New Mexico Football Coach Mike Locksley Relieved of Coaching Duties
Assoc. Head Coach George Barlow will serve as interim coach for remainder of the season

Mike Locksley was fired as UNM head coach on Sunday afternoon.

Mike Locksley was fired as UNM head coach on Sunday afternoon.

Sept. 25, 2011

New Mexico Football Coach Mike Locksley Relieved of Coaching Duties Assoc. Head Coach George Barlow will serve as interim coach for remainder of the season.

Contact: Frank Mercogliano (fmercog@unm.edu/505-410-4844)

Albuquerque, N.M. --- University of New Mexico Vice President for Athletics Paul Krebs has announced that football coach Mike Locksley has been relieved of his duties and no longer will serve as head coach. Krebs announced that George Barlow, associate head coach and defensive coordinator, will serve as the interim head coach for the remainder of the season.

A press conference will be held at 3 p.m. on the third floor of the Tow Diehm Building. Paul Krebs will address the media at that time.

The Lobos are currently 0-4 on the season after dropping their Homecoming game on Saturday night 48-45 in overtime to Sam Houston State, a Division I-FCS team.

Locksley was introduced as the 29th head coach in New Mexico football history on December 9, 2008 at a large press conference at the UNM Student Union Building.

However, Locksley in two-plus years went just 2-26, the only wins coming in the home finales in 2009 (29-27 over Colorado State) and 2010 (34-31 over Wyoming).

Coach Years G W L T .PCT
No Coach 1892 2 0 2 0 .000
No Coach 1893 4 3 1 0 .750
W.A. Zimmer 1894 3 1 1 1 .500
No Varsity 1895-98
No Coach 1899 2 1 1 0 .500
No Varsity 1900
Joe Napier 1901 4 0 3 1 .125
No Varsity 1902
Walter McEwan 1903-04 5 4 0 1 .900
Martin F. Angel 1905-07 12 9 2 1 .750
H.H. Conwell 1908 6 5 1 0 .833
C.L. McBirnie 1909 6 4 2 0 .667
Carl Hamilton 1910 3 0 3 0 .000
R. F. Hutchinson 1911-16 28 13 13 2 .500
Frank E. Worth 1917 3 1 2 0 .333
No Varsity 1918
John F. McGough 1919 5 3 0 2 .800
Roy Johnson 1920-30 79 41 32 6 .561
Charles Riley 1931-33 23 7 13 3 .350
Gwinn Henry 1934-36 28 16 12 0 .571
Ted Shipkey 1937-41 49 30 17 2 .632
Willis Barnes 1942-46 44 19 20 5 .488
Berl Huffman 1947-49 31 8 22 1 .267
Dudley DeGroot 1950-52 30 13 17 0 .433
Bob Titchenal 1953-55 29 12 16 1 .431
Dick Clausen 1956-57 20 8 12 0 .400
Marv Levy 1958-59 20 14 6 0 .700
Bill Weeks 1960-67 82 40 41 1 .494
Rudy Feldman 1968-73 63 24 37 2 .393
Bill Mondt 1974-79 69 32 36 1 .471
Joe Morrison 1980-82 34 18 15 1 .561
Joe Lee Dunn 1983-86 47 17 30 0 .362
Mike Sheppard 1987-91 59 9 50 0 .153
Dennis Franchione 1992-97 69 33 36 0 .478
Rocky Long 1998-08 134 65 69 0 .485
Mike Locksley 2009-11 28 2 26 0 .071

 

 

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