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Jeff Traylor

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Jeff Traylor
Jeff Traylor UTSA 1.jpg
Traylor in 2021
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamUTSA
ConferenceC-USA
Record30–10
Biographical details
Born (1968-05-09) May 9, 1968 (age 54)
Gilmer, Texas, U.S.
Playing career
1986–1989Stephen F. Austin
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1989–1992Big Sandy HS (TX) (assistant)
1993–1999Jacksonville HS (TX) (assistant)
2000–2014Gilmer HS (TX)
2015–2016Texas (ST/TE)
2017SMU (AHC/RB)
2018–2019Arkansas (AHC/RB)
2020–presentUTSA
Head coaching record
Overall30–10
Bowls0–3
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
2 C-USA (2021, 2022)
C-USA West Division (2021)
Awards
2× C-USA Coach of the Year (2021, 2022)

Jeffrey Michael Traylor (born May 9, 1968) is an American football coach. He is the head football coach at the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA), a position he has held since the 2020 season.

Early life

Traylor attended Gilmer High School and graduated in 1986.[1] He attended Stephen F. Austin State University, where he was a walk-on for the Lumberjacks football program.[2] He earned both his undergraduate (1990) and graduate (2002) degrees in education.[3][4]

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Gilmer Independent School District

Gilmer Independent School District

Gilmer Independent School District is a 4A public school district based in Gilmer, in the U.S. state of Texas.

Stephen F. Austin State University

Stephen F. Austin State University

Stephen F. Austin State University (SFA) is a public university in Nacogdoches, Texas. It was founded as a teachers' college in 1923 and subsequennly renamed after one of Texas's founding fathers, Stephen F. Austin. Its campus resides on part of the homestead of Thomas Jefferson Rusk. Stephen F. Austin is one of two independent public universities in Texas. On November 29, 2022, the Board of Regents accepted an invitation to join the University of Texas System, pending approval from the Texas Legislature.

Walk-on (sports)

Walk-on (sports)

A walk-on, in American and Canadian college athletics, is an athlete who becomes part of a team without being recruited and awarded an athletic scholarship. A team's walk-on players are normally the weakest players and relegated to the scout team, and may not even be placed on the official depth chart or traveling team, while the scholarship players are the team's main players. However, a walk-on player occasionally becomes a noted member of the team.

Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks football

Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks football

The Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks football program is the intercollegiate American football team for Stephen F. Austin State University (SFA) located in the U.S. state of Texas. The team competes in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) as members of the ASUN–WAC Football Conference. The ASUN–WAC, newly formed for the 2023 season, is a merger of the football leagues of SFA's full-time home of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) and the ASUN Conference. It replaces an alliance between the two conferences that operated in the 2021 and 2022 seasons.

Career

High school

Traylor began his coaching career at Big Sandy High School, where he spent four years as an assistant coach from 1989 to 1992. He was later hired as an assistant coach at Jacksonville High School from 1993 to 1999, where he served as passing coordinator, defensive backs coach, receivers coach and special teams coordinator.[3] There, he helped coach future NFL quarterbacks Josh McCown and Luke McCown and former Texas A&M standout signal-caller Randy McCown.

Traylor then coached at Gilmer High School where he was named four-time Texas High School Coach of the Year for Class 4A, and posted a 175-26 record (.871 winning percentage). During his 15-year tenure, Traylor led the Buckeyes to appearances in five state championship game (2004, 2007, 2009, 2012, and 2014), winning three state titles (2004, 2009, and 2014) and 12 district crowns. In 2015, Gilmer renamed Buckeye Stadium to Jeff Traylor Stadium to honor Traylor's success.[5][6] At Gilmer, Traylor coached future NFL players Kenneth Pettway, Manuel Johnson, Curtis Brown, David Snow, G. J. Kinne, Gus Johnson, Blake Lynch, and Kris Boyd.

Texas

Traylor began his collegiate career in 2015 at the University of Texas at Austin as the special teams coordinator and tight ends coach under Charlie Strong before becoming the Longhorns associate head coach for offense and wide receivers coach in 2016. While with the Texas Longhorns football program Traylor helped sign the No. 7-ranked recruiting class in the country in back-to-back years and was named Big 12 Recruiter of the Year.[7]

SMU

In 2017, Traylor became the associate head coach and running backs coach for Southern Methodist University[8][9] before joining the Arkansas Razorbacks in the same role.[10] Both of these jobs were under coach Chad Morris who had also previously been a Texas high school coach.

Arkansas

For the 2018 and 2019 football seasons, Traylor served as the associate head coach and running back coach at the University of Arkansas under head coach Chad Morris. [10][11]

UTSA

In December 2019, Traylor left the Arkansas Razorbacks football program to become the third head coach in program history at UTSA.[12][13] He tested positive for COVID-19 on December 23, 2020, and missed the 2020 First Responder Bowl as a result.[14] In 2021, Traylor led the Roadrunners to their best start in program history for a season, winning their first eleven regular season games before finishing the regular season 11-1. The UTSA Roadrunners also secured their first conference championship, defeating Western Kentucky 49-41, followed by a bowl bid to the 2021 Frisco Bowl, losing to San Diego State University by a score of 38-24 and a final record of the year of 12-2.

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Big Sandy High School (Big Sandy, Texas)

Big Sandy High School (Big Sandy, Texas)

Big Sandy High School is a public high school located in Big Sandy, Texas and classified as a 2A school by the UIL. It is part of the Big Sandy Independent School District in southwestern Upshur County, Texas In 2015, the school was rated "Met Standard" by the Texas Education Agency.

Jacksonville High School (Jacksonville, Texas)

Jacksonville High School (Jacksonville, Texas)

Jacksonville High School is a 5A public high school located in Jacksonville, Texas (USA). It is part of the Jacksonville Independent School District located in north central Cherokee County. In 2015, the school was rated "Met Standard" by the Texas Education Agency.

Josh McCown

Josh McCown

Joshua Treadwell McCown is an American football coach and former quarterback who is the quarterbacks coach for the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for SMU for three seasons before transferring to Sam Houston State. McCown was drafted by the Arizona Cardinals in the third round of the 2002 NFL Draft and played for them for four seasons. He spent most of his career as a journeyman quarterback playing for twelve different teams including; the Arizona Cardinals, Detroit Lions, Oakland Raiders, Miami Dolphins, Carolina Panthers, San Francisco 49ers, Chicago Bears, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Cleveland Browns, New York Jets, Philadelphia Eagles, and Houston Texans, along with a stint with the Hartford Colonials of the United Football League (UFL). He retired after the 2018 season and joined ESPN as an analyst, but returned to the NFL during the preseason and joined the Eagles. He is an older brother of former NFL quarterback Luke McCown and a younger brother of former Texas A&M quarterback Randy McCown.

Kenneth Pettway

Kenneth Pettway

Kenneth Aaron Pettway is a former American gridiron football player. He played in the National Football League and the American Football League from 2005 to 2012.

Curtis Brown (cornerback)

Curtis Brown (cornerback)

Curtis Jamall Brown is a former American football cornerback. He played collegiately at the University of Texas. He was selected in the third round of the 2011 NFL Draft by the Pittsburgh Steelers.

David Snow (American football)

David Snow (American football)

David Snow is an American football offensive lineman who is currently a free agent. He was originally signed by the Buffalo Bills as an undrafted free agent in 2012. He played college football at Texas. He is now a restaurant operator at a Chick-fil-A in Marshall, Texas.

G. J. Kinne

G. J. Kinne

Gary Joe "G. J." Kinne III is an American football coach and former quarterback who is currently the head coach at Texas State University (TXST) in San Marcos, Texas. He was signed by the New York Jets as an undrafted free agent in 2012. He played college football at Tulsa. Kinne converted from quarterback to wide receiver in 2015 in hopes of making the Eagles roster in 2015, but failed to make the team. He was signed by the Calgary Stampeders of the CFL in 2016, and later signed with the Roughriders in June 2016 before moving into coaching.

Gus Johnson (American football)

Gus Johnson (American football)

Gus Johnson is an American football running back who is currently a free agent. He played college football at Stephen F. Austin State University.

Blake Lynch

Blake Lynch

Blake Lynch is an American football middle linebacker for the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Baylor.

Kris Boyd (American football)

Kris Boyd (American football)

Kris Boyd is an American football cornerback for the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Texas and was selected by the Vikings in the seventh round of the 2019 NFL Draft.

Charlie Strong

Charlie Strong

Charles Rene Strong is an American football coach who was most recently the co-defensive coordinator and linebackers coach at the University of Miami. He recently served as the assistant head coach and inside linebackers coach for the Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League (NFL) in 2021 and also previously served as a defensive analyst at the University of Alabama in 2020.

Big 12 Conference

Big 12 Conference

The Big 12 Conference is a college athletic conference headquartered in Irving, Texas, USA. It consists of ten full-member universities. It is a member of Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) for all sports. Its football teams compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision, the higher of two levels of NCAA Division I football competition. Its 10 members, in the states of Iowa, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas and West Virginia, include two private Christian universities and eight public universities. Additionally, the Big 12 has 12 affiliate members — eight for the sport of wrestling, one for women's equestrianism, one for women's gymnastics and two for women's rowing. The Big 12 Conference is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Brett Yormark became the new commissioner on August 1, 2022.

Head coaching record

College

Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs
UTSA Roadrunners (Conference USA) (2020–2022)
2020 UTSA 7–5 5–2 2nd (West) L First Responder*
2021 UTSA 12–2 7–1 1st (West) L Frisco
2022 UTSA 11–3 8–0 1st L Cure
UTSA Roadrunners (American Athletic Conference) (2023–present)
2023 UTSA 0–0 0–0
UTSA: 30–10 20–3
Total: 30–10
      National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth
  • Prior to the 2020 First Responder Bowl, Jeff Traylor tested positive for COVID-19. Associate head coach Barry Lunney Jr. was UTSA's acting head coach for the game.

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2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season

2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season

The 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season was the 151st season of college football games in the United States. Organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at its highest level of competition, the Football Bowl Subdivision it began on September 3, 2020.

2020 UTSA Roadrunners football team

2020 UTSA Roadrunners football team

The 2020 UTSA Roadrunners football team represented the University of Texas at San Antonio during the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Roadrunners played their home games at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas, and competed in the West Division of Conference USA (CUSA). They were led by first-year head coach Jeff Traylor.

2020 First Responder Bowl

2020 First Responder Bowl

The 2020 First Responder Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 26, 2020, with kickoff at 3:30 p.m. EST on ABC. It was the 11th edition of the First Responder Bowl, and was one of the 2020–21 bowl games concluding the 2020 FBS football season. Sponsored by fire and water cleanup and restoration company Servpro, the game was officially known as the Servpro First Responder Bowl.

2021 NCAA Division I FBS football season

2021 NCAA Division I FBS football season

The 2021 NCAA Division I FBS football season was the 152nd season of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at its highest level of competition, the Football Bowl Subdivision. The regular season began on August 28, 2021, and ended on December 11, 2021. The postseason began on December 17, with the main games ending on January 10, 2022, with the College Football Playoff National Championship at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, and the all-star portion of the post-season concluding with the inaugural HBCU Legacy Bowl on February 19, 2022. It was the eighth season of the College Football Playoff (CFP) system. It was the first time since 2016 that no major team finished the season undefeated as the Cincinnati Bearcats, the season's last undefeated team, were defeated in the 2021 Cotton Bowl Classic.

2021 UTSA Roadrunners football team

2021 UTSA Roadrunners football team

The 2021 UTSA Roadrunners football team represented the University of Texas at San Antonio during the 2021 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Roadrunners played their home games at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas, and competed in the West Division of Conference USA (C-USA). The team was coached by second-year head coach Jeff Traylor.

2021 Frisco Bowl

2021 Frisco Bowl

The 2021 Frisco Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 21, 2021, with kickoff at 7:30 p.m. EST on ESPN. It was the 4th edition of the Frisco Bowl, and was one of the 2021–22 bowl games concluding the 2021 FBS football season. Sponsored by restaurant franchise Tropical Smoothie Cafe, the game was officially known as the Tropical Smoothie Cafe Frisco Bowl.

2022 NCAA Division I FBS football season

2022 NCAA Division I FBS football season

The 2022 NCAA Division I FBS football season was the 153rd season of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at its highest level of competition, the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS). The regular season began on August 27 and ended on December 10. The postseason began on December 16, and, aside from any all-star games that are scheduled, ended on January 9, 2023, with the College Football Playoff National Championship at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California. The Georgia Bulldogs successfully defended their national championship when they defeated the TCU Horned Frogs, 65–7. It was the first time in the College Football Playoff era that a team won back-to-back championships. This was the ninth season of the College Football Playoff (CFP) system.

2022 UTSA Roadrunners football team

2022 UTSA Roadrunners football team

The 2022 UTSA Roadrunners football team represented the University of Texas at San Antonio as a member of Conference USA (C-USA) during the 2022 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by head coach Jeff Traylor, who was coaching his third season with the team. The Roadrunners played their home games at the Alamodome in San Antonio.

2022 Cure Bowl

2022 Cure Bowl

The 2022 Cure Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 16, 2022, at Exploria Stadium in Orlando, Florida. The eighth annual Cure Bowl, the game featured the UTSA Roadrunners of Conference USA and the Troy Trojans of the Sun Belt Conference. The game began at 3:07 p.m. EST and aired on ESPN. It was one of the 2022–23 bowl games concluding the 2022 FBS football season. Sponsored by workwear company Duluth Holdings Inc. through their Duluth Trading Company brand, it was officially known as the Duluth Trading Cure Bowl.

American Athletic Conference

American Athletic Conference

The American Athletic Conference (AAC), also known as the American, is an American collegiate athletic conference, featuring 11 member universities and five affiliate member universities that compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's (NCAA) Division I, with its football teams competing in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS). Member universities represent a range of private and public universities of various enrollment sizes located primarily in urban metropolitan areas in the Northeastern, Midwestern, and Southern regions of the United States.

2023 NCAA Division I FBS football season

2023 NCAA Division I FBS football season

The 2023 NCAA Division I FBS football season will be the 154th season of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at its highest level of competition, the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS). The regular season will begin on August 26 and end on December 9. The postseason will begin on December 15, and, aside from any all-star games that are scheduled, end on January 8, 2024, with the College Football Playoff National Championship at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas. This will be the tenth and final season of using the four team College Football Playoff (CFP) system, with the bracket expansion set for 12 teams for the 2024 season.

2023 UTSA Roadrunners football team

2023 UTSA Roadrunners football team

The 2023 UTSA Roadrunners football team will represent the University of Texas at San Antonio as a member of American Athletic Conference during the 2023 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They will be led by fourth-year head coach Jeff Traylor. The Roadrunners will play their home games at the Alamodome in San Antonio. This will be their inaugural season as a member of the American Athletic Conference.

Personal life

Traylor married his wife, Cari, in 1992. They have three children: Jordan, Jake, and Jaci.[15] Jordan played as a quarterback for Gilmer High School and the Texas A&M Aggies, and is currently a defensive assistant for the New Orleans Saints.[16]

Source: "Jeff Traylor", Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, (2023, March 7th), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Traylor.

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  4. ^ Mirror, The Gilmer. "SFA Alumni Association honors Gilmer's Jeff Traylor eight other coaches at 35th annual Coaches Awards Luncheon - NACOGDOCHES Texas – Nine Stephen F. Austin State University alumni were honored Friday at the 35th annual Coaches Awards Luncheon sp..." www.gilmermirror.com. Retrieved December 10, 2019.
  5. ^ Leon, Michael De (June 25, 2015). "Gilmer's Buckeye Stadium to be renamed for former coach Traylor". Texas Redzone Report. Archived from the original on July 30, 2015. Retrieved December 10, 2019.
  6. ^ "Buckeye Stadium renamed "Jeff Traylor Stadium" in honor of football coach". KYTX. Retrieved December 10, 2019.
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  8. ^ "Jeff Traylor joins SMU coaching staff". PonyStampede.com. Retrieved December 9, 2019.
  9. ^ "Chad Morris to Arkansas is official, Jeff Traylor named SMU interim head coach". www.kltv.com. Retrieved December 10, 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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  11. ^ "UTSA to hire former Texas high school football head coach to lead program". Dave Campbell's Texas Football. Retrieved December 10, 2019.
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  13. ^ "UTSA names Jeff Traylor new head football coach". www.utsa.edu. Retrieved December 10, 2019.
  14. ^ Khan, Sam Jr. (December 23, 2020). "Texas-San Antonio football coach Jeff Traylor tests positive for COVID-19 ahead of Saturday bowl game". ESPN.com. Retrieved March 8, 2021.
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