# 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.
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.

## Key

Key to symbols in coaches list :
| General | General | Overall | Overall | Conference | Conference | Postseason | Postseason |
| No. | Order of coaches | 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 | C% | Conference winning percentage | | |
| † | Elected to the College Football Hall of Fame | O% | Overall winning percentage | | | | |

## Coaches

List of head football coaches showing season(s) coached, overall records, conference records, postseason records, championships and selected awards :
| 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 | 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 | 30 | 0 | 0.231 | 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 | 2024 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | — | – | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 14 | Dan Mullen | 2025–present | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | – | 0 | 0 | — | – | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |