List of New Mexico State Aggies head football coaches

Tony Sanchez has served as head coach of the Aggies since December 2023.

The New Mexico State Aggies college football team represents New Mexico State University in Conference USA (CUSA), as part of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision. The program has had 36 head coaches since it began play during the 1893 season. Since December 2023, Tony Sanchez has served as head coach at New Mexico State.^[1]

Four coaches have led New Mexico State in postseason bowl games: Jerry Hines, Warren B. Woodson, Doug Martin, and Jerry Kill. Four coaches have won conference championships: Hines and Woodson each won one as a member of the Border Conference and Jim Bradley and Gil Krueger each won one as a member of the Missouri Valley Conference.

Hines is the leader in seasons coached, with 11 years as head coach. Woodson is the leader games coached (102) and won (63). Maurice Moulder and Alfred Holt have the highest winning percentage at 1.000. Mike Knoll has the lowest winning percentage of those who have coached more than one game, with 0.091. Of the 36 different head coaches who have led the Aggies, Woodson has been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.

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]}	Seasons	GC	OW	OL	OT	O%	CW	CL	CT	C%	PW	PL	PT	CC	Awards
1	William M. Clute	1893	1	1	0	1	0	.000	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2	Alfred Holt	1895	1	2	2	0	0	1.000	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
3	Charles M. Barber	1897–1898	2	5	3	1	1	0.700	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
4	John O. Miller	1899 1901–1907	1, 7	24	16	4	4	0.750	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
5	William A. Sutherland	1900	1	7	3	3	1	0.500	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
6	William G. Hummell	1908	1	6	4	2	0	0.667	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
7	John H. Squires	1909	1	5	1	3	1	0.300	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
8	Art Badenoch	1910–1913	4	26	22	3	1	0.865	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
9	Clarence W. Russell	1914–1916	3	21	11	8	2	0.571	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
10	John G. Griffith	1917	1	6	4	2	0	0.667	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
11	Anthony Savage	1919	1	6	2	3	1	0.417	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
12	Dutch Bergman	1920–1922	3	18	12	5	1	0.694	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
13	R. R. Brown	1923–1925	3	28	21	6	1	0.768	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
14	Arthur Burkholder	1926	1	9	5	3	1	0.611	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
15	Ted Coffman	1927–1928	2	17	7	10	0	0.412	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
16	Jerry Hines	1929–1939	11	100	54	36	10	0.590	18	18	4	0.500	0	0	1	1	—
17	Julius H. Johnston	1940–1942	3	27	6	21	0	0.222	1	16	0	0.059	0	0	0	0	—
18	Maurice Moulder	1943	1	4	4	0	0	1.000	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	—
19	Raymond A. Curfman	1946–1947	2	19	8	11	0	0.421	2	8	0	0.200	0	0	0	0	—
20	Vaughn Corley	1948–1950	3	29	9	20	0	0.310	2	12	0	0.143	0	0	0	0	—
21	Joseph T. Coleman	1951–1952	2	19	3	15	1	0.184	2	6	1	0.278	0	0	0	0	—
22	James Patton	1953–1954	2	18	2	16	0	0.111	1	8	0	0.111	0	0	0	0	—
23	Tony Cavallo	1955–1957	3	30	7	23	0	0.233	0	12	0	.000	0	0	0	0	—
24	Warren B. Woodson^†	1958–1967	10	102	63	36	3	0.632	9	6	0	0.600	2	0	0	1	—
25	Jim Wood	1968–1972	5	52	21	30	1	0.413	1	4	0	0.200	0	0	0	0	—
26	Jim Bradley	1973–1977	5	55	23	31	1	0.427	12	10	1	0.543	0	0	0	1	—
27	Gil Krueger	1978–1982	5	55	17	37	1	0.318	10	18	1	0.362	0	0	0	1	—
28	Fred Zechman	1983–1985	3	33	9	24	0	0.273	4	15	0	0.211	0	0	0	0	—
29	Mike Knoll	1986–1989	4	44	4	40	0	0.091	1	27	0	0.036	0	0	0	0	—
30	Jim Hess	1990–1996	7	77	22	55	0	0.286	15	32	0	0.319	0	0	0	0	—
31	Tony Samuel	1997–2004	8	91	34	57	—	0.374	15	11	—	0.577	0	0	—	0	—
32	Hal Mumme	2005–2008	4	49	11	38	—	0.224	4	28	—	0.125	0	0	—	0	—
33	DeWayne Walker	2009–2012	4	50	10	40	—	0.200	4	25	—	0.138	0	0	—	0	—
34	Doug Martin	2013–2021	9	99	25	74	—	0.253	10	22	—	0.313	1	0	—	0	—
35	Jerry Kill	2022–2023	2	28	17	11	—	0.607	7	1	—	0.875	1	1	—	0	—
36	Tony Sanchez	2024–present	2	24	7	17	—	0.292	4	12	—	0.250	0	0	—	0	—

v t e New Mexico State Aggies football
Venues	Miller Field (1893–1932) Quesenberry Field (1933–1949) Memorial Stadium (1950–1977) Aggie Memorial Stadium (1978–2019, 2021–present) Sun Bowl (2020)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games New Mexico: Rio Grande Rivalry UTEP: Battle of I-10
Culture & lore	Pistol Pete Aggie Fight Song Pride of New Mexico KXPZ
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 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

List of New Mexico State Aggies head football coaches

Coaches

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