T ABLE OF C ON T EN T S THE UTSA EXPERIENCE Lara Goldmann _______________________________ 79 This Is UTSA Football __________________________ 2-3 LeAnna Batts _________________________________ 79 Building A Program ____________________________ 4-5 Brad Sternberg _______________________________ 79 What They’re Saying _________________________ 6-7 Mike Villa ____________________________________ 79 Media Exposure ______________________________ 8-9 Justin Volentine ________________________________ 79 First-Class Facility __________________________ 10-11 Charlie Dudley ________________________________ 80 Park West Athletics Complex _________________ 12-13 Travis Reust ___________________________________ 80 This Is UTSA _______________________________ 14-15 Jerry Greeson ________________________________ 81 Campus Life _______________________________ 16-17 Rhodie Moss _________________________________ 81 Campus Rec _______________________________ 18-19 Team Physicians _______________________________ 81 A Focus On Academics _____________________ 20-21 Matt Leituala _________________________________ 81 Career Services ____________________________ 22-23 Kyle Stephens ________________________________ 82 Athletic Medicine _____________________________ 24 Brian Hernandez ______________________________ 82 Strength & Conditioning ________________________ 25 Lynn Hickey __________________________________ 83 UTSA Spirit ________________________________ 26-27 Dr. Ricardo Romo _____________________________ 84 Conference USA ___________________________ 28-29 Building Champions ___________________________ 30 PLAYERS NCAA Host Institution __________________________ 31 Player Bios _______________________________ 86-110 This Is San Antonio _________________________ 32-35 Alamodome _______________________________ 36-37 2012 SEASON REVIEW NCAA Compliance ____________________________ 38 Schedule/Results _____________________________ 112 Team Statistics _______________________________ 112 MEDIA INFORmatION Record Breakdown ___________________________ 112 Quick Facts __________________________________ 40 UTSA Game-by-Game Statistics ________________ 113 Schedule _____________________________________ 40 Opponent Game-by-Game Statistics ____________ 114 Timeline _____________________________________ 41 Individual Statistics _______________________ 115-116 Future Schedules ______________________________ 41 Defensive Statistics ___________________________ 117 Athletics Communications Staff __________________ 42 Team Captains _______________________________ 117 Media Policy ______________________________ 42-43 Superlatives _________________________________ 118 Alamodome Directions & Parking ________________ 44 Starters Summary ____________________________ 119 Local Media Directory _________________________ 45 Individual Honors ____________________________ 119 Roadrunners Sports Network ____________________ 45 Game Capsules __________________________ 120-125 Opponents Quick Facts _____________________ 46-47 WAC Season Review _________________________ 126 Conference USA ___________________________ 48-49 Conference USA Composite Schedule ____________ 50 RECORD BOOK Conference USA Championship Game ___________ 51 Team Single-Season Records ___________________ 128 Conference USA Bowl Synopsis _________________ 52 Team Single-Game Records ____________________ 129 Individual Single-Season Records ___________ 130-131 SEASON OUTLOOK Individual Single-Game Records ________________ 132 Season Outlook ____________________________ 54-55 Individual Career Records _____________________ 133 Numerical Roster ___________________________ 56-57 Opponent Single-Game Records ________________ 134 Alphabetical Roster _________________________ 58-59 All-Time Results _______________________________ 135 Roster Breakdown _____________________________ 60 Miscellaneous Records ________________________ 136 Starters Breakdown ____________________________ 61 Honor Roll __________________________________ 137 Pronunciation Guide ___________________________ 61 All-Time Letterwinners _________________________ 138 Depth Chart __________________________________ 62 All-Time Assistant Coaches _____________________ 138 StaFF Larry Coker _______________________________ 64-66 CREDITS Kevin Brown __________________________________ 67 The 2013 UTSA Football Guide is a production of the UTSA Perry Eliano __________________________________ 68 Athletics Communications Office. The supplement was designed, Polo Gutierrez ________________________________ 69 written and edited by Assistant AD/Athletics Communications Tony Jeffery __________________________________ 70 Kyle Stephens and Associate Athletics Communications Director Jim Marshall __________________________________ 71 Brian Hernandez with assistance from Assistant Athletics Neal Neathery _______________________________ 72 Communications Director Jordan Korphage, former Assistant Jeff Popovich _________________________________ 73 Director Tony Baldwin, Athletics Communications Assistant Charlie Reeve ________________________________ 74 Sarah Flores and students assistants Forrest Norton and Zach Eric Roark ____________________________________ 75 Lee. Front cover design assistance by Caitlin Murphy. Jeff Bowen ___________________________________ 76 Photography Matthew Kraft ________________________________ 76 AeroPhoto.com, Alamo Bowl, Alamodome, Bryan Bullon, Ross Benny Morrison _______________________________ 77 Davis, Patrick Dunn, Burk Frey, Jeff Huehn, Mark McClendon, Shane Elder __________________________________ 77 Steve Moakley, San Antonio Convention and Visitor’s Bureau, Adam Cain __________________________________ 77 Schlitterbahn Waterpark Resort, Dave Taylor, University of Coaching Staff ________________________________ 78 Miami and Jason Ytuarte. Tailgating UTSA fans begin tailgating in the Alamodome parking lots several hours before kickoff. THIS IS UTSA FOOTBALL Spirit Walk Two and a half hours prior to kickoff, Rowdy the Roadrunner leads head coach Larry Coker and the UTSA football team through the Spirit Walk. Fans and the UTSA band and cheerleaders line Hoefgen Avenue as the team makes its way through Sunset Station and Rowdy Town to the Alamodome. 2 The UTSA Roadrunners take the field to fireworks or smoke while highlights play on the Alamodome video boards. THIS IS UTSA FOOTBALL Electric Atmosphere Thousands of screaming fans, the UTSA Cheerleaders and Pom Squad and the UTSA Marching Band — The Spirit of San Antonio — help create an electric atmosphere in the Alamodome. 3 BUILDING A “We are grateful to the Board of Regents for their support today to enhance our entire sports program and bring UTSA football to San Antonio.” - UTSA President Ricardo Romo Under the lights of Dub Farris Stadium, UTSA held its inaugural practice with 70 players – 28 scholarship and 42 walk-ons. Sept. 8 UTSA announces its inaugural schedule, which begins with Northeastern State on Sept. 3, 2011. March 13 March 6 Nov. 11 2008 2009 2010 Feb. 3 UTSA President Dr. Ricardo Romo and UTSA accepted an invitation to join Athletics Director Lynn Hickey introduce Roadrunners head coach the Western Athletic Conference. Larry Coker as the program’s first head Larry Coker announced the The Roadrunners joined their new football coach. program’s inaugural signing conference on July 1, 2012. class, which consisted of 25 prep student-athletes. Dec. 18 “This is yet another historic day for UTSA. We have been working extremely hard for a very long time to reach our goal of joining an FBS conference and today’s invitiation is a realization of a lot of hard work by so many different people.” The University of Texas System Board - UTSA Athletics Director Lynn Hickey of Regents approved UTSA’s Athletics Initiative Business Plan, which granted permission to add a football program. 4 PROGRAM “This is maybe the most awesome game I’ve ever been around. I’m being totally honest with you.” - Head Coach Larry Coker FOX Sports Southwest launched a new reality sports documentary series UTSA offiically joins the UTSA offiically joins Conference that chronicled the start of Western Athletic Conference USA and will be in its final UTSA’s inaugural football and becomes a member of year of reclassification to the season. the Football Bowl Subdivision. Football Bowl Subdivision. May 14 July 1 July 1 UTSA kicked off its inaugural season with a 31-3 victory over Northeastern State before an NCAA start-up program record crowd of 56,743 at the Alamodome. Sept. 3 2011 2012 May 4 2013 April 9 Nov. 19 UTSA accepted an invitation to join Conference USA. The Roadrunners More than 4,000 fans were in The Roadrunners rolled past Minot State, will join their new conference on attendance for the inaugural 49-7, in its season finale. The game drew July 1, 2013. UTSA Football Fiesta Spring 32,369 fans and that helped UTSA break Game presented by Health the NCAA record for average attendance Texas at the Alamodome. for a first-year program. The Roadrunners welcomed 35,521 fans per game to the Alamodome in their inaugural campaign. “To see how well it was received by the community was gratifying. We were very blessed. We made history.” - Athletics Director Lynn Hickey 5 WHAT They’re SAying… “No one, however, should question Coker’s ability to get it done. There’s too much high school talent in the state of Texas, and Coker has too many friends in the coaching community helping him out.” — Matt Hayes, The Sporting News, April 13, 2009 T HE L ARRY C OKER F ILE Personal Full name: Larry Edward Coker Family: