List of UTEP Miners head football coaches
The UTEP Miners college football team represents University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) in the West Division of Conference USA (CUSA). The Miners compete as part of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision. The program has had 25 head coaches since it began play during the 1914 season.
The team has played more than 950 games over 98 seasons. In that time, only eight head coaches have led the Miners to postseason bowl games and played in the Sun Bowl eight different times. UTEP has a 5–9 record in 14 bowl games in which they have competed. The Miners have been conference champions twice in their history, once in the Border Conference and once in the Western Athletic Conference.
Saxon spent the most seasons (18) as the Miners' head coach and took the program to its first bowl game. The highest winning percentage by any coach is by Mike Brumbelow, who was the head coach of the team from 1950 to 1956, and went 46–24–3 (.651) in his career.
The lowest winning percentage for any coach is by Thomas C. Holliday, who went 0–5 (.000) in 1921.
The current head coach of the Miners, Dana Dimel, was hired in December 2017.
Head coaches
Key
General | Overall | Conference | Postseason[A 1] | ||||
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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 |
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Tommy Dwyer | 1914–1917 1919 |
22 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 0.432 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 |
Harry Van Surdam | 1920 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0.333 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 |
Thomas C. Holliday | 1921 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .000 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 |
Jack C. Vowell | 1922–1923 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0.500 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 |
George B. Powell | 1924–1926 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 0.600 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 |
E. J. Stewart | 1927–1928 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0.464 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 |
Mack Saxon | 1929–1941 | 118 | 66 | 43 | 9 | 0.597 | 16 | 14 | 3 | 0.530 | 0 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 |
Walter Milner | 1942 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0.555 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0.571 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
Jack Curtice | 1946–1949 | 40 | 24 | 13 | 3 | 0.638 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0.542 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 |
Mike Brumbelow | 1950–1956 | 73 | 46 | 24 | 3 | 0.651 | 27 | 15 | 2 | 0.636 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 |
Ben Collins | 1957–1961 | 48 | 18 | 29 | 1 | 0.385 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 0.375 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
Bum Phillips | 1962 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0.444 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 |
Warren Harper | 1963–1964 | 20 | 3 | 15 | 2 | 0.200 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 |
Bobby Dobbs | 1965–1972 | 78 | 41 | 35 | 2 | 0.524 | 10 | 20 | 0 | 0.333 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
Tommy Hudspeth | 1972–1973 | 15 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0.066 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0.091 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
Gil Bartosh | 1974–1976 | 34 | 6 | 27 | 0 | 0.181 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 0.150 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
Bill Michael | 1977–1981 | 48 | 5 | 43 | 0 | 0.104 | 2 | 25 | 0 | 0.074 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
Billy Alton | 1981 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0.111 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0.143 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
Bill Yung | 1982–1985 | 46 | 7 | 39 | 0 | 0.152 | 3 | 28 | 0 | 0.097 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
Bob Stull | 1986–1988 | 36 | 21 | 15 | 0 | 0.583 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 0.542 | 0 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 |
David Lee | 1989–1993 | 53 | 11 | 41 | 1 | 0.217 | 5 | 29 | 1 | 0.157 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
Charlie Bailey | 1993–1999 | 73 | 19 | 53 | 1 | 0.267 | 11 | 40 | 1 | 0.221 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Gary Nord | 2000–2003 | 48 | 14 | 34 | — | 0.292 | 10 | 22 | — | 0.313 | 0 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 |
Mike Price | 2004–2012 | 80 | 40 | 45 | — | 0.471 | 26 | 30 | — | 0.464 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Sean Kugler | 2013- | 24 | 9 | 15 | — | 0.375 | 6 | 10 | — | 0.375 | 0 | 1 | 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.[1]
- ^ 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.[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 2016 college football season.
- ^ Overtime rules in college football were introduced in 1996, making ties impossible in the period since.[4]
- ^ UTEP has competed as a member of the Mountain and the Pacific Division of the WAC from 1996 to 1998 and West Division of the CUSA from 2005 to present
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Whiteside, Kelly (August 25, 2006). "Overtime system still excites coaches". USA Today. Archived from the original on November 24, 2009. Retrieved February 10, 2010.