half a loss.[3]
- ^ Statistics correct as of the end of the 2012 college football season.
References
[edit]- General
- "All-Time Head Coach Records" (PDF). Texas Sports. Retrieved November 29, 2021.
- "Texas Coaching Records". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on November 21, 2009. Retrieved December 9, 2009.
- "Football Head Coaches". MackBrown-TexasFootball.com. Archived from the original on November 24, 2009. Retrieved December 9, 2009.
- "2009 Football Media Guide" (PDF). MackBrown-TexasFootball.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 12, 2012. Retrieved December 9, 2009.
- Specific
- ^ a b "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 June 19, 2010. Retrieved December 8, 2009.
- ^ Whiteside, Kelly (August 25, 2006). "Overtime system still excites coaches". USA Today. Archived from the original on September 6, 2010. Retrieved September 25, 2009.
- ^ Finder, Chuck (September 6, 1987). "Big plays help Paterno to 200th". The New York Times. Archived from the original on September 28, 2013. Retrieved October 22, 2009.
- ^ Dana Bible at the College Football Hall of Fame
- ^ Darrell Royal at the College Football Hall of Fame
- ^ "All-Time Eddie Robinson Award Winners". Football Writers Association of America. Archived from the original on February 27, 2010. Retrieved December 9, 2009.
- ^ "AFCA Coach of the Year Award - Past Winners". American Football Coaches Association. January 15, 2008. Archived from the original on December 5, 2010. Retrieved September 27, 2009.
- ^ a b "Mack Brown Profile". MackBrown-TexasFootball.com. Archived from the original on December 17, 2009. Retrieved December 9, 2009.
- ^ "Past Winners". Bobby Dodd National Coach of the Year Award. Archived from the original on December 1, 2008. Retrieved September 26, 2009.