# List of UTEP Miners head football coaches

The UTEP Miners college football team represents University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) in Conference USA (C-USA). The Miners compete as part of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision. The program has had 26 head coaches since it began play during the 1914 season. Since December 2023, Scotty Walden has served as head coach at UTEP.
Eight coaches have led UTEP in postseason bowl games and played in the Sun Bowl eight different times. UTEP has a 5–9 record in 14 bowl games in which they have competed. The Miners have been conference champions twice in their history, once in the Border Conference and once in the Western Athletic Conference.
Saxon spent the most seasons (18) as the Miners' head coach and took the program to its first bowl game. The highest winning percentage by any coach is by Mike Brumbelow, who was the head coach of the team from 1950 to 1956, and went 46–24–3 (.651) in his career. The lowest winning percentage for any coach is by Thomas C. Holliday, who went 0–5 (.000) in 1921. Bobby Dobbs coached the last Miner Bowl Game Win in 1967 beating Ole' Miss 14-7. The Miners have not won a Bowl game in the 57 years since Bobby Dobbs did it with his Flyin' Miners.

## 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 | DC | CC | NC | Awards |
| 1 | Tommy Dwyer | 1914–1917 1919 | 21 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 0.452 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| 2 | Harry Van Surdam | 1920 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0.333 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| 3 | Thomas C. Holliday | 1921 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0.200 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| 4 | Jack C. Vowell | 1922–1923 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0.500 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| 5 | George B. Powell | 1924–1926 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 0.600 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| 6 | E. J. Stewart | 1927–1928 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0.464 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| 7 | Mack Saxon | 1929–1941 | 118 | 66 | 43 | 9 | 0.597 | 16 | 14 | 3 | 0.530 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 8 | Walter Milner | 1942 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0.556 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0.571 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 9 | Jack Curtice | 1946–1949 | 40 | 24 | 13 | 3 | 0.638 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 0.560 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 10 | Mike Brumbelow | 1950–1956 | 73 | 46 | 24 | 3 | 0.651 | 25 | 15 | 2 | 0.619 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | — |
| 11 | Ben Collins | 1957–1961 | 48 | 18 | 29 | 1 | 0.385 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 0.375 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 12 | Bum Phillips | 1962 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0.444 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | — |
| 13 | Warren Harper | 1963–1964 | 20 | 3 | 15 | 2 | 0.200 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | — |
| 14 | Bobby Dobbs | 1965–1972 | 78 | 41 | 35 | 2 | 0.538 | 17 | 13 | 0 | 0.567 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 15 | Tommy Hudspeth | 1972–1973 | 15 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0.067 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0.091 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 16 | Gil Bartosh | 1974–1976 | 34 | 6 | 28 | 0 | 0.176 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 0.150 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 17 | Bill Michael | 1977–1981 | 48 | 5 | 43 | 0 | 0.104 | 2 | 25 | 0 | 0.074 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| Int | Billy Alton | 1981 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0.111 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0.143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 18 | Bill Yung | 1982–1985 | 46 | 7 | 39 | 0 | 0.152 | 3 | 28 | 0 | 0.097 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 19 | Bob Stull | 1986–1988 | 36 | 21 | 15 | 0 | 0.583 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 0.542 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 20 | David Lee | 1989–1993 | 53 | 11 | 41 | 1 | 0.217 | 5 | 29 | 1 | 0.157 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 21 | Charlie Bailey | 1993–1999 | 74 | 19 | 53 | 2 | 0.270 | 11 | 40 | 1 | 0.221 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 22 | Gary Nord | 2000–2003 | 48 | 14 | 34 | — | 0.292 | 10 | 19 | — | 0.345 | 0 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 0 | — |
| 23 | Mike Price | 2004–2012 2017 | 116 | 48 | 68 | — | 0.414 | 30 | 49 | — | 0.380 | 0 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 24 | Sean Kugler | 2013–2017 | 54 | 18 | 36 | — | 0.333 | 11 | 22 | — | 0.333 | 0 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 25 | Dana Dimel | 2018–2023 | 69 | 20 | 49 | — | 0.290 | 10 | 34 | — | 0.227 | 0 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 26 | Scotty Walden | 2024–present | 12 | 3 | 9 | — | 0.250 | 3 | 5 | — | 0.375 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |