List of Texas–Arlington Mavericks head football coaches
# List of Texas–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.

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.

## Key

Key to symbols in coaches list :

| General | General | Overall | Overall | Conference | Conference | Postseason | Postseason |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| No. | Order of coaches | 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 | C% | Conference winning percentage | | |
| † | Elected to the College Football Hall of Fame | O% | Overall winning percentage | | | | |

## Coaches

Statistics correct as of the end of the 2012 college football season.

| 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 | — | — | — | — | |
