List of Texas Southern Tigers head football coaches

The Texas Southern Tigers college football team represents Texas Southern University^{[A 1]} as a member of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC). The Tigers competes as part of the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision. The program has had 16 head coaches and one interim head coach, since it began play during the 1947 season. Since January 2024, Cris Dishman has served as head coach at Texas Southern.^[1]

Since their 1947 season, two coaches have led Texas Southern in postseason bowl games: Eolus Von Rettig and Alexander Durley. Three coaches have won conference championships: Durley won one as a member of the Midwest Athletic Association, and Durley and Johnnie Cole each won one, and Clifford Paul won two as a member of the SWAC.^{[A 2]}

Durley is the leader in seasons coached, games played, and won, with 164 games and 101 wins, during his 16 years with the program. Alfred Benefield has the highest winning percentage of those who have coached more than one game, with .667. Steve Wilson has the lowest winning percentage of those who have coached more than one game, with .091.

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General		Overall		Conference		Postseason^{[A 3]}
No.	Order of coaches^{[A 4]}	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 5]}	C%	Conference winning percentage
†	Elected to the College Football Hall of Fame	O%	Overall winning percentage^{[A 6]}

No.	Name	Season(s)	GC	OW	OL	OT	O%	CW	CL	CT	C%	PW	PL	PT	CC	Awards
1	Eolus Von Rettig	1947–1948	21	9	11	1	0.452	—	—	—	—	1	0	0	—	—
2	Alexander Durley	1949–1964	164	101	55	8	0.640	38	26	3	0.590	1	3	1	2	—
3	Clifford Paul	1965–1969	49	27	18	4	0.592	22	10	3	0.671	0	0	0	1	—
4	Alfred Benefield	1970	9	6	3	0	0.667	4	2	0	0.667	0	0	0	0	—
5	Rod Paige	1971–1975	51	27	21	3	0.559	13	14	3	0.483	0	0	0	0	—
6	Wendell Mosley	1976–1978	33	11	20	2	0.364	5	11	2	0.333	0	0	0	0	—
7	Jim Sorey	1979–1980	22	5	17	0	0.227	3	9	0	0.250	0	0	0	0	—
8	Joe Redmond	1981–1983	32	9	21	2	0.313	4	16	0	0.200	0	0	0	0	—
9	Lionel Taylor	1984–1988	55	13	41	1	0.245	7	27	1	0.214	0	0	0	0	—
10	Wally Highsmith	1989–1993	55	19	34	2	0.364	12	20	2	0.382	0	0	0	0	—
11	William A. Thomas	1994–2003	108	50	58	0	0.463	32	37	0	0.464	0	0	0	0	—
12	Steve Wilson	2004–2007	44	4	40	—	0.091	4	30	—	0.118	0	0	—	0	—
13	Johnnie Cole	2008–2010	35	19	16	—	0.543	14	9	—	0.609	0	0	—	1	—
Int.^{[A 8]}	Kevin Ramsey	2011	11	4	7	—	0.364	2	7	—	0.222	0	0	—	0	—
14	Darrell Asberry	2012–2015	43	12	31	—	0.279	9	27	—	0.250	0	0	—	0	—
15	Michael Haywood	2016–2018	33	8	25	—	0.242	7	17	—	0.292	0	0	—	0	—
16	Clarence McKinney	2019–2023	47	12	35	—	0.255	9	26	—	0.257	0	0	—	0	—
17	Cris Dishman	2024–present	11	5	6	—	0.455	4	4	—	0.500	0	0	—	0	—

v t e Texas Southern Tigers football
Venues	Buffalo Stadium (1947–1951) Robertson Stadium (1952–2004) Astrodome (1968–2004) Rice Stadium (1971–2000) Alexander Durley Sports Complex (1993–1994, 2005–2011) Delmar Stadium (2000, 2008–2011) Shell Energy Stadium (2012–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Prairie View A&M: Labor Day Classic
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
Seasons	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

v t e Head football coaches of the Southwestern Athletic Conference
East Division	Sam Shade (Alabama A&M) Eddie Robinson (Alabama State) Raymond Woodie Jr. (Bethune–Cookman) Quinn Gray (Florida A&M) T. C. Taylor (Jackson State) Terrell Buckley (Mississippi Valley State)
West Division	Cedric Thomas (Alcorn State) Alonzo Hampton (Arkansas–Pine Bluff) Mickey Joseph (Grambling State) Tremaine Jackson (Prairie View A&M) Marshall Faulk (Southern) Cris Dishman (Texas Southern)

List of Texas Southern Tigers head football coaches

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