List of UNLV Rebels head football coaches

The UNLV Rebels college football team represents the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) in the Mountain West Conference (MW). The Rebels compete as part of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision. The program has had 14 head coaches and oneinterim head coach since it began play during the 1968 season. Since December 2024, Dan Mullen has served as head coach at UNLV.^[1]

Seven coaches have led UNLV in playoff or postseason bowl games: Tony Knap, Harvey Hyde, Jeff Horton, John Robinson, Bobby Hauck, Barry Odom, and Del Alexander. Two of those coaches also won conference championships: Hyde captured one as a member of the Pacific Coast Athletic Association; and Horton captured one as a member of the Big West Conference.

Knap and Robinson are the leaders in seasons coached with six years as head coach each. Knap is the leader in games won with 47. Ron Meyer has the highest winning percentage at 0.771. Hyde has the lowest winning percentage of those who have coached more than one game, with 0.185. Of the 13 different head coaches who have led the Rebels, Robinson has been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.

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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	Season(s)	GC	OW	OL	OT	O%	CW	CL	CT	C%	PW	PL	PT	CC	NC	Awards
1	Bill Ireland	1968–1972	50	26	23	1	0.530	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2	Ron Meyer	1973–1975	35	27	8	0	0.771	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
3	Tony Knap	1976–1981	69	47	20	2	0.696	—	—	—	—	0	1	0	0	—	—
4	Harvey Hyde ^{[A 6]}	1982–1985	46	8	37	1	0.185	5	19	1	0.220	0	1	0	1	—	—
5	Wayne Nunnely	1986–1989	44	19	25	0	0.432	13	15	0	0.464	0	0	0	0	—	—
6	Jim Strong	1990–1993	44	17	27	0	0.386	10	16	0	0.385	0	0	0	0	—	—
7	Jeff Horton	1994–1998	57	13	44	0	0.228	9	29	0	0.237	1	0	0	1	—	—
8	John Robinson^†	1999–2004	70	28	42	—	0.400	14	28	—	0.333	1	0	—	0	—	—
9	Mike Sanford Sr.	2005–2009	59	16	43	—	0.271	8	32	—	0.200	0	0	—	0	—	—
10	Bobby Hauck	2010–2014	64	15	49	—	0.234	11	28	—	0.282	0	1	—	0	—	—
11	Tony Sanchez	2015–2019	60	20	40	—	0.333	13	27	—	0.325	0	0	—	0	—	—
12	Marcus Arroyo	2020–2022	30	7	23	—	0.233	5	17	—	0.227	0	0	—	0	—	—
13	Barry Odom	2023–2024	27	19	8	—	0.704	12	3	—	0.800	0	1	—	0	—	—
Int.	Del Alexander ^{[A 7]}	2024	1	1	0	—	1.000	0	0	—	–	1	0	—	0	0	—
14	Dan Mullen	2025–present	14	10	4	—	0.714	6	2	—	0.750	0	1	—	0	0	—

v t e UNLV Rebels football
Venues	Cashman Field (I) (1968–1969) Butcher Field (1970–1971) Sam Boyd Stadium (1971–2020) Allegiant Stadium (2020–present)
Bowl games & rivalries	Bowl games Nevada: Fremont Cannon
Culture & lore	Hey Reb! Win with the Rebels Star of Nevada
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders NFL draftees
Seasons	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 UNLV Rebels head football coaches

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