Tag: Jeff Traylor

Sep 23, 2023; Knoxville, Tennessee, USA; UTSA Roadrunners head coach Jeff Traylor before the game between the Tennessee Volunteers and the UTSA Roadrunners at Neyland Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Randy Sartin-USA TODAY Sports

Report: UTSA coach Jeff Traylor interviews at Texas A&M

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UTSA head coach Jeff Traylor interviewed for the vacant position at Texas A&M, the Austin American-Statesman reported.

Per the report, he interviewed by Zoom with athletic director Ross Bjork in a call that lasted 90 minutes earlier this week.

Bjork is leading the search to replace Jimbo Fisher, who was fired last Sunday with $77 million remaining on his contract. Fisher was in his sixth season and had a 45-25 with the Aggies but had failed to reach the upper echelon of college football, as was expected.

Texas A&M was 11-11 under Fisher the past two seasons.

Traylor, 55, has spent most of his career in his native Texas.

He won three Class 4A state high school championships at his alma mater, Gilmer High School. He had a 175-28 record at Gilmer from 2000-14.

Traylor has made a meteoric rise in the college coaching ranks since being hired as an assistant coach at Texas in 2015. He spent two seasons with the Longhorns, followed by one season at SMU and two at Arkansas before being hired by UTSA prior to the 2020 season.

UTSA is 37-13 in Traylor’s tenure and has appeared in three bowl games, all losses. The Roadrunners are 7-3 and 6-0 in the American Athletic Conference this season, tied atop the league with No. 24 Tulane and SMU.

–Field Level Media

Nov 21, 2020; Hattiesburg, Mississippi, USA; UTSA Roadrunners head coach Jeff Traylor talks to his players in the first quarter against the Southern Miss Golden Eagles at M.M. Roberts Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Chuck Cook-USA TODAY Sports

UTSA coach Traylor tests positive, will miss bowl

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Texas-San Antonio football coach Jeff Traylor tested positive for COVID-19, the school announced Wednesday, three days before the team’s bowl game Saturday against No. 19 Louisiana in Dallas.

Traylor, in his first season as a head coach, tested positive Wednesday morning during routine protocols, according to the UTSA athletic department. Associate head coach Barry Lunney Jr. will serve as acting head coach on Saturday in the SERVPRO First Responder Bowl.

Traylor, 52, is in isolation and is not currently experiencing any symptoms, according to the school.

Traylor also tweeted Wednesday, “I feel perfectly fine. I am just crushed I can’t be there with my dudes.”

UTSA is 7-4 this season under Traylor and is making its second bowl appearance. The Roadrunners lost the 2016 New Mexico Bowl to New Mexico.

Lunney spent a month as the interim head coach at Arkansas last season following the firing of Chad Morris. He is currently the Roadrunners’ offensive coordinator.

–Field Level Media