TABLE OF CONTENTS THE UTSA EXPERIENCE Justin Volentine ______________________________________ 80 This Is UTSA Football _______________________________ 2-3 Lara Goldmann _____________________________________ 80 Building A Program _________________________________ 4-5 Alex Nicasio _______________________________________ 80 What They’re Saying ______________________________ 6-7 Jerry Greeson ______________________________________ 80 Media Exposure ___________________________________ 8-9 Rhodie Moss _______________________________________ 81 First-Class Facility ________________________________ 10-11 Team Physicians _____________________________________ 81 Park West Athletics Complex _______________________ 12-13 Colin Howlett _______________________________________ 81 This Is UTSA _____________________________________ 14-15 Charlie Dudley ______________________________________ 82 Campus Life _____________________________________ 16-17 Travis Reust _________________________________________ 82 Campus Rec _____________________________________ 18-19 Kyle Stephens ______________________________________ 83 A Focus On Academics ___________________________ 20-21 Brian Hernandez ____________________________________ 83 Career Services __________________________________ 22-23 Lynn Hickey ________________________________________ 84 Athletic Medicine ___________________________________ 24 Dr. Ricardo Romo ___________________________________ 85 Strength & Conditioning ______________________________ 25 Staff Photo _________________________________________ 86 UTSA Spirit ______________________________________ 26-27 Conference USA _________________________________ 28-29 PLAYERS Building Champions _________________________________ 30 Player Bios _____________________________________88-106 NCAA Host Institution ________________________________ 31 This Is San Antonio _______________________________ 32-35 SEASON REVIEW Alamodome _____________________________________ 36-37 Individual Honors __________________________________108 NCAA Compliance __________________________________ 38 Schedule/Results ___________________________________109 Team Statistics _____________________________________109 MEDIA INFORmatION Record Breakdown _________________________________109 Quick Facts ________________________________________ 40 UTSA Game-by-Game Statistics ______________________110 Schedule ___________________________________________ 40 Opponent Game-by-Game Statistics __________________111 Timeline ___________________________________________ 41 Individual Statistics ____________________________ 112-113 Future Schedules ____________________________________ 41 Starters Summary __________________________________113 Athletics Communications Staff ________________________ 42 Defensive Statistics _________________________________114 Media Policy ____________________________________ 42-43 Team Captains _____________________________________114 Alamodome Directions & Parking ______________________ 44 Superlatives _______________________________________115 Local Media Directory _______________________________ 45 Game Capsules _______________________________ 116-121 Roadrunners Sports Network __________________________ 45 Conference USA Season Review _____________________122 Opponents Quick Facts ___________________________ 46-47 Conference USA _________________________________ 48-49 RECORD BOOK Conference USA Composite Schedule __________________ 50 Team Single-Season Records _________________________124 Conference USA Championship Game _________________ 51 Team Single-Game Records __________________________125 Bowl Synopsis ___________________________________ 52-54 Individual Single-Season Records ________________ 126-127 Individual Single-Game Records ______________________128 SEASON OUTLOOK Individual Career Records ___________________________129 Season Outlook __________________________________ 56-57 Opponent Single-Game Records ______________________130 Numerical Roster _________________________________ 58-59 Alamodome Single-Game Records ____________________131 Alphabetical Roster _______________________________ 60-61 All-Time Results _____________________________________132 Roster Breakdown ___________________________________ 62 Miscellaneous Records ______________________________133 Starters Breakdown __________________________________ 63 Program Firsts _____________________________________134 Pronunciation Guide _________________________________ 63 Honor Roll ________________________________________135 Depth Chart ________________________________________ 64 All-Time Letterwinners _______________________________136 All-Time Assistant Coaches ___________________________136 StaFF Larry Coker _____________________________________ 66-68 Kevin Brown ________________________________________ 69 CREDITS Perry Eliano ________________________________________ 70 The 2015 UTSA Football Media Guide is a production of Polo Gutierrez ______________________________________ 71 Tony Jeffery ________________________________________ 72 the UTSA Athletics Communications Office. The supplement Mike Markuson _____________________________________ 73 was designed, written and edited by Assistant AD/Athletics Neal Neathery _____________________________________ 74 Communications Kyle Stephens and Associate Athletics Jeff Popovich _______________________________________ 75 Communications Director Brian Hernandez with assistance Charlie Reeve ______________________________________ 76 from Assistant Athletics Communications Directors Jordan Eric Roark __________________________________________ 77 Korphage and Zena Rex and Graduate Assistant Angelo Eddie Benavidez ____________________________________ 78 Sano. Front cover design by Caitlin Murphy. Jeremiah Moeller ____________________________________ 78 John Roper _________________________________________ 78 Photography Nate Shaw _________________________________________ 78 AeroPhoto.com, Alamo Bowl, Alamodome, Bryan Bullon, Ross Giovanni Vizza _____________________________________ 79 Davis, Patrick Dunn, Burk Frey, Jeff Huehn, Mark McClendon, Shane Elder ________________________________________ 79 Mike McLaughlin, Steve Moakley, Tony Moreno, San Antonio Adam Cain ________________________________________ 79 Convention and Visitor’s Bureau, Schlitterbahn Waterpark Mike Villa __________________________________________ 80 Resort, Dave Taylor, University of Miami and Jason Ytuarte. T AILGATING 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 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, with the first game against Larry Coker’s alma mater, NortheasternState. 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 UTSA offiically joins the UTSA offiically joins Conference Western Athletic Conference USA and enters its final year of and begins reclassification to reclassification to the Football the Football Bowl Subdivision. Bowl Subdivision. 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 2014 April 9 Nov. 19 UTSA accepted an Nov. 24 Aug. 7 invitation to join More than 4,000 fans The Roadrunners rolled past Minot State, UTSA beat Texas NCAA Division I Conference USA. The were in attendance for 49-7, in its season finale. The game drew State, 38-31, before Board of Directors Roadrunners will join the inaugural UTSA 32,369 fans and that helped UTSA break 39,032 fans at the approves UTSA as their new conference Football Fiesta Spring the NCAA record for average attendance Alamodome to cap an active member on July 1, 2013. Game presented by for a first-year program. Competing as an 8-4 campaign