| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Offensive coordinator & quarterbacks coach |
| Team | Southeastern |
| Conference | TSC |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | June 21, 1961 Coronado, California, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1981–1983 | Utah State |
| Position(s) | Quarterback |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1985–1986 | BYU (GA) |
| 1987–1994 | Snow (OC/QB) |
| 1995 | Pacific (CA) (QB) |
| 1996–2000 | South Florida (OC/QB) |
| 2001–2002 | NC State (PGC/QB) |
| 2003 | New York Jets (WR) |
| 2004–2005 | Arizona (OC/QB) |
| 2006 | Arizona (co-OC/QB) |
| 2007–2008 | South Florida (PGC/WR) |
| 2009 | South Florida (OC/QB) |
| 2010 | North Texas (OC/QB) |
| 2010 | North Texas (interim HC) |
| 2011–2015 | North Texas (AHC/OC/QB) |
| 2015 | North Texas (interim HC) |
| 2016 | Utah State (AHC/RB/TE) |
| 2017 | Tennessee (QB) |
| 2018–2020 | UTEP (OC/QB) |
| 2021 | Maryland (Analyst) |
| 2022 | Bethune-Cookman (OC/QB) |
| 2023–present | Southeastern (OC/QB) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 3–9 |
Michael Sid Canales (born June 21, 1961) is an American football coach and former player. He is the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for Southeastern University, positions he has held since 2023. He previously was the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for the University of North Texas, a position he held from 2010 to 2015. He became the interim head coach of the Mean Green twice, after the firing of Todd Dodge in 2010 and Dan McCarney in 2015. After a brief stint with Utah State in 2016, he was named the quarterbacks coach at the University of Tennessee in January 2017, reuniting with offensive coordinator Larry Scott, with whom he worked while at the University of South Florida. From 2018 until 2020, Canales was the offensive coordinator at the University of Texas at El Paso.
Canales attended Utah State University, where he was a three-year starting quarterback on the football team.[1]
- ^ Mike Canales Biography Archived May 19, 2017, at the Wayback Machine, University of South Florida, April 11, 2007.