Coaching History
New Mexico State Football Coaches
Season-by-season coaching records, tenure arcs, and linked CFBTrack profiles for New Mexico State.
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Coaches
20
Indexed Record
343-628-14
Best Win %
Warren Woodson 63.2%
All-time coaching ledger
Records use fallback-adjusted coach-season rows. Zero-game placeholders are not included in the table totals.
| Coach | Years | Record | Win % | Best SRS | Best Finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Sanchez | 2024-2025 • 2 seasons | 7-17 | 29.2% | -16.1 | — |
| Jerry Kill | 2022-2023 • 2 seasons | 17-11 | 60.7% | -3.0 | — |
| Doug Martin | 2013-2021 • 9 seasons | 25-74 | 25.3% | -11.2 | — |
| DeWayne Walker | 2009-2012 • 4 seasons | 10-40 | 20.0% | -15.7 | — |
| Hal Mumme | 2005-2008 • 4 seasons | 11-38 | 22.4% | -9.3 | — |
| Tony Samuel | 1997-2004 • 8 seasons | 34-57 | 37.4% | -6.3 | — |
| Jim Hess | 1990-1996 • 7 seasons | 22-55 | 28.6% | -15.1 | — |
| Mike Knoll | 1986-1989 • 4 seasons | 4-40 | 9.1% | -25.6 | — |
| Fred Zechman | 1983-1985 • 3 seasons | 8-25 | 24.2% | -11.2 | — |
| Gil Krueger | 1978-1982 • 5 seasons | 17-37-1 | 31.8% | -9.5 | — |
| Jim Bradley | 1973-1977 • 5 seasons | 23-31-1 | 42.7% | -5.9 | — |
| Jim Wood | 1968-1972 • 5 seasons | 21-30-1 | 41.3% | -7.5 | — |
| Warren Woodson | 1958-1967 • 10 seasons | 63-36-3 | 63.2% | 11.9 | #17 |
| Tony Cavallo | 1955-1957 • 3 seasons | 7-23 | 23.3% | -22.5 | — |
| James Patton | 1953-1954 • 2 seasons | 2-16 | 11.1% | -24.8 | — |
| Joe Coleman | 1951-1952 • 2 seasons | 3-15-1 | 18.4% | -33.9 | — |
| Vaughn Corley | 1948-1950 • 3 seasons | 9-20 | 31.0% | -25.6 | — |
| Raymond Curfman | 1946-1947 • 2 seasons | 8-11 | 42.1% | -25.3 | — |
| Julius Johnston | 1940-1942 • 3 seasons | 6-21 | 22.2% | -28.5 | — |
| Gerald Hines | 1931-1939 • 9 seasons | 46-31-7 | 58.9% | -2.4 | — |
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