# List of New Mexico State Aggies head football coaches

The New Mexico State Aggies college football team represents New Mexico State University in Conference USA (CUSA), as part of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision. The program has had 36 head coaches since it began play during the 1893 season. Since December 2023, Tony Sanchez has served as head coach at New Mexico State.
Four coaches have led New Mexico State in postseason bowl games: Jerry Hines, Warren B. Woodson, Doug Martin, and Jerry Kill. Four coaches have won conference championships: Hines and Woodson each won one as a member of the Border Conference and Jim Bradley and Gil Krueger each won one as a member of the Missouri Valley Conference.
Hines is the leader in seasons coached, with 11 years as head coach. Woodson is the leader games coached (102) and won (63). Maurice Moulder and Alfred Holt have the highest winning percentage at 1.000. Mike Knoll has the lowest winning percentage of those who have coached more than one game, with 0.091. Of the 36 different head coaches who have led the Aggies, Woodson 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 | William M. Clute | 1893 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| 2 | Alfred Holt | 1895 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| 3 | Charles M. Barber | 1897–1898 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0.700 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| 4 | John O. Miller | 1899 1901–1907 | 24 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 0.750 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| 5 | William A. Sutherland | 1900 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0.500 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| 6 | William G. Hummell | 1908 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0.667 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| 7 | John H. Squires | 1909 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0.300 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| 8 | Art Badenoch | 1910–1913 | 26 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 0.865 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| 9 | Clarence W. Russell | 1914–1916 | 21 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 0.571 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| 10 | John G. Griffith | 1917 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0.667 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| 11 | Anthony Savage | 1919 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0.417 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| 12 | Dutch Bergman | 1920–1922 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0.694 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| 13 | R. R. Brown | 1923–1925 | 28 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 0.768 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| 14 | Arthur Burkholder | 1926 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0.611 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| 15 | Ted Coffman | 1927–1928 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0.412 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| 16 | Jerry Hines | 1929–1939 | 100 | 54 | 36 | 10 | 0.590 | 18 | 18 | 4 | 0.500 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 17 | Julius H. Johnston | 1940–1942 | 27 | 6 | 21 | 0 | 0.222 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0.059 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 18 | Maurice Moulder | 1943 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 19 | Raymond A. Curfman | 1946–1947 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 0.421 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0.200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 20 | Vaughn Corley | 1948–1950 | 29 | 9 | 20 | 0 | 0.310 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0.143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 21 | Joseph T. Coleman | 1951–1952 | 19 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 0.184 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0.278 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 22 | James Patton | 1953–1954 | 18 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0.111 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0.111 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 23 | Tony Cavallo | 1955–1957 | 30 | 7 | 23 | 0 | 0.233 | 0 | 12 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 24 | Warren B. Woodson$^†$ | 1958–1967 | 102 | 63 | 36 | 3 | 0.632 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0.600 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 25 | Jim Wood | 1968–1972 | 52 | 21 | 30 | 1 | 0.413 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0.200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 26 | Jim Bradley | 1973–1977 | 55 | 23 | 31 | 1 | 0.427 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 0.543 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 27 | Gil Krueger | 1978–1982 | 55 | 17 | 37 | 1 | 0.318 | 10 | 18 | 1 | 0.362 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 28 | Fred Zechman | 1983–1985 | 33 | 9 | 24 | 0 | 0.273 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 0.211 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 29 | Mike Knoll | 1986–1989 | 44 | 4 | 40 | 0 | 0.091 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 0.036 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 30 | Jim Hess | 1990–1996 | 77 | 22 | 55 | 0 | 0.286 | 15 | 32 | 0 | 0.319 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 31 | Tony Samuel | 1997–2004 | 91 | 34 | 57 | — | 0.374 | 15 | 11 | — | 0.577 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 32 | Hal Mumme | 2005–2008 | 49 | 11 | 38 | — | 0.224 | 4 | 28 | — | 0.125 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 33 | DeWayne Walker | 2009–2012 | 50 | 10 | 40 | — | 0.200 | 4 | 25 | — | 0.138 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 34 | Doug Martin | 2013–2021 | 99 | 25 | 74 | — | 0.253 | 10 | 22 | — | 0.313 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 35 | Jerry Kill | 2022–2023 | 28 | 17 | 11 | — | 0.607 | 7 | 1 | — | 0.875 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 36 | Tony Sanchez | 2024–present | 12 | 3 | 9 | — | 0.250 | 2 | 6 | — | 0.250 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |