List of New Mexico Lobos head football coaches

The New Mexico Lobos college football team represents the University of New Mexico in the Mountain West Conference (MWC), as part of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision. The program has had 33 head coaches, and 1 interim head coach, since it began play during the 1892 season. Since December 2024, Jason Eck has served as New Mexico's head coach.^[1]

Six coaches have led New Mexico in postseason bowl games: Ted Shipkey, Willis Barnes, Dennis Franchione, Rocky Long, Bob Davie, and Eck. Two coaches have won division titles: Franchione won one Western Athletic Conference (WAC) Mountain division and Davie won one MWC Mountain division title. Two coaches also won conference championships: Shipkey won one as a member of the Border Conference and Bill Weeks won three as a member of the WAC.

Long is the leader in seasons coached, with 11 years as head coach and games coached (134), won (65). Walter McEwan has the highest winning percentage at .900. Carl Hamilton has the lowest winning percentage of those who have coached more than one game, with .000.

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]}

Coaches

List of head football coaches showing season(s) coached, overall records, conference records, postseason records, championships and selected awards^{[A 5]}
No.	Name^{[A 6]}	Year(s)^{[A 7]}	Season(s)	GC	OW	OL	OT	O%	CW	CL	CT	C%	PW	PL	PT	DC	CC	Awards
1	William A. Zimmer	1894	1	3	1	1	1	0.500	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2	Joe Napier	1901	1	4	0	3	1	0.125	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
3	Walter McEwan	1903–1904	2	5	4	0	1	0.900	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
4	Martin F. Angell	1905–1907	3	12	9	2	1	0.792	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
5	Hermon H. Conwell	1908	1	6	5	1	0	0.833	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
6	Sam P. McBirney	1909	1	6	4	2	0	0.667	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
7	Carl Hamilton	1910	1	3	0	3	0	.000	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
8	Ralph Hutchinson	1911–1916	6	28	13	13	2	0.500	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
9	Frank E. Wood	1917	1	3	1	2	0	0.333	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
10	John F. McGough	1919	1	5	3	0	2	0.800	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
11	Roy W. Johnson	1920–1930	11	79	41	32	6	0.557	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
12	Chuck Riley	1931–1933	3	23	7	13	3	0.370	4	6	2	0.417	—	—	—	—	0	—
13	Gwinn Henry	1934–1936	3	28	16	12	0	0.571	7	7	0	0.500	—	—	—	—	0	—
14	Ted Shipkey	1937–1941	5	45	26	17	2	0.600	17	11	2	0.600	0	1	0	—	1	—
15	Willis Barnes	1942–1946	5	44	19	20	5	0.489	8	8	2	0.500	1	1	1	—	0	—
16	Berl Huffman	1947–1949	3	31	8	22	1	0.274	3	17	1	0.167	0	0	0	—	0	—
17	Dudley DeGroot	1950–1952	3	30	13	17	0	0.433	9	10	0	0.474	0	0	0	—	0	—
18	Bob Titchenal	1953–1955	3	28	12	15	1	0.446	7	10	1	0.417	0	0	0	—	0	—
19	Dick Clausen	1956–1957	2	20	8	12	0	0.400	4	8	0	0.333	0	0	0	—	0	—
20	Marv Levy	1958–1959	2	20	14	6	0	0.700	9	3	0	0.750	0	0	0	—	0	—
21	Bill Weeks	1960–1967	8	82	40	41	1	0.494	17	21	1	0.449	0	0	0	—	3	—
22	Rudy Feldman	1968–1973	6	63	24	37	2	0.397	16	22	0	0.421	0	0	0	—	0	—
23	Bill Mondt	1974–1979	6	69	31	37	1	0.457	18	23	0	0.439	0	0	0	—	0	—
24	Joe Morrison	1980–1982	3	34	18	15	1	0.544	12	9	1	0.568	0	0	0	—	0	—
25	Joe Lee Dunn	1983–1986	4	47	17	30	0	0.362	9	21	0	0.300	0	0	0	—	0	—
26	Mike Sheppard	1987–1991	5	59	9	50	0	0.153	4	34	0	0.105	0	0	0	—	0	—
27	Dennis Franchione	1992–1997	6	69	33	36	0	0.478	21	27	0	0.438	0	1	0	1	0	—
28	Rocky Long	1998–2008	11	134	65	69	—	0.485	40	34	—	0.541	1	4	—	0	0	—
29	Mike Locksley	2009–2011	3	28	2	26	—	0.071	2	15	—	0.118	0	0	—	—	0	—
Int	George Barlow ^{[A 8]}	2011	1	8	1	7	—	0.125	1	6	—	0.143	0	0	—	—	0	—
30	Bob Davie	2012–2019	8	99	35	64	—	0.354	17	47	—	0.266	1	1	—	1	0	—
31	Danny Gonzales	2020–2023	4	43	11	32	—	0.256	5	26	—	0.161	0	0	—	0	0	—
32	Bronco Mendenhall	2024	1	12	5	7	—	0.417	3	4	—	0.429	0	0	—	—	0	—
33	Jason Eck	2025–present	1	13	9	4	—	0.692	6	2	—	0.750	0	1	—	0	0	—

v t e New Mexico Lobos football
Venues	University Field (1892–1937) Zimmerman Field (1938–1959) University Stadium (1960–2019, 2021–present) Sam Boyd Stadium (2020)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Arizona New Mexico State: Rio Grande Rivalry
Culture & lore	Lobo "Hail, New Mexico" Spirit Marching Band Red Menace
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1892 1893 1894 1895–1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026

List of New Mexico Lobos head football coaches

Coaches

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