# List of Texas State Bobcats head football coaches

The Texas State Bobcats college football team represents Texas State University as a member of the Sun Belt Conference. The Bobcats competes as part of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision. The program has had 20 head coaches, and one interim head coach, since it began play during the 1904 season. Since December 2022, G. J. Kinne has served as head coach at Texas State.

## 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 | James R. Coxen | 1910–1912 | 16 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 0.313 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| 2 | C. Spurgeon Smith | 1913–1915 | 26 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 0.462 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| 3 | G. B. Marsh | 1916–1918 | 22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 0.636 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
| 4 | Oscar W. Strahan | 1919–1934 | 134 | 72 | 52 | 10 | 0.575 | 32 | 29 | 7 | 0.522 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | — |
| 5 | Joe Bailey Cheaney | 1935–1942 | 71 | 23 | 42 | 6 | 0.366 | 7 | 22 | 2 | 0.258 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 6 | George Vest | 1946–1950 | 50 | 30 | 17 | 3 | 0.630 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 0.625 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | — |
| 7 | Milton Jowers | 1951–1953 1961–1964 | 68 | 48 | 18 | 2 | 0.721 | 27 | 12 | 2 | 0.683 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | — |
| 8 | R. W. Parker | 1954–1959 | 58 | 31 | 24 | 3 | 0.560 | 23 | 15 | 1 | 0.603 | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | — |
| 9 | Jack Henry | 1960 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0.200 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0.143 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 10 | Bill Miller | 1965–1978 | 140 | 86 | 51 | 3 | 0.625 | 65 | 41 | 2 | 0.611 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | — |
| 11 | Jim Wacker | 1979–1982 | 50 | 42 | 8 | 0 | 0.840 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 0.579 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 – 1981, 1982 | — |
| 12 | John O'Hara | 1983–1989 | 77 | 36 | 41 | 0 | 0.468 | 18 | 21 | 0 | 0.462 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 13 | Dennis Franchione | 1990–1991 2011–2015 | 82 | 39 | 43 | 0 | 0.476 | 17 | 24 | 0 | 0.415 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 14 | Jim Bob Helduser | 1992–1996 | 55 | 20 | 34 | 1 | 0.373 | 8 | 22 | 1 | 0.274 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 15 | Bob DeBesse | 1997–2002 | 66 | 26 | 40 | — | 0.394 | 12 | 28 | — | 0.300 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 16 | Manny Matsakis | 2003 | 12 | 5 | 7 | — | 0.417 | 2 | 3 | — | 0.400 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 17 | David Bailiff | 2004–2006 | 36 | 21 | 15 | — | 0.583 | 10 | 6 | — | 0.625 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — |
| 18 | Brad Wright | 2007–2010 | 46 | 23 | 23 | — | 0.500 | 14 | 14 | — | 0.500 | 0 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 19 | Everett Withers | 2016–2018 | 35 | 7 | 28 | — | 0.200 | 2 | 21 | — | 0.087 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| Int | Chris Woods | 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 | — | .000 | 0 | 1 | — | .000 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 20 | Jake Spavital | 2019–2022 | 48 | 13 | 35 | — | 0.271 | 9 | 23 | — | 0.281 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 21 | G. J. Kinne | 2023–present | 25 | 16 | 10 | — | 0.615 | 9 | 7 | — | 0.563 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |