List of UT Arlington Mavericks head football coaches

The Texas–Arlington Mavericks football program was a college football team that represented the University of Texas at Arlington from the 1959 through 1985 seasons. Between 1919 through 1958, UTA competed as a junior college prior to moving to Division II in 1959 and ultimately Division I in 1970. UTA played its home games at multiple stadiums throughout their history with the most recent being Maverick Stadium, in Arlington, Texas.[1]

The following is a list of Texas–Arlington Mavericks head football coaches. The first head coach of the program was L. William Caine, who began when the program was in its junior college phase. The final coach was Chuck Curtis.[2]

Key

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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

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Statistics correct as of the end of the 2012 college football season.[2][6]

No. Name Term GC OW OL OT O% CW CL CT C% PW PL CCs NCs Awards
1 L. William Caine 1919–1920 10 2 7 1 .250
2 C. A. Duval 1921–1922 16 7 7 2 .500
3 Charles M. Edens 1923–1924 18 9 7 2 .556
4 J.C. Moore 1925–1932 73 41 29 3 .582
5 Eugene Lambert 1933–1934 20 11 4 5 .675
6 Klepto Holmes 1935–1950 142 71 66 5 .518
7 Al Milch 1951 8 3 4 1 .438
8 Willie Zapalac 1952 10 8 1 1 .850
9 Chena Gilstrap 1953–1965 128 85 40 3 .676 2 5 1 .313 1965 SLC CotY
10 Burley Bearden 1966–1970 51 27 24 0 .529 12 8 0 .600 1 2 1966 & 1967 SLC CotY
11 John Symank 1971–1973 32 11 21 0 .344 7 8 0 .467
12 Harold Elliott 1974–1983 110 46 64 0 .418 25 26 0 .490 1 1981 SLC CotY
13 Chuck Curtis 1984–1985 22 11 10 1 .523 6 5 1 .542

Notes

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  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.[3]
  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.[4]
  4. ^ When computing the win–loss percentage, a tie counts as half a win and half a loss.[5]

References

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  1. ^ Garcia, Art (July 15, 2011). "Joining the WAC is first big step-UTA's move to higher profile conference would be enhanced with addition of football". ESPN.com. Retrieved April 22, 2012.
  2. ^ a b Shafer, Ian. "University of Texas at Arlington". College Football Reference. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved April 22, 2012.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ DeLassus, David. "Texas-Arlington Records by Year (incomplete data)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on February 17, 2010. Retrieved April 23, 2012.