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Mack Brown was head coach of the program from 1998 to 2013.

The Texas Longhorns football program is a college football team that represents the University of Texas at Austin of the SEC Conference in the National Collegiate Athletic Association. The team has had 28 head coaches since it started playing organized football in 1893 with the nickname Longhorns, although they played without a head coach in their first season. Texas was an original member of the Southwest Conference, joining in 1915. The Longhorns became a charter member of the Big 12 in 1996 when the Southwest Conference disbanded.[1] The Longhorns have played in 1,200 games during their 117 seasons. In those seasons, 10 coaches have led Texas to postseason bowl games: Dana X. Bible, Blair Cherry, Ed Price, Darrell Royal, Fred Akers, David McWilliams, John Mackovic, Mack Brown, Charlie Strong, Tom Herman, and Steve Sarkisian.

Eleven coaches have won conference championships with the Longhorns: Berry Whitaker, Clyde Littlefield, Bible, Cherry, Price, Royal, Akers, McWilliams, Mackovic, Brown, and Sarkisian. Royal and Brown have also won national championships with Texas.

Royal is the all-time leader in games coached (219), years coached (20) and total wins (167). Frank Crawford has the highest winning percentage of any Longhorn coach after going 5–0 his only year. Of coaches who served more than one season, Whitaker leads with a .865 winning percentage. Charlie Strong trails with a .455 winning percentage. Of the 28 Longhorns coaches, Bible, Royal, and Brown have been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. Royal and Brown have each received National Coach of the Year honors from at least one organization. The current head coach of the Longhorns is Steve Sarkisian.

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Coaches

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List of head football coaches showing season(s) coached, overall records, conference records, postseason records, championships and selected awards[A 4]
# Name Term GC OW OL OT O% CW CL CT C% PW PL PT CCs NCs National awards
1 R. D. Wentworth 1894 7 6 1 0 .857 — — — — — — — — — —
2 Frank Crawford 1895 5 5 0 0 1.000 — — — — — — — — — —
3 Harry Orman Robinson 1896 7 4 2 1 .643 — — — — — — — — — —
4 Walter F. Kelly 1897 8 6 2 0 .750 — — — — — — — — — —
5 David Farragut Edwards 1898 6 5 1 0 .833 — — — — — — — — — —
6 Maurice Gordon Clarke 1899 8 6 2 0 .750 — — — — — — — — — —
7 Samuel Huston Thompson 1900–1901 17 14 2 1 .853 — — — — — — — — — —
8 J. B. Hart 1902 10 6 3 1 .650 — — — — — — — — — —
9 Ralph Hutchinson 1903–1905 25 16 7 2 .680 — — — — — — — — — —
10 H. R. Schenker 1906 10 9 1 0 .900 — — — — — — — — — —
11 W. E. Metzenthin 1907–1908 17 11 5 1 .676 — — — — — — — — — —
12 Dexter Draper 1909 8 4 3 1 .563 — — — — — — — — — —
13 Billy Wasmund 1910 8 6 2 0 .750 — — — — — — — — — —
14 Dave Allerdice 1911–1915 40 33 7 0 .825 2 2 0 .500 — — — — — —
15 Eugene Van Gent 1916 9 7 2 0 .778 5 1 0 .833 — — — 1 — —
16 Bill Juneau 1917–1919 26 19 7 0 .731 9 5 0 .643 — — — 1 — —
17 Berry M. Whitaker 1920–1922 26 22 3 1 .865 8 1 1 .850 — — — 1 — —
18 E. J. Stewart 1923–1926 36 24 9 3 .708 8 8 3 .500 — — — — — —
19 Clyde Littlefield 1927–1933 68 44 18 6 .691 22 13 4 .615 — — — 2 — —
20 Jack Chevigny 1934–1936 29 13 14 2 .483 6 11 1 .361 — — — — — —
21 Dana X. Bible[4]† 1937–1946 97 63 31 3 .665 35 22 1 .612 2 0 1 3 — —
22 Blair Cherry 1947–1950 43 32 10 1 .756 18 5 1 .771 2 1 0 1 — —
23 Ed Price 1951–1956 61 33 27 1 .549 20 15 1 .569 1 0 0 2 — —
24 Darrell Royal[5]† 1957–1976 219 167 47 5 .774 109 27 2 .797 8 7 1 11 3

Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year (1961, 1963)[6]
AFCA Coach of the Year (1963, 1969)[7]

25 Fred Akers 1977–1986 119 86 31 2 .731 60 19 1 .756 2 7 0 2 — —
26 David McWilliams 1987–1991 57 31 26 0 .544 23 15 0 .605 1 1 0 1 — —
27 John Mackovic 1992–1997 71 41 28 2 .592 28 16 0 .636 1 2 — 3 — —
28 Mack Brown† 1998–2013 206 158 48 — .767 98 33 — .748 10 5 — 2 1

Paul "Bear" Bryant Award (2005)[8]
Bobby Dodd Coach of the Year Award (2008)[8][9]

29 Charlie Strong 2014–2016 37 16 21 0 .433 12 15 — .444 0 1 — — — —
30 Tom Herman 2017–2020 50 32 18 0 .640 22 13 — .629 4 0 — — — —
31 Steve Sarkisian 2021–present 48 33 15 0 .681 20 11 — .645 2 — 1 — —

Notes

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  1. ^ Texas did not join a conference until 1915.[1]
  2. ^ Overtime rules in college football were introduced in 1996, making ties impossible in the period since.[2]
  3. ^ When computing the win–loss percentage, a tie counts as half a win and half a loss.[3]
  4. ^ Statistics correct as of the end of the 2012 college football season.

References

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General
  • "All-Time Head Coach Records" (PDF). Texas Sports. Retrieved November 29, 2021.
  • "Texas Coaching Records". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on November 21, 2009. Retrieved December 9, 2009.
  • "Football Head Coaches". MackBrown-TexasFootball.com. Archived from the original on November 24, 2009. Retrieved December 9, 2009.
  • "2009 Football Media Guide" (PDF). MackBrown-TexasFootball.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 12, 2012. Retrieved December 9, 2009.
Specific
  1. ^ a b "Southwest Athletic Conference: An Inventory of Its Records, 1914-1996 and undated, at the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library". Texas Archival Resources Online. Archived from the original on June 19, 2010. Retrieved December 8, 2009.
  2. ^ Whiteside, Kelly (August 25, 2006). "Overtime system still excites coaches". USA Today. Archived from the original on September 6, 2010. Retrieved September 25, 2009.
  3. ^ Finder, Chuck (September 6, 1987). "Big plays help Paterno to 200th". The New York Times. Archived from the original on September 28, 2013. Retrieved October 22, 2009.
  4. ^ Dana Bible at the College Football Hall of Fame
  5. ^ Darrell Royal at the College Football Hall of Fame
  6. ^ "All-Time Eddie Robinson Award Winners". Football Writers Association of America. Archived from the original on February 27, 2010. Retrieved December 9, 2009.
  7. ^ "AFCA Coach of the Year Award - Past Winners". American Football Coaches Association. January 15, 2008. Archived from the original on December 5, 2010. Retrieved September 27, 2009.
  8. ^ a b "Mack Brown Profile". MackBrown-TexasFootball.com. Archived from the original on December 17, 2009. Retrieved December 9, 2009.
  9. ^ "Past Winners". Bobby Dodd National Coach of the Year Award. Archived from the original on December 1, 2008. Retrieved September 26, 2009.

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