Head Coaches
Ron Randleman is Sam Houston's and the Southland Conference's all-time winningest coach with 132 wins over a span of 23 years. Randleman also won conference Coach of the Year honors on four different occasions, in the Gulf Star Conference in 1985 and 1986, and in the Southland Conference in 1991, and 2001.
Paul Pierce coached the Bearkats to its only National Championship, and also won the 1965 Knute Rockne Little All-American Coach of the Year award.
Current head coach Willie Fritz has coached Sam Houston to back-to-back conference championships and back-to-back national title game appearances in only three years, while being awarded the 2011 AFCA National Coach of the Year award and the 2012 Liberty Mutual Coach of the Year award. He was also named the 2012 AFCA Regional Coach of the Year..
| Name | From | To | Record | Postseason | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | L | T | ||||
| S.R. Warner | 1912 | 1913 | 5 | 4 | 2 | |
| Gene Barry | 1914 | 1919 | 14 | 15 | 1 | |
| James Gee | 1920 | 1922 | 7 | 8 | 4 | |
| J.W. Jones | 1923 | 1935 | 53 | 55 | 9 | 1930 Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association Champions |
| H.O. Crawford | 1936 | 1937 | 7 | 12 | 0 | |
| Puny Wilson | 1937 | 1951 | 50 | 49 | 6 | |
| Paul E. Pierce | 1952 | 1967 | 94 | 52 | 7 | 1955 Lone Star Conference Co-Champions, 1956 LSC Champions, 1964 LSC, NAIA National Co-Champions, 3 Bowl Wins in 4 appearances |
| Tom Page | 1968 | 1971 | 20 | 19 | 3 | |
| Allen Boren | 1972 | 1973 | 7 | 14 | 0 | |
| Billy Tidwell | 1974 | 1977 | 11 | 30 | 1 | |
| Melvin Brown | 1978 | 1981 | 13 | 28 | 0 | |
| Ron Randleman | 1982 | 2004 | 132 | 124 | 3 | 1985 Gulf Star Conference Co-Champions, 1986 GSC Champions, 2001 Southland Conference Co-Champions, 2004 SLC Co-Champions |
| Todd Whitten | 2005 | 2009 | 25 | 28 | 0 | |
| Willie Fritz | 2010 | Present | 31 | 10 | 0 | 2011 SLC Champions, 2011 NCAA Division I Finalist, 2012 SLC Co-Champions 2012 NCAA Division I Finalist |
| Composite Record | 1912 | 2013 | 469 | 448 | 34 | |
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