# List of North Texas Mean Green head football coaches

The North Texas Mean Green football team represents the University of North Texas in college football as a member of the American Athletic Conference (AAC) at the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) level. The program has had 19 head coaches and two interim head coaches since it began play in 1913. The current head coach of the Mean Green, Eric Morris, was hired in December 2022.
Odus Mitchell has the most wins and the longest tenure of any head coach in program history, compiling a record of 122–85–9 in 21 seasons, from 1946 to 1966. James W. St. Clair has highest winning percentage with a record of 20–10–2 (.656) in five seasons, from 1915 to 1919. Todd Dodge has the lowest winning percentage, tallying a mark 6–37 (.139) in four seasons, from 2007 to 2010.

## 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 | | | | |

## List of head coaches

List of head football coaches showing season(s) coached, overall records, conference records, postseason records, championships and selected awards :
| No. | Name | Term | GC | OW | OL | OT | O% | CW | CL | CT | C% | PW | PL | DC | CC | NC |
| 1 | J. W. Pender | 1913–1914 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0.429 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2 | J. W. St. Clair | 1915–1919 | 32 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 0.656 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 3 | Theron J. Fouts | 1920–1924 | 39 | 23 | 14 | 2 | 0.615 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 4 | John B. Reid | 1925–1928 | 37 | 16 | 18 | 3 | 0.473 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 5 | Jack Sisco | 1929–1941 | 121 | 74 | 37 | 10 | 0.653 | 37 | 8 | 1 | 0.815 | 0 | 0 | — | 6 | 0 |
| 6 | Lloyd Russell | 1942 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0.375 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.333 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Odus Mitchell | 1946–1966 | 216 | 122 | 85 | 9 | 0.586 | 37 | 20 | 1 | 0.647 | 1 | 2 | — | 10 | 0 |
| 8 | Rod Rust | 1967–1972 | 62 | 29 | 32 | 1 | 0.476 | 16 | 14 | 0 | 0.533 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | Hayden Fry$^†$ | 1973–1978 | 66 | 40 | 23 | 3 | 0.629 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0.583 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | Jerry Moore$^†$ | 1979–1980 | 22 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0.500 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 11 | Bob Tyler | 1981 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0.182 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 12 | Corky Nelson | 1982–1990 | 101 | 48 | 52 | 1 | 0.480 | 24 | 20 | 1 | 0.544 | 0 | 3 | — | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | Dennis Parker | 1991–1993 | 33 | 11 | 21 | 1 | 0.348 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 0.333 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Matt Simon | 1994–1997 | 45 | 18 | 26 | 1 | 0.411 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0.656 | 0 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | Darrell Dickey | 1998–2006 | 106 | 42 | 64 | — | 0.396 | 31 | 20 | — | 0.608 | 1 | 3 | — | 4 | 0 |
| 16 | Todd Dodge | 2007–2010 | 43 | 6 | 37 | — | 0.140 | 3 | 23 | — | 0.115 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| Int. | Mike Canales | 2010 | 5 | 2 | 3 | — | 0.400 | 2 | 2 | — | 0.500 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Dan McCarney | 2011–2015 | 54 | 22 | 32 | — | 0.407 | 15 | 19 | — | 0.441 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Int. | Mike Canales | 2015 | 7 | 1 | 6 | — | 0.143 | 1 | 5 | — | 0.167 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Seth Littrell | 2016–2022 | 88 | 44 | 44 | — | 0.500 | 32 | 23 | — | 0.582 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Int. | Phil Bennett | 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 | — | .000 | 0 | 0 | — | – | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Eric Morris | 2023–present | 25 | 11 | 14 | — | 0.440 | 6 | 10 | — | 0.375 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |