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Dick Romney coached in the most seasons and won the most games during his tenure at Utah State.

The Utah State Aggies college football team represents Utah State University in the Mountain West Conference (MWC), as part of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision. The program has had 28 head coaches, and 2 interim head coaches, since it began play during the 1892 season. Since December 2024, Bronco Mendenhall has served as head coach of the Aggies.[1]

Nine coaches have led Utah State in postseason bowl games: Dick Romney, John Ralston, Charlie Weatherbie, John L. Smith, Gary Andersen, Matt Wells, Frank Maile, Blake Anderson, and Mendenhall. Seven coaches also won conference championships: Romney captured three as a member of the Rocky Mountain Faculty Athletic Conference; Romney captured one and Ralston two as a member of the Skyline Conference; Snyder captured two as a member of the Pacific Coast Athletic Association; Weatherbie captured one and Smith two as a member of the Big West Conference; Andersen captured one as a member of the Western Athletic Conference; Anderson captured one as a member of the MWC.

Romney is the leader in seasons coached, with 29 years as head coach and games coached (235), won (128). Mysterious Walker has the highest winning percentage at .909. Brent Guy has the lowest winning percentage of those who have coached more than one game, with .191. Of the 27 different head coaches who have led the Aggies, Romney and Ralston have been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.

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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List of head football coaches showing season(s) coached, overall records, conference records, postseason records, championships and selected awards[A 5]
No. Name Year(s) Season(s) GC OW OL OT O% CW CL CT C% PW PL PT DC CC NC Awards
1 J. Walter Mayo 1896 1 1 0 1 0 .000 — — — — — — — — — 0 —
2 Samuel Dunning 1898 1 1 0 1 0 .000 — — — — — — — — — 0 —
3 Willard Langton 1899–1900 2 3 1 2 0 0.333 — — — — — — — — — 0 —
4 Dick Richards 1901 1 5 3 2 0 0.600 — — — — — — — — — 0 —
5 George P. Campbell 1902–1906 5 30 12 16 2 0.433 — — — — — — — — — 0 —
6 Mysterious Walker 1907–1908 2 11 10 1 0 0.909 — — — — — — — — — 0 —
7 Clayton Teetzel 1909–1915 7 44 24 18 2 0.568 0 6 0 .000 — — — — 0 0 —
8 Jack Watson 1916–1917 2 15 8 5 2 0.600 4 3 1 0.563 — — — — 0 0 —
9 Dick Romney† 1918–1942
1944–1948		 25, 5 235 128 91 16 0.579 88 71 12 0.550 0 2 0 — 4 0 —
10 George Melinkovich 1949–1950 2 21 5 16 0 0.238 1 8 0 0.111 0 0 0 — 0 0 —
11 John Roning 1951–1954 4 41 18 21 2 0.463 14 15 1 0.483 0 0 0 — 0 0 —
12 Ev Faunce 1955–1958 4 40 15 24 1 0.388 10 17 1 0.375 0 0 0 — 0 0 —
13 John Ralston† 1959–1962 4 43 31 11 1 0.733 13 6 1 0.675 0 2 0 — 2 0 —
14 Tony Knap 1963–1966 4 40 25 14 1 0.638 — — — — 0 0 0 — — 0 —
15 Chuck Mills 1967–1972 6 62 38 23 1 0.621 — — — — 0 0 0 — — 0 —
16 Phil Krueger 1973–1975 3 33 21 12 0 0.636 — — — — 0 0 0 — — 0 —
17 Bruce Snyder 1976–1982 7 77 38 37 2 0.506 18 6 1 0.740 0 0 0 — 2 0 —
18 Chris Pella 1983–1985 3 33 9 24 0 0.273 7 12 0 0.368 0 0 0 — 0 0 —
19 Chuck Shelton 1986–1991 5 66 26 39 1 0.402 25 16 1 0.607 0 0 0 — 0 0 —
20 Charlie Weatherbie 1992–1994 3 34 15 19 0 0.441 11 7 0 0.611 1 0 0 — 1 0 —
21 John L. Smith 1995–1997 3 34 16 18 0 0.471 12 4 0 0.750 0 1 0 — 2 0 —
22 Dave Arslanian 1998–1999 2 22 7 15 — 0.318 5 6 — 0.455 0 0 — — 0 0 —
23 Mick Dennehy 2000–2004 5 56 19 37 — 0.339 9 9 — 0.500 0 0 — — 0 0 —
24 Brent Guy 2005–2008 4 47 9 38 — 0.191 8 24 — 0.250 0 0 — — 0 0 —
25 Gary Andersen 2009–2012
2019–2020		 4, 2 66 33 33 — 0.500 22 18 — 0.550 1 2 — 0 1 0 —
26 Matt Wells 2013–2018 6 78 44 34 — 0.564 30 18 — 0.625 2 2 — 1 0 0 —
Int Frank Maile
[A 6]		 2018
2020		 1, 1 4 2 2 — 0.500 1 2 — 0.333 1 0 — 0 0 0 —
27 Blake Anderson 2021–2023 3 40 23 17 — 0.575 15 9 — 0.625 1 2 — 1 1 0 —
Int Nate Dreiling
[A 7]		 2024 1 12 4 8 — 0.333 3 4 — 0.429 0 0 — 0 0 0 —
28 Bronco Mendenhall 2025–present 1 13 6 7 — 0.462 4 4 — 0.500 0 1 — 0 0 0 —

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.[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 2025 NCAA Division I FCS football season.
  6. ↑ Maile has served as interim head coach on two separate occasions. He first served as interim head coach after the resignation of Matt Wells and led the Aggies to a victory in the 2018 New Mexico Bowl.[5] His second stint as interim head coach came in 2020 after Utah State fired Gary Andersen on November 7, and he served as the team's head coach for the remainder of the season.[6]
  7. ↑ Dreiling served as Utah State's interim head coach for the 2024 season after Blake Anderson was fired in July 2024.[7]

References

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  1. ↑ "Bronco Mendenhall hired by Utah State after year at New Mexico". ESPN.com. December 6, 2024. Retrieved January 1, 2025.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ Vejar, Alex (December 10, 2018). "With one head coach leaving and another coming in, Utah State's Frank Maile is right in the middle". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved September 30, 2024.
  6. ↑ Wood, Trent (December 10, 2020). "Will Frank Maile get the Utah State head coaching job on a permanent basis? Should he?". Deseret News. Retrieved September 30, 2024.
  7. ↑ Londergan, Joe (July 2, 2024). "Who is Interim Utah State Football Head Coach Nate Dreiling?". SI.com. Retrieved January 1, 2025.
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