2020 UTSA ROADRUNNERS FOOTBALL SPRING PROSPECTUS « 2020 UTSA QUICK FACTS » General Information Team Information Name _____________ The University of Texas at San Antonio 2019 Record _______________________________ 4-8 (.333) Nickname ________________________________ Roadrunners 2019 Conference Record (Finish) ___ 3-5 (T-4th/C-USA West) Colors ___Orange (PMS 1665), Navy Blue (289) and White Letterwinners Returning/Lost _____________________ 49/20 Founded _______________________________________ 1969 Starters Returning (O/D/ST) _________________ 17 (8/6/3) Enrollment _____________________________________32,792 Starters Lost (O/D/ST) ______________________ 11 (3/6/2) President ____________________ Dr. Taylor Eighmy (Tufts ‘80) Athletics Director ________ Dr. Lisa Campos (Colorado State) Program History Athletics Department Phone ____________ (210) 458-8149 First Year _______________________________________ 2011 Ticket Office Phone ___________________ (210) 458-8872 All-Time Record ___________________________ 45-61 (.425) Affiliation ______ NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision Home/Away Records _________ 26-27 (.491)/19-34 (.358) Conference ______________ Conference USA (West Division) All-Time Conference Record _________________ 28-34 (.452) Stadium (Capacity) ________________ Alamodome (36,582) _______________________________ WAC: 3-3 (.500), 2012 Playing Surface _____________ FusionH XP2 Synthetic Turf _____________________ C-USA: 25-31 (.446), 2013-present Press Box Phone _______________________ (210) 704-6200 Athletics Communications Coaching Staff Associate AD (primary contact) _____________ Kyle Stephens Head Coach ___________ Jeff Traylor (Stephen F. Austin ‘90) Email _________________________ [email protected] Career Record (Years) _________________________ 1st year Office Phone _________________________ (210) 458-4551 Assistant Coaches ______________Barry Lunney Jr. (Associate Cell Phone ___________________________ (210) 887-3636 Head Coach/Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks), Tyrone Associate Director (secondary contact) _______ Brent Ingram Nix (Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers), Tommy Perry Email ___________________________ [email protected] (Special Teams Coordinator), Nick Graham (Cornerbacks), Office/Cell Phone ____________________ (210) 845-8651 Julian Griffin (Running Backs), Jess Loepp (Safeties/Recruiting Assistant Directors ___________ Whitney Truax, Michael High Coordinator), Matt Mattox (Run Game Coordinator/Offensive Mailing Address _ One UTSA Circle, San Antonio, TX 78249 Line), Will Stein (Passing Game Coordinator/Wide Receiver), Overnight Address __ 5710 West Hausman Road, Suite 101 Kurt Traylor (Tight Ends), Rod Wright (Defensive Line) ________________________________San Antonio, TX 78249 Quality Control (Offense) _____________________Sean Davis Website__________________________________ goUTSA.com Quality Control (Defense) __________________ Darren Drago Facebook _____________________ facebook.com/UTSAFTBL Analysts ______Zach Brown, Drew Rhodes, Damon Williams Twitter ____________________________________ @UTSAFTBL Graduate Assistants __Ty Gatson (Offense), Hunter Rittimann Instagram _____________________________________ utsaftbl (Offense), Jarveon Williams (Defense) Head Strength & Conditioning Coach ___________ Ryan Filo Director of Operations _____________________ Kevin Brown Director of Player Personnel ___________________Joe Price III Head of Equipment Operations ______________Tyler Renard Video Producer ___________________________ Alex Nicasio Assistant Video Coordinator ______________Daniel Benedict Video Production Assistant _________________Joshua Guerra Head Football Trainer ________________________ Nik Turner Senior Administrative Assistant _____________ James Gellido Football Office Phone ___________________ (210) 458-5011 2 2020 UTSA FOOTBALL SPRING PROSPECTUS « 2020 UTSA SCHEDULE » DATE OPPONENT LOCATION TIME (CT) Sept. 5 at LSU Baton Rouge, La. TBA Sept. 12 at Texas State San Marcos, Texas TBA Sept. 19 Grambling San Antonio, Texas TBA Sept. 26 Memphis San Antonio, Texas TBA Oct. 3 at UAB* Birmingham, Ala. TBA Oct. 17 Old Dominion* San Antonio, Texas TBA Oct. 24 Louisiana Tech* San Antonio, Texas TBA Oct. 31 at Florida Atlantic* Boca Raton, Fla. TBA Nov. 7 at Rice* Houston, Texas TBA Nov. 14 UTEP* San Antonio, Texas TBA Nov. 21 at Southern Miss* Hattiesburg, Miss. TBA Nov. 28 North Texas* San Antonio, Texas TBA Dec. 5 Conference USA Championship Game TBD TBA schedule is subject to change • home games in bold and played at Alamodome • *Conference USA game 2020 UTSA FOOTBALL SPRING PROSPECTUS 3 « UTSA COACHING STAFF » Jeff Prior to his time at Arkansas, Traylor spent the 2017 season as associate head coach and running backs coach at SMU under Traylor Chad Morris. He also served as the Mustangs’ interim coach before joining Morris’ staff at Arkansas. Head Coach During his one year at SMU, Traylor’s running backs piled First Season up 2,223 yards on the ground. Three players rushed for 500-plus @CoachTraylor yards, with Xavier Jones leading the group at 1,075. The Mustangs topped the 200-yard mark on the ground six times, including a season-best 311 in a win against Arkansas State. SMU ranked in TSA announced Jeff Traylor, former associate head coach the top 20 nationally in several offensive categories, including 12th at Texas, SMU and Arkansas, as its new head football in scoring offense and 15th in total offense. Ucoach on Dec. 9, 2019. Prior to his time in Dallas, Traylor spent two seasons at Texas. Traylor has nearly 30 years of coaching experience including He was the tight ends coach and special teams coordinator in 2015 a highly successful 15-year career as head coach at Gilmer High and then the associate head for offense and wide receivers coach School, where he led teams to three state championships and two in 2016, when the Longhorns boasted the nation’s No. 16-ranked state runner-up finishes and won more than 87% of his games. offense that averaged 491.3 yards per game. During his time as A native of Gilmer, he served most recently as associate head the lead recruiter, he helped the Longhorns sign the No. 7-ranked coach and running backs coach for two seasons at Arkansas, where recruiting class in the country in back-to-back years and was named he helped sign the school’s first top-20 recruiting class. Prior to that, Scout.com’s Big 12 Recruiter of the Year. He recruited punter Michael he served in the same role at SMU for the 2017 season. He began Dickson, who went on to earn multiple All-America honors, win Big his collegiate coaching career as the special teams coordinator 12 Conference Special Teams Player of the Year in 2016 and 2017 and tight ends coach at Texas as well as the 2017 Ray Guy in 2015 before becoming the Award, and currently punts Longhorns’ associate head for the Seattle Seahawks. coach for offense and wide Traylor built his receivers coach the following hometown program into a year. prep powerhouse during his Traylor’s impact on the 15-year tenure. offense was felt immediately A four-time Texas High in his first season at Arkansas, School Coach of the Year, as his running backs corps he posted a 175-26 record racked up 1,721 yards and (.871 winning percentage) 11 touchdowns in 2018. The and led the Buckeyes to five unit was led by Rakeem Boyd, state championship game who rushed for more than appearances, three state titles 100 yards in three different (2004, ’09, ’14) and 12 district SEC games, including a Jeff Traylor was introduced as UTSA’s third head football coach on Dec. 10, 2019. crowns. Gilmer turned in a pair season-best 113 against Vanderbilt. The Houston Stratford High of perfect 16-0 seasons, won 10-or-more games 11 times and registered School product took over the starting tailback role in the fifth seven 13-win seasons and three 15-win campaigns during his career. game of the season came and his most impressive stretch of the In 2014, his undefeated Class 4A Division II state championship season came during a four-game stretch against Alabama, Ole team boasted one of the most prolific offenses in Texas prep history. Miss, Tulsa and Vanderbilt, as he topped the century mark three Gilmer scored 950 points in 16 games, the second-most in state times and totaled 423 yards. His 102 yards against Alabama history, averaging 59.4 points and 536.1 yards per game. The made him the first Arkansas running back to eclipse 100 yards Buckeyes topped 60-plus points nine times, including two 80-point against the Crimson Tide since Darren McFadden in 2007. performances. Gilmer also averaged 536.1 total yards per game In Traylor’s second season coaching the Arkansas running backs, (8,577 yards) behind a balanced 293.9 passing yards and 242.1 Boyd rushed for 1,133 yards and eight touchdowns on 184 carries rushing yards per contest. The defense was equally dominant, (6.2 avg.) to spearhead a ground game that accumulated 1,766 allowing only 276 points (17.3) with five single-digit efforts and two yards. Boyd topped 100 yards in five contests, including a season- shutouts, while recording 23 interceptions and forcing 17 fumbles. best 185 and two scores on just eight attempts against Western Gilmer closed out the season with a win over West Orange-Stark Kentucky. He also rushed for 100-plus against Portland State (114), and had eight different players earn 4A All-State honors from either Colorado State (122), Kentucky (134) and Mississippi (114). the Associated Press or Texas Sports Writers Association. 4 2020 UTSA FOOTBALL SPRING PROSPECTUS « UTSA