Mike Salinas (American football)

Mike Salinas
Current position
TitleAthletic director
TeamTexas A&M–Kingsville
ConferenceLSC
Biographical details
Bornc.1976 (age 4849)
Alma materTexas A&M University–Kingsville (2000)
Playing career
1995–1999Texas A&M–Kingsville
Position(s)Linebacker
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2000Flour Bluff HS (TX) (DB)
2001Robstown Bluff HS (TX) (DC)
2002–2004Texas A&M–Kingsville (DB)
2005West Texas A&M (DC)
2006–2008Sam Houston State (ST/DB)
2009–2010Harlingen South HS (TX) (assistant)
2011Hardin–Simmons (assistant)
2012–2017Robert Vela HS (TX)
2018–2019Weslaco HS (TX)
2020–2024Texas A&M–Kingsville
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
2024Texas A&M–Kingsville (interim AD)
2024–presentTexas A&M–Kingsville
Head coaching record
Overall26–19 (college)
70–26 (high school)
Bowls0–1

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. He was the head football coach for Robert Vela High School from 2012 to 2017, Weslaco High School from 2018 to 2019, and Texas A&M–Kingsville from 2020 to 2024. He also coached for Flour Bluff High School, Robstown Bluff High School, West Texas A&M, Sam Houston State, Harlingen High School South, and Hardin–Simmons. He played college football for Texas A&M–Kingsville as a linebacker.