Jerry Kill, the 2024 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. So it’s safe to say he set up NMSU for success quickly.
However, Kill resigned from his role at NM State. Thus, the Aggies turned to wide receivers coach and former NMSU wideout Tony Sanchez to continue the program’s success.
Kill has certainly proven the Aggies can win in CUSA, and Sanchez should provide some stability.
Here’s more information about Sanchez.
What’s New Mexico State Head Coach Tony Sanchez’s Salary?
Tony Sanchez signed a five-year deal that will pay him $600,000 plus incentives in 2024, according to KTSM. His base salary increases by $25,000 every year during that deal.
Sanchez made $130,000 in 2023 as an assistant at NMSU. Former Aggies head coach Jerry Kill made $600,000 in total pay last season, per USA Today.
Tony Sanchez’s Collegiate Coaching History
| Years | Team | Position |
| 2024 | 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 20-40 in the FBS as a head coach. That’s all from 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?
Tony Sanchez is 50 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 and 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.
