Historically, the Wyoming Cowboys have struggled to build a winning football program in the Mountain West Conference. 1999 was the inaugural season of the Mountain West Conference. That season, the Cowboys finished 7-4 under third-year coach, Dana Dimel. Following the season, Dimel became the head coach at the University of Houston. Since that time, Wyoming has not had a football coach who finished with an overall winning record during his tenure with the Cowboys.
However, things appear to be changing in Laramie. This season, Craig Bohl enters Year 5 as head coach at Wyoming, coming off of consecutive, eight-win seasons.