# List of New Mexico Lobos head football coaches

The New Mexico Lobos college football team represents the University of New Mexico in the Mountain West Conference (MWC), as part of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision. The program has had 33 head coaches, and 1 interim head coach, since it began play during the 1892 season. Since December 2024, Jason Eck has served as New Mexico's head coach.
Five coaches have led New Mexico in postseason bowl games: Ted Shipkey, Willis Barnes, Dennis Franchione, Rocky Long, and Bob Davie. Two coaches have won division titles: Franchione won one Western Athletic Conference (WAC) Mountain division and Davie won one MWC Mountain division title. Two coaches also won conference championships: Shipkey won one as a member of the Border Conference and Bill Weeks won three as a member of the WAC.
Long is the leader in seasons coached, with 11 years as head coach and games coached (134), won (65). Walter McEwan has the highest winning percentage at .900. Carl Hamilton has the lowest winning percentage of those who have coached more than one game, with .000.

## 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 | William A. Zimmer | 1894 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.500 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| 2 | Joe Napier | 1901 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0.125 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| 3 | Walter McEwan | 1903–1904 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0.900 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| 4 | Martin F. Angell | 1905–1907 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0.792 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| 5 | Hermon H. Conwell | 1908 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0.833 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| 6 | Sam P. McBirney | 1909 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0.667 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| 7 | Carl Hamilton | 1910 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .000 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| 8 | Ralph Hutchinson | 1911–1916 | 28 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 0.500 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| 9 | Frank E. Wood | 1917 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.333 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| 10 | John F. McGough | 1919 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0.800 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| 11 | Roy W. Johnson | 1920–1930 | 79 | 41 | 32 | 6 | 0.557 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| 12 | Chuck Riley | 1931–1933 | 23 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 0.370 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0.417 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 13 | Gwinn Henry | 1934–1936 | 28 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 0.571 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0.500 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 14 | Ted Shipkey | 1937–1941 | 45 | 26 | 17 | 2 | 0.600 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 0.600 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | — |
| 15 | Willis Barnes | 1942–1946 | 44 | 19 | 20 | 5 | 0.489 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 0.500 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 16 | Berl Huffman | 1947–1949 | 31 | 8 | 22 | 1 | 0.274 | 3 | 17 | 1 | 0.167 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 17 | Dudley DeGroot | 1950–1952 | 30 | 13 | 17 | 0 | 0.433 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 0.474 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 18 | Bob Titchenal | 1953–1955 | 28 | 12 | 15 | 1 | 0.446 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 0.417 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 19 | Dick Clausen | 1956–1957 | 20 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 0.400 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 20 | Marv Levy | 1958–1959 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 0.700 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0.750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 21 | Bill Weeks | 1960–1967 | 82 | 40 | 41 | 1 | 0.494 | 17 | 21 | 1 | 0.449 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | — |
| 22 | Rudy Feldman | 1968–1973 | 63 | 24 | 37 | 2 | 0.397 | 16 | 22 | 0 | 0.421 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 23 | Bill Mondt | 1974–1979 | 69 | 31 | 37 | 1 | 0.457 | 18 | 23 | 0 | 0.439 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 24 | Joe Morrison | 1980–1982 | 34 | 18 | 15 | 1 | 0.544 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 0.568 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 25 | Joe Lee Dunn | 1983–1986 | 47 | 17 | 30 | 0 | 0.362 | 9 | 21 | 0 | 0.300 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 26 | Mike Sheppard | 1987–1991 | 59 | 9 | 50 | 0 | 0.153 | 4 | 34 | 0 | 0.105 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 27 | Dennis Franchione | 1992–1997 | 69 | 33 | 36 | 0 | 0.478 | 21 | 27 | 0 | 0.438 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 28 | Rocky Long | 1998–2008 | 134 | 65 | 69 | — | 0.485 | 40 | 34 | — | 0.541 | 1 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 29 | Mike Locksley | 2009–2011 | 28 | 2 | 26 | — | 0.071 | 2 | 15 | — | 0.118 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| Int | George Barlow | 2011 | 8 | 1 | 7 | — | 0.125 | 1 | 6 | — | 0.143 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 30 | Bob Davie | 2012–2019 | 99 | 35 | 64 | — | 0.354 | 17 | 47 | — | 0.266 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 31 | Danny Gonzales | 2020–2023 | 43 | 11 | 32 | — | 0.256 | 5 | 26 | — | 0.161 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 32 | Bronco Mendenhall | 2024 | 12 | 5 | 7 | — | 0.417 | 3 | 4 | — | 0.429 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 33 | Jason Eck | 2025–present | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | – | 0 | 0 | — | – | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |