List of Texas A&M Aggies head football coaches

The Texas A&M Aggies football program is a college football team that represents Texas A&M University in the Western Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The team has had 27 head coaches since it started playing organized football in 1894. Texas A&M University was a charter member of the Southwest Conference, joining in 1915, while then known as the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas or Texas A.M.C. Texas A&M became a charter member of the Big 12 in 1996 when the Southwest Conference disbanded.^[1] The Aggies subsequently left the Big 12 following the 2011 season and joined as the 13th member of the SEC effective for the 2012 season.^[2] The team nickname is the Aggies, a reference to the agricultural roots of the university.^[3] The Aggies have played in 1,244 games during their 122 completed  seasons. In those seasons, twelve coaches have led Texas A&M to postseason bowl games: Dana X. Bible, Homer H. Norton, Robert Harry Stiteler, Bear Bryant, Gene Stallings, Emory Bellard, Tom Wilson, Jackie Sherrill, R. C. Slocum, Dennis Franchione, Mike Sherman, and Kevin Sumlin. Seven coaches have won conference championships with the Aggies: Bible, Norton, Bryant, Stallings, Bellard, Sherrill and Slocum. Bible and Norton are the only coaches to have won a national championship at Texas A&M.

Jimbo Fisher, former head coach of the Aggies

Slocum is the all-time leader in games coached (172), total wins (123) and is tied with Norton for years coached (14). D. V. Graves has the highest winning percentage of any Aggies coach with a 6–1 record (.857) in his only year. Of coaches who served more than one season, Walter E. Bachman leads with a .813 winning percentage. Henry Foldberg is, in terms of winning percentage, the worst coach the Aggies have had (.217). Of the 27 Aggie coaches, six have been inducted in the College Football Hall of Fame: Bible, Madison Bell, Norton, Bryant, Stallings and Slocum. Slocum and Sumlin are the only coaches to have received any coach of the year accolades, with Slocum winning the Southwest Conference Coach of the Year award three years in a row, and Sumlin winning SEC Coach of the Year in 2012.

Key

Key to symbols in coaches list

General		Overall		Conference		Postseason[A 1]
No.	Order of coaches[A 2]	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[A 3]	C%	Conference winning percentage
†	Elected to the College Football Hall of Fame	O%	Overall winning percentage[A 4]

Coaches

List of head football coaches showing season(s) coached, overall records, conference records, postseason records, championships and selected awards^{[A 5]}

No.	Name	Season(s)	GC	OW	OL	OT	O%	CW	CL	CT	C%	PW	PL	PT	CCs [A 6]	NCs
1	F. Dudley Perkins	1894	2	1	1	0	.500	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2	Andrew M. Soule & Horace W. South	1896	3	2	0	1	.833	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
3	C. W. Taylor	1897	3	1	2	0	.333	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
4	H. W. Williams	1898	6	4	2	0	.667	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
5	W. A. Murray	1899–1901	16	7	8	1	.469	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
6	J. E. Platt	1902–1904	26	18	5	3	.750	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
7	Walter E. Bachman	1905–1906	16	13	3	0	.813	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
8	L. L. Larson	1907	8	6	1	1	.813	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
9	Ned Merriam	1908	10	4	5	1	.375	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
10	Charley Moran	1909–1914	48	37	8	3	.800	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
11	Edwin Harlan	1915–1916	18	13	5	0	.722	3	2	0	.600	—	—	—	—	—	—
12	Dana X. Bible[7]†	1917, 1919–1928	100	72	19	9	.765	26	15	7	.615	1	0	0	5	2 — 1919, 1927	—
13	D. V. Graves	1918	7	6	1	0	.857	1	1	0	.500	—	—	—	—	—	—
14	Madison A. Bell[8]†	1929–1933	48	24	21	3	.531	8	14	3	.380	—	—	—	—	—	—
15	Homer H. Norton[9]†	1934–1947	144	82	53	9	.601	40	35	7	.530	2	2	0	3	1 – 1939	—
16	Harry Stiteler	1948–1950	31	8	21	2	.290	3	13	2	.222	1	0	0	—	—	—
17	Raymond George	1951–1953	30	12	14	4	.467	3	12	3	.250	—	—	—	—	—	—
18	Paul "Bear" Bryant[10]†	1954–1957	41	25	14	2	.634	14	9	1	.604	0	1	0	1	—	—
19	James A. Myers	1958–1961	40	12	24	4	.350	5	18	3	.250	—	—	—	—	—	—
20	Henry Foldberg	1962–1964	30	6	23	1	.217	5	15	1	.262	—	—	—	—	—	—
21	Gene Stallings[11]†	1965–1971	73	27	45	1	.377	19	30	0	.388	1	0	0	1	—	—
22	Emory Bellard[A 7]	1972–1978	75	48	27	0	.640	29	18	0	.617	1	2	0	1	—	—
23	Tom Wilson[A 7]	1978–1981	40	21	19	0	.525	14	15	0	.483	2	0	0	—	—	—
24	Jackie Sherrill	1982–1988	81	52	28	1	.648	36	17	1	.676	2	1	0	3	—	—
25	R. C. Slocum[13]†	1989–2002	172	123	47	2	.721	78	28	2	.731	3	8	0	4	—	Southwest Conference Coach of the Year (1991, 1992, 1993)[14][15]
26	Dennis Franchione	2003–2007	60	32	28	—	.533	19	21	—	.475	0	2	—	—	—	—
Int	Gary Darnell	2007	1	0	1	—	.000	0	0	—	.000	0	1	—	—	—	—
27	Mike Sherman	2008–2011	50	25	25	—	.500	15	18	—	.455	0	1	—	—	—	—
Int	Tim DeRuyter	2011	1	1	0	—	1.000	0	0	—	.000	1	0	—	—	—	—
28	Kevin Sumlin	2012–2017	65	44	21	—	.677	21	19	—	.525	3	2	—	—	—	SEC Coach of the Year (2012)
Int	Jeff Banks	2017	1	0	1	—	.000	0	0	—	.000	0	0	—	—	—	—
29	Jimbo Fisher	2018–2023	70	45	25	—	.643	27	21	—	.563	3	0	—	—	—	—
Int	Elijah Robinson	2023	3	1	2	—	.500	0	1	—	.000	0	0	—	—	—	—
30	Mike Elko	2024–	8	7	1	—	.875	5	0	—	1.000	0	0	—	—	—	—

Notes

1. Although the first Rose Bowl Game was played in 1902, it has been continuously played since the 1916 game, and is recognized as the oldest bowl game by the NCAA. "—" indicates any season prior to 1916 when postseason games were not played.^[4]
2. A running total of the number of head coaches, with coaches who served separate tenures being counted only once. Interim head coaches are represented with "Int" and are not counted in the running total. "—" indicates the team played but either without a coach or no coach is on record. "X" indicates an interim year without play.
3. Overtime rules in college football were introduced in 1996, making ties impossible in the period since.^[5]
4. When computing the win–loss percentage, a tie counts as half a win and half a loss.^[6]
5. Statistics correct as of the end of the 2023 NCAA Division I FBS football season.
6. Texas A&M did not join a conference until 1915.
7. Emory Ballard resigned in the middle of the 1978 season, after going 4–2 (1–2 in conference). Tom Wilson replaced him and finished the season 4–2 (3–2 in conference).^[12]

References

General

• "Texas A&M Coaching Records". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on February 16, 2010. Retrieved February 23, 2010.
• "Aggie Football Through the Years". AggieAthletics.com. Archived from the original on June 9, 2009. Retrieved February 24, 2010.
• "Aggie Football's Championships". AggieAthletics.com. Archived from the original on January 17, 2011. Retrieved February 24, 2010.

Specific

1. "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. "Texas A&M officially joins SEC". ESPN.com. The Associated Press. September 26, 2011. Retrieved August 6, 2012.
3. Greenwald, Michael (December 24, 2006). "Crash course in rooting for Aggies". San Diego Union-Tribune. Archived from the original on March 13, 2012. Retrieved March 3, 2010. Aggies: the school's nickname, reminds us of its agricultural roots when most students were farmers or ranchers.
4. National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2011). Bowl/All-Star Game Records (PDF). Indianapolis, Indiana: NCAA. pp. 5–10. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 5, 2011. Retrieved August 21, 2011.
5. Whiteside, Kelly (August 25, 2006). "Overtime system still excites coaches". USA Today. McLean, Virginia. Archived from the original on September 6, 2010. Retrieved September 25, 2009.
6. Finder, Chuck (September 6, 1987). "Big plays help Paterno to 200th". The New York Times. New York City. Archived from the original on September 28, 2013. Retrieved October 22, 2009.
7. Dana Bible at the College Football Hall of Fame
8. Matty "Moanin' Matty" Bell at the College Football Hall of Fame
9. Homer Norton at the College Football Hall of Fame
10. Paul "Bear" Bryant at the College Football Hall of Fame
11. Gene Stallings at the College Football Hall of Fame
12. "Texas A&M's Bellard Resigns". Spartanburg Herald. Spartanburg, South Carolina. The Associated Press. October 25, 1978. p. C1. Retrieved February 25, 2010.
13. Zwerneman, Brent (May 15, 2012). "Aggies' Slocum earns Hall of Fame nod". Houston Chronicle. Houston, Texas. Retrieved August 6, 2012.
14. "Aggies dominate SWC team". The Victoria Advocate. Victoria, Texas. The Associated Press. December 6, 1991. Retrieved February 24, 2010.
15. "Texas A&M At Colorado". Lawrence Journal-World. Lawrence, Kansas. October 4, 1997. p. 7C. Retrieved February 24, 2010.