Location: Houston, Texas ▪ Colors: Scarlet & White with Navy Trim
Stadium: Robertson Stadium (cap. 32,000)
Record*: 64 Years, 376-321-15, .539 W-L% (Major School)
*W-L-T adjusted to 376-321-14 by NCAA.
Conferences: CUSA, SWC, MVC and Ind
Conference Champion: 10 Times
Bowls: 21 Bowls, 9-11-1, .452 W-L% (Major Bowls)
Ranked in AP Poll: 10 Times (Preseason), 13 Times (Final), 174 Weeks (Total)
| Record | Bowls | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Coach | From | To | Yrs | G | W | L | T | Pct | G | W | L | T | Pct | Notes |
| 1 | Bill Yeoman | 1962 | 1986 | 25 | 276 | 160 | 108 | 8 | .594 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | .591 | |
| 2 | Kevin Sumlin | 2008 | 2011 | 4 | 52 | 35 | 17 | 0 | .673 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | |
| 3 | Art Briles | 2003 | 2007 | 5 | 63 | 34 | 29 | 0 | .540 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .000 | |
| 4 | Clyde Lee | 1949 | 1954 | 6 | 60 | 32 | 26 | 2 | .550 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
| 5 | Hal Lahar | 1957 | 1961 | 5 | 49 | 24 | 23 | 2 | .510 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 6 | Kim Helton | 1993 | 1999 | 7 | 78 | 24 | 53 | 1 | .314 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
| 7 | Jack Pardee | 1987 | 1989 | 3 | 34 | 22 | 11 | 1 | .662 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
| 8 | John Jenkins | 1990 | 1992 | 3 | 33 | 18 | 15 | 0 | .545 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 9 | Bill Meek | 1955 | 1956 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 6 | 1 | .675 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 10 | Dana Dimel | 2000 | 2002 | 3 | 34 | 8 | 26 | 0 | .235 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 11 | Tony Levine | 2011 | 2012 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 0 | .462 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |