List of Texas State Bobcats head football coaches

The Texas State Bobcats college football team represents Texas State University as a member of the Sun Belt Conference. The Bobcats competes as part of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision. The program has had 20 head coaches, and one interim head coach, since it began play during the 1904 season. Since December 2022, G. J. Kinne has served as head coach at Texas State.^[1]

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]}

No.	Name ^{[A 6]}	Term ^{[A 7]}	Season(s)	GC	OW	OL	OT	O%	CW	CL	CT	C%	PW	PL	PT	CC	NC	Awards
1	James R. Coxen	1910–1912	3	16	4	10	2	0.313	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	—
2	C. Spurgeon Smith	1913–1915	3	26	11	13	2	0.462	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	—
3	G. B. Marsh	1916–1918	3	22	12	6	4	0.636	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	—
4	Oscar W. Strahan	1919–1934	16	134	72	52	10	0.575	32	29	7	0.522	—	—	—	1	0	—
5	Joe Bailey Cheaney	1935–1942	8	71	23	42	6	0.366	7	22	2	0.258	—	—	—	0	0	—
6	George Vest	1946–1950	5	50	30	17	3	0.630	15	9	0	0.625	—	—	—	1	0	—
7	Milton Jowers	1951–1953 1961–1964	3, 4	68	48	18	2	0.721	27	12	2	0.683	—	—	—	1	0	—
8	R. W. Parker	1954–1959	6	58	31	24	3	0.560	23	15	1	0.603	—	—	—	2	0	—
9	Jack Henry	1960	1	10	2	8	0	0.200	1	6	0	0.143	—	—	—	0	0	—
10	Bill Miller	1965–1978	14	140	86	51	3	0.625	65	41	2	0.611	—	—	—	1	0	—
11	Jim Wacker	1979–1982	4	50	42	8	0	0.840	22	6	0	0.579	6	0	0	3	2 – 1981, 1982	—
12	John O'Hara	1983–1989	7	77	36	41	0	0.468	18	21	0	0.462	0	0	0	1	0	—
13	Dennis Franchione	1990–1991 2011–2015	2, 5	82	39	43	0	0.476	17	24	0	0.415	0	0	0	0	0	—
14	Jim Bob Helduser	1992–1996	5	55	20	34	1	0.373	8	22	1	0.274	0	0	0	0	0	—
15	Bob DeBesse	1997–2002	6	66	26	40	—	0.394	12	28	—	0.300	0	0	—	0	0	—
16	Manny Matsakis	2003	1	12	5	7	—	0.417	2	3	—	0.400	0	0	—	0	0	—
17	David Bailiff	2004–2006	3	36	21	15	—	0.583	10	6	—	0.625	2	1	—	1	0	—
18	Brad Wright	2007–2010	4	46	23	23	—	0.500	14	14	—	0.500	0	1	—	0	0	—
19	Everett Withers	2016–2018	3	35	7	28	—	0.200	2	21	—	0.087	0	0	—	0	0	—
Int	Chris Woods	2018	1	1	0	1	—	.000	0	1	—	.000	0	0	—	0	0	—
20	Jake Spavital	2019–2022	4	48	13	35	—	0.271	9	23	—	0.281	0	0	—	0	0	—
21	G. J. Kinne	2023–present	3	39	23	16	—	0.590	12	12	—	0.500	3	0	—	0	0	—

v t e Texas State Bobcats football
Venues	Evans Field (a.k.a. Normal Field) (1915–1931) Evans Field (a.k.a. Kyle Field) (1932–1980) UFCU Stadium (1981–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Nicholls: Battle for the Paddle Sam Houston UTSA: I-35 Rivalry
Culture & lore	Boko the Bobcat "Go Bobcats!" The Pride of the Hill Country
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1904 1905–1907 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 1943–1945 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
National championship seasons in bold

v t e Head football coaches of the Sun Belt Conference
Eastern Division	Dowell Loggains (Appalachian State) Ryan Beard (Coastal Carolina) Clay Helton (Georgia Southern) Dell McGee (Georgia State) Billy Napier (James Madison) Tony Gibson (Marshall) Ricky Rahne (Old Dominion)
Western Division	Butch Jones (Arkansas State) Michael Desormeaux (Louisiana) Bryant Vincent (Louisiana–Monroe) Major Applewhite (South Alabama) Blake Anderson (Southern Miss) G. J. Kinne (Texas State) Gerad Parker (Troy)

Coaches