Jerry Kill, the 2023 Conference USA Co-Coach of the Year, was the first head coach at New Mexico State to lead the Aggies to bowl games in back-to-back seasons in over 60 years.
When Kill left, the Aggies turned to wide receivers coach and former NMSU wideout Tony Sanchez. The Aggies were 3-9 overall in this first year leading the program and 4-8 this past season, but he hopes that record improves in 2026.
Here’s more information about Sanchez:
What’s New Mexico State Head Coach Tony Sanchez’s Salary?
Sanchez made $625,000 in 2025, per USA Today.
Tony Sanchez’s Collegiate Coaching History
| Years | Team | Position |
| 2024-present | NMSU | HC |
| 2022-23 | NSMU | WRs |
| 2021 | TCU | Off. Analyst |
| 2015-19 | UNLV | HC |
| 1996 | NMSU | Assistant |
What’s New Mexico State Head Coach Tony Sanchez’s Record?
Tony Sanchez is 27-57 in the FBS as a head coach. That’s from his two seasons as NMSU’s head coach and his five years as UNLV’s head coach from 2015-19. He’s never been the head coach in a bowl game.
How Old Is New Mexico State Head Coach Tony Sanchez?
Sanchez is 52 years old.
New Mexico State Head Coach Tony Sanchez’s Background
Sanchez becoming NMSU’s head coach was a full-circle moment. He played for the Aggies in the 1990s and caught 54 passes for 741 yards and five touchdowns during his playing career.
Then he became an undergraduate assistant coach at NM State in 1996 and began coaching in the high school ranks the following year. As the head coach at California High School in Ramon, California, he won 35 games. At Bishop Gorman High School in Las Vegas, he went 85-5 and won six consecutive state championships.
That led to him becoming UNLV’s head coach before the 2015 season where he went 20-40 overall.
He was an offensive analyst in 2021 at TCU before going with Jerry Kill to New Mexico State and becoming his alma mater’s wide receivers coach for two years.
