Soil mechanics course has many questions such as laying particular stress on the theory of classroom teaching, teaching method is relatively simple and inflexible, and lack of practice characteristics in College of Water Resource Science and Engineering of Taiyuan University of Technology.Based on these questions, the comprehensive teaching reform methods of theory teaching, experimental teaching and course evaluation for soil mechanics are put forward, such as carrying out stereo class teaching to strengthen the theory course learning, innovating experiment teaching and open experiment management system to strengthen the link of practice, and implementing opening type evaluation system to stimulate the student positive thinking and active learning enthusiasm. At present, the implementation conditions of the teaching reform for soil mechanics can be guaranteed, and the reform has achieved initial success. In practice, the teaching system of the characteristics with water conservancy specialty will be gradually formed.