Mike Canales

Mike Canales
Current position
Sport(s)	Football
Title	Associate head coach, running backs coach, tight ends coach
Team	Utah State
Conference	Mountain West
Biographical details
Born	(1961-06-21) June 21, 1961 Coronado, California
Playing career
1981–1983	Utah State
Position(s)	Quarterback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1985–1986	BYU (GA)
1987–1994	Snow College (OC/QB)
1995	Pacific (QB)
1996–2000	South Florida (OC/QB)
2001–2002	North Carolina State (PGC/QB)
2003	New York Jets (WR)
2004–2005	Arizona (OC/QB)
2006	Arizona (co-OC/QB)
2007–2008	South Florida (PGC/WR)
2009	South Floridaa (OC/QB)
2010	North Texas (OC/QB)
2010	North Texas (interim HC)
2011–2015	North Texas (AHC/OC/QB)
2015	North Texas (interim HC)
2016–present	Utah State (AHC/RB/TE)
Head coaching record
Overall	3–8

Mike Canales (born June 21, 1961) is an American college football coach and former player. He was the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for the University of North Texas, a position he held from 2010 to 2015. He became the interim head coach of the Mean Green twice, after the firing of Todd Dodge in 2010 and the firing of Dan McCarney in 2015.

Coaching career

During the 2010 season at North Texas, he was promoted from offensive coordinator to interim head coach after the mid-season termination of his predecessor, Todd Dodge. UNT averaged 33.8 points a game after Canales took over as head coach, after averaging 16.9 points in the first seven games of the season. Canales amassed a 2–3 record as interim head coach.

Despite North Texas players' support for Canales, the full-time head coaching position was awarded to former Iowa State head coach Dan McCarney.^[1] McCarney retained Canales as offensive coordinator. Canales attended Utah State University, where he was a three-year starting quarterback on the football team.^[2]

Canales took over again on an interim basis after McCarney was fired five games into the 2015 season, a stretch in which North Texas went 0-5. Following a 1-6 record in his second interim tenure, and athletic director Rick Villarreal announced Canales wouldn't return in any facet for the 2016 season.

Head coaching record

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
North Texas Mean Green (Sun Belt Conference) (2010)
2010	North Texas	2–3	2–2	T–6th
North Texas Mean Green (Conference USA) (2015)
2015	North Texas	1–5	1–5	6th (West)
North Texas:		3–8
Total:		3–8

References

↑ Dan McCarney to be named UNT head football coach, Pegasus News, November 29, 2010.
↑ Mike Canales Bio, University of South Florida, April 11, 2007.

External links

North Texas profile

Utah State Aggies starting quarterbacks

Tony Adams (1970–1972)
Eric Hipple
Bob Gagliano (1980)
Mike "Chico" Canales (1981–1983)
Doug Samuels (1981–1982)
Gym Kimball (1983–1984)
Brad Ipsen (1984–1985)
Tom Ponich (1985–1986)
Brett Stevens (1985)
Brent Snyder (1987–1988)
Kirk Johnson (1989–1990)
Ron Lopez (1990–1991)
Anthony Calvillo (1992–1993)
Matt Wells (1994)
Patrick Mullins (1995–1996)
Matthew Sauk (1996–1997)
Riley Jensen (1998)
Logan Galli (1998)
Jeff Crosbie (1998–2000)
Jose Fuentes (2000–2002)
Travis Cox (2003–2004)
Leon Jackson (2005–2007)
Jerod Walker (2005)
Riley Nelson (2006)
Sean Setzer (2008)
Diondre Borel (2008–2010)
Chuckie Keeton (2011–2015)
Adam Kennedy (2011)
Craig Harrison (2013–2014)
Darell Garretson (2013–2014)
Kent Myers (2014–15)

North Texas Mean Green head football coaches

J. W. Pender (1913–1914)
James W. St. Clair (1915–1919)
Theron J. Fouts (1920–1924)
John B. Reid (1925–1928)
Jack Sisco (1929–1941)
Lloyd Russell (1942)
No team (1943–1945)
Odus Mitchell (1946–1966)
Rod Rust (1967–1972)
Hayden Fry (1973–1978)
Jerry Moore (1979–1980)
Bob Tyler (1981)
Corky Nelson (1982–1990)
Dennis Parker (1991–1993)
Matt Simon (1994–1997)
Darrell Dickey (1998–2006)
Todd Dodge (2007–2010)
Mike Canales # (2010)
Dan McCarney (2011–2015)
Mike Canales # (2015)
Seth Littrell (2016– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim coach.

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