A color photograph of Jake Spavital in a suit and tie at a podium.
Jake Spavital served as the head coach of the Texas State Bobcats from 2019 to 2022.

The Texas State Bobcats college football team represents Texas State University as a member of the Sun Belt Conference. The Bobcats competes as part of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision. The program has had 20 head coaches, and one interim head coach, since it began play during the 1904 season. Since December 2022, G. J. Kinne has served as head coach at Texas State.[1]

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
[A 6] 		Season(s)
[A 7] 		GC OW OL OT O% CW CL CT C% PW PL PT CC NC Awards
1 James R. Coxen 1910–1912 16 4 10 2 0.313 — — — — — — — — 0 —
2 C. Spurgeon Smith 1913–1915 26 11 13 2 0.462 — — — — — — — — 0 —
3 G. B. Marsh 1916–1918 22 12 6 4 0.636 — — — — — — — — 0 —
4 Oscar W. Strahan 1919–1934 134 72 52 10 0.575 32 29 7 0.522 — — — 1 0 —
5 Joe Bailey Cheaney 1935–1942 71 23 42 6 0.366 7 22 2 0.258 — — — 0 0 —
6 George Vest 1946–1950 50 30 17 3 0.630 15 9 0 0.625 — — — 1 0 —
7 Milton Jowers 1951–1953
1961–1964 		68 48 18 2 0.721 27 12 2 0.683 — — — 1 0 —
8 R. W. Parker 1954–1959 58 31 24 3 0.560 23 15 1 0.603 — — — 2 0 —
9 Jack Henry 1960 10 2 8 0 0.200 1 6 0 0.143 — — — 0 0 —
10 Bill Miller 1965–1978 140 86 51 3 0.625 65 41 2 0.611 — — — 1 0 —
11 Jim Wacker 1979–1982 50 42 8 0 0.840 22 6 0 0.579 6 0 0 3 2 – 1981, 1982 —
12 John O'Hara 1983–1989 77 36 41 0 0.468 18 21 0 0.462 0 0 0 1 0 —
13 Dennis Franchione 1990–1991
2011–2015 		82 39 43 0 0.476 17 24 0 0.415 0 0 0 0 0 —
14 Jim Bob Helduser 1992–1996 55 20 34 1 0.373 8 22 1 0.274 0 0 0 0 0 —
15 Bob DeBesse 1997–2002 66 26 40 — 0.394 12 28 — 0.300 0 0 — 0 0 —
16 Manny Matsakis 2003 12 5 7 — 0.417 2 3 — 0.400 0 0 — 0 0 —
17 David Bailiff 2004–2006 36 21 15 — 0.583 10 6 — 0.625 2 1 — 1 0 —
18 Brad Wright 2007–2010 46 23 23 — 0.500 14 14 — 0.500 0 1 — 0 0 —
19 Everett Withers 2016–2018 35 7 28 — 0.200 2 21 — 0.087 0 0 — 0 0 —
Int Chris Woods 2018 1 0 1 — .000 0 1 — .000 0 0 — 0 0 —
20 Jake Spavital 2019–2022 48 13 35 — 0.271 9 23 — 0.281 0 0 — 0 0 —
21 G. J. Kinne 2023–present 13 8 5 — 0.615 4 4 — 0.500 1 0 — 0 0 —

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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.[2]
  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.[3]
  4. ^ When computing the win–loss percentage, a tie counts as half a win and half a loss.[4]
  5. ^ Statistics correct as of the end of the 2023 NCAA Division I FBS football season.
  6. ^ Texas State did not have a head coach for their 1904 or 1908 seasons.
  7. ^ Texas State did not field teams from 1905–1907, 1909, and from 1943–1945 due to World War II.

References

  1. ^ Ciardello, Keff (December 2, 2022). "Texas State moves quickly, hires FCS coach G.J. Kinne as Bobcats' next head coach". Austin American-Statesman. Retrieved January 8, 2023.
  2. ^ National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2011). Bowl/All-Star Game Records (PDF). Indianapolis, Indiana: NCAA. pp. 5–10. Archived from the original on August 22, 2011. Retrieved August 21, 2011.
  3. ^ Whiteside, Kelly (August 25, 2006). "Overtime system still excites coaches". USA Today. McLean, Virginia. Archived from the original on November 24, 2009. Retrieved September 25, 2009.
  4. ^ Finder, Chuck (September 6, 1987). "Big plays help Paterno to 200th". The New York Times. New York City. Archived from the original on October 22, 2009. Retrieved October 22, 2009.
  5. ^ "2020 Texas State Football Media Guide" (PDF). Texas State University. Retrieved August 3, 2021.
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