# List of Utah State Aggies head football coaches

The Utah State Aggies college football team represents Utah State University in the Mountain West Conference (MWC), as part of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision. The program has had 28 head coaches, and 2 interim head coaches, since it began play during the 1892 season. Since December 2024, Bronco Mendenhall has served as head coach of the Aggies.
Eight coaches have led Utah State in postseason bowl games: Dick Romney, John Ralston, Charlie Weatherbie, John L. Smith, Gary Andersen, Matt Wells, Frank Maile, and Blake Anderson. Seven coaches also won conference championships: Romney captured three as a member of the Rocky Mountain Faculty Athletic Conference; Romney captured one and Ralston two as a member of the Skyline Conference; Snyder captured two as a member of the Pacific Coast Athletic Association; Weatherbie captured one and Smith two as a member of the Big West Conference; Andersen captured one as a member of the Western Athletic Conference; Anderson captured one as a member of the MWC.
Romney is the leader in seasons coached, with 29 years as head coach and games coached (235), won (128). Mysterious Walker has the highest winning percentage at .909. Brent Guy has the lowest winning percentage of those who have coached more than one game, with .191. Of the 27 different head coaches who have led the Aggies, Romney and Ralston have 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 | DC | CC | NC | Awards |
| 1 | J. Walter Mayo | 1896 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| 2 | Samuel Dunning | 1898 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| 3 | Willard Langton | 1899–1900 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.333 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| 4 | Dick Richards | 1901 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0.600 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| 5 | George P. Campbell | 1902–1906 | 30 | 12 | 16 | 2 | 0.433 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| 6 | Mysterious Walker | 1907–1908 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0.909 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| 7 | Clayton Teetzel | 1909–1915 | 44 | 24 | 18 | 2 | 0.568 | 0 | 6 | 0 | .000 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 8 | Jack Watson | 1916–1917 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0.600 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0.571 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 9 | Dick Romney$^†$ | 1919–1942 1944–1948 | 235 | 128 | 91 | 16 | 0.579 | 88 | 71 | 12 | 0.550 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | — |
| 10 | George Melinkovich | 1949–1950 | 21 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 0.238 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0.111 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 11 | John Roning | 1951–1954 | 41 | 18 | 21 | 2 | 0.463 | 14 | 15 | 1 | 0.483 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 12 | Ev Faunce | 1955–1958 | 40 | 15 | 24 | 1 | 0.388 | 10 | 17 | 1 | 0.375 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 13 | John Ralston$^†$ | 1959–1962 | 43 | 31 | 11 | 1 | 0.733 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 0.675 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | — |
| 14 | Tony Knap | 1963–1966 | 40 | 25 | 14 | 1 | 0.638 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | — |
| 15 | Chuck Mills | 1967–1972 | 62 | 38 | 23 | 1 | 0.621 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | — |
| 16 | Phil Krueger | 1973–1975 | 33 | 21 | 12 | 0 | 0.636 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | — |
| 17 | Bruce Snyder | 1976–1982 | 77 | 38 | 37 | 2 | 0.506 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 0.740 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | — |
| 18 | Chris Pella | 1983–1985 | 33 | 9 | 24 | 0 | 0.273 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 0.368 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 19 | Chuck Shelton | 1986–1991 | 66 | 26 | 39 | 1 | 0.402 | 25 | 16 | 1 | 0.607 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 20 | Charlie Weatherbie | 1992–1994 | 34 | 15 | 19 | 0 | 0.441 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 0.611 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | — |
| 21 | John L. Smith | 1995–1997 | 34 | 16 | 18 | 0 | 0.471 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0.750 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | — |
| 22 | Dave Arslanian | 1998–1999 | 22 | 7 | 15 | — | 0.318 | 5 | 6 | — | 0.455 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 23 | Mick Dennehy | 2000–2004 | 56 | 19 | 37 | — | 0.339 | 9 | 9 | — | 0.500 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 24 | Brent Guy | 2005–2008 | 47 | 9 | 38 | — | 0.191 | 8 | 24 | — | 0.250 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 25 | Gary Andersen | 2009–2012 2019–2020 | 66 | 33 | 33 | — | 0.500 | 22 | 18 | — | 0.550 | 1 | 2 | — | 0 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 26 | Matt Wells | 2013–2018 | 78 | 44 | 34 | — | 0.564 | 30 | 18 | — | 0.625 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Int | Frank Maile | 2018 2020 | 4 | 2 | 2 | — | 0.500 | 1 | 2 | — | 0.333 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 27 | Blake Anderson | 2021–2023 | 40 | 23 | 17 | — | 0.575 | 15 | 9 | — | 0.625 | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| Int | Nate Dreiling | 2024 | 12 | 4 | 8 | — | 0.333 | 3 | 4 | — | 0.429 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 28 | Bronco Mendenhall | 2025–present | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | – | 0 | 0 | — | – | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |