The New Mexico Lobos college football team represents the University of New Mexico in the Mountain West Conference (MWC), as part of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision. The program has had 32 head coaches, and 1 interim head coach, since it began play during the 1892 season. Since December 2023, Bronco Mendenhall has served as New Mexico's head coach.[1]
Five coaches have led New Mexico in postseason bowl games: Ted Shipkey, Willis Barnes, Dennis Franchione, Rocky Long, and Bob Davie. Two coaches have won division titles: Franchione won one Western Athletic Conference (WAC) Mountain division and Davie won one MWC Mountain division title. Two coaches also won conference championships: Shipkey won one as a member of the Border Conference and Bill Weeks won three as a member of the WAC.
Long is the leader in seasons coached, with 11 years as head coach and games coached (134), won (65). Walter McEwan has the highest winning percentage at .900. Carl Hamilton has the lowest winning percentage of those who have coached more than one game, with .000.
| Name | Season(s) | GC | OW | OL | OT | O% | CW | CL | CT | C% | PW | PL | PT | DC | CC | NC | Awards | ||
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| 1 | 1894 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| 2 | 1901 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| 3 | 1903–1904 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| 4 | 1905–1907 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| 5 | 1908 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| 6 | 1909 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| 7 | 1910 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| 8 | 1911–1916 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| 9 | 1917 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| 10 | 1919 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| 11 | 1920–1930 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| 12 | 1931–1933 | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||
| 13 | 1934–1936 | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||
| 14 | 1937–1941 | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
| 15 | 1942–1946 | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
| 16 | 1947–1949 | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
| 17 | 1950–1952 | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
| 18 | 1953–1955 | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
| 19 | 1956–1957 | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
| 20 | 1958–1959 | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
| 21 | 1960–1967 | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
| 22 | 1968–1973 | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
| 23 | 1974–1979 | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
| 24 | 1980–1982 | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
| 25 | 1983–1986 | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
| 26 | 1987–1991 | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
| 27 | 1992–1997 | — | |||||||||||||||||
| 28 | 1998–2008 | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||
| 29 | 2009–2011 | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||
| Int | 2011 | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||
| 30 | 2012–2019 | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||
| 31 | 2020–2023 | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||
| 32 | 2024–present | — | — | — | — | — |