Mike Salinas

Mike Salinas

Current position
Title	Athletic director
Team	Texas A&M–Kingsville
Conference	LSC
Biographical details
Born	c. 1976 (age 48–49)
Alma mater	Texas A&M University–Kingsville (2000)
Playing career
1995–1999	Texas A&M–Kingsville
Position(s)	Linebacker
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2000	Flour Bluff HS (TX) (DB)
2001	Robstown Bluff HS (TX) (DC)
2002–2004	Texas A&M–Kingsville (DB)
2005	West Texas A&M (DC)
2006–2008	Sam Houston State (ST/DB)
2009–2010	Harlingen South HS (TX) (assistant)
2011	Hardin–Simmons (assistant)
2012–2017	Robert Vela HS (TX)
2018–2019	Weslaco HS (TX)
2020–2024	Texas A&M–Kingsville
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
2024	Texas A&M–Kingsville (interim AD)
2024–present	Texas A&M–Kingsville
Head coaching record
Overall	26–19 (college) 70–26 (high school)
Bowls	0–1

Michael Salinas (born c. 1976) is an American athletic director and former college football coach. He is the athletic director for Texas A&M University–Kingsville, a position he has held since 2024.^[1] He was the head football coach for Robert Vela High School from 2012 to 2017,^[2] Weslaco High School from 2018 to 2019,^[3] and Texas A&M–Kingsville from 2020 to 2024.^[4][5][6] He also coached for Flour Bluff High School, Robstown Bluff High School, West Texas A&M, Sam Houston State,^[7] Harlingen High School South, and Hardin–Simmons. He played college football for Texas A&M–Kingsville as a linebacker.

Head coaching record

College

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Texas A&M–Kingsville Javelinas (Lone Star Conference) (2020–2024)
2020–21	Texas A&M–Kingsville	0–2	0–0	N/A
2021	Texas A&M–Kingsville	5–5	3–4	T–5th
2022	Texas A&M–Kingsville	7–5	5–4	T–3rd	L Heritage
2023	Texas A&M–Kingsville	7–3	5–3	4th
2024	Texas A&M–Kingsville	7–4	6–3	T–3rd
Texas A&M–Kingsville:		26–19	19–14
Total:		26–19

High school

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Robert Vela Saber Cats () (2012–2017)
2012	Robert Vela	1–10	0–10	8th
2013	Robert Vela	5–5	4–4	5th
2014	Robert Vela	10–2	5–1	2nd	5A D1 Second Round
2015	Robert Vela	12–1	6–0	1st	5A D1 Regionals
2016	Robert Vela	9–2	7–0	1st	6A D2 First Round
2017	Robert Vela	12–1	7–0	1st	L 6A D2 Regionals
Robert Vela:		49–21	29–15
Weslaco Panthers () (2018–2019)
2018	Weslaco	11–2	5–1	2nd	L 6A D1 Regionals
2019	Weslaco	10–3	5–1	2nd	L 6A D1 Regionals
Weslaco:		21–5	10–2
Total:		70–26
National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth

References

1. "Michael Salinas appointed new Athletic Director". Texas A&M University–Kingsville. November 19, 2024. Retrieved November 19, 2024.
2. "Edinburg Vela coach Salinas approved as next head football coach, athletic coordinator at Weslaco High". rgvsports.com. Retrieved August 17, 2023.
3. Cepeda, Paola (December 20, 2019). "Former Valley coach announced as Kingsville's Head Football Coach". KABB. Retrieved August 17, 2023.
4. "Mike Salinas - Head Football Coach - Quarterbacks (Recruiting Areas: Local/Rio Grande Valley/Coastal Bend) - Staff Directory". Texas A&M - Kingsville Athletics. Retrieved August 17, 2023.
5. Team, BVMSports (January 5, 2023). "Javelina Athletics agrees to contract extension with head coach Mike Salinas". BVM Sports. Retrieved August 17, 2023.
6. "Mike Salinas named 12th Head Coach of Javelina Football | Parker Executive Search". parkersearch.com. Retrieved August 17, 2023.
7. "Mike Salinas - Assistant Coach - Football Coaches". Sam Houston. Retrieved August 17, 2023.

External links

• Texas A&M–Kingsville profile
• Sam Houston profile