TheTexas State Bobcatscollege football team representsTexas State University as a member of theSun Belt Conference. The Bobcats competes as part of theNCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision. The program has had 20 head coaches, and one interim head coach, since it began play during the1904 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 theCollege Football Hall of Fame | O% | Overallwinning 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 | — |