The UTSA Roadrunners college football team represents the University of Texas at San Antonio in the American Athletic Conference (AAC), competing as a part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision. The program has had three head coaches since its inaugural 2011 season;[1] it began play as an FCS independent, but transitioned to the WAC the next season, then to Conference USA beginning with the 2013 season, and to the AAC for the 2023 season. Jeff Traylor is the current head coach; he was hired on December 9, 2019.[2]

The nickname "Roadrunners" has been used by UTSA's athletic programs since 1978, after winning out over "Armadillos" in an election among the university's student body the prior year.[3] The Roadrunners have played in 149 games over 13 seasons, compiling a 76–73 record. Frank Wilson led the program to its first bowl appearance in 2016,[4] and Traylor has led the team to bowl appearances in each of his first three seasons. Traylor has led the team to two conference championships, in 2021 and 2022. None of the coaches have been enshrined into the College Football Hall of Fame. Larry Coker is the leader in games coached (58) and losses (32). Traylor leads in total wins (31) and win percentage (.721), as well as wins in conference play (20).[1]

Key

Key to symbols in coaches list
General Overall Conference Postseason[A 1]
No. Order of coaches[A 2] GC Games coached CW Conference wins PW Postseason wins
DC Division championships OW Overall wins CL Conference losses PL Postseason losses
CC Conference championships OL Overall losses CT Conference ties PT Postseason ties
NC National championships OT Overall ties[A 3] C% Conference winning percentage
† Elected to the College Football Hall of Fame O% Overall winning percentage[A 4]

Coaches

List of head football coaches showing season(s) coached, overall records, conference records, postseason records, championships and selected awards[A 5]
No. Name Season(s) GC OW OL OT O% CW CL CT C% PW PL PT DC CC NC Awards
1 Larry Coker 2011–15 58 26 32 — 0.448 15 15 — 0.500 0 0 — 0 0 0 —
2 Frank Wilson 2016–19 48 19 29 — 0.396 13 19 — 0.406 0 1 — 0 0 0 —
3 Jeff Traylor 2020–present 53 39 14 — 0.736 27 4 — 0.871 1 3 — 2 2 0 —

Notes

  1. ^ Although the first Rose Bowl Game was played in 1902, it has been continuously played since the 1916 game, and is recognized as the oldest bowl game by the NCAA. "—" indicates any season prior to 1916 when postseason games were not played.[5]
  2. ^ A running total of the number of head coaches, with coaches who served separate tenures being counted only once. Interim head coaches are represented with "Int" and are not counted in the running total. "—" indicates the team played but either without a coach or no coach is on record. "X" indicates an interim year without play.
  3. ^ Overtime rules in college football were introduced in 1996, making ties impossible in the period since.[6]
  4. ^ When computing the win–loss percentage, a tie counts as half a win and half a loss.[7]
  5. ^ Statistics correct as of the end of the 2022 NCAA Division I FBS football season.

References

General

  • Staff (2016). "Texas-San Antonio Coaching Records". Texas-San Antonio History. College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on June 18, 2016. Retrieved April 27, 2018.
  • UTSA Athletics Communications Office (2017). "2017 UTSA Football Media Guide" (PDF). University of Texas San Antonio Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. Archived from the original on September 27, 2017. Retrieved April 27, 2018.

Specific

  1. ^ a b Texas-San Antonio Coaching Records (2016).
  2. ^ Rittenberg, Adam (December 9, 2019). "Sources: UTSA hiring Arkansas assistant Jeff Traylor as head coach". ESPN.com. Bristol, Connecticut. NCAAF. Retrieved December 9, 2019.
  3. ^ 2017 UTSA Football Media Guide, p. 22.
  4. ^ "New Mexico beats Texas-San Antonio, 23-20, in New Mexico Bowl". Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles. Associated Press. December 17, 2016. Sports. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved April 30, 2018.
  5. ^ National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2011). Bowl/All-Star Game Records (PDF). Indianapolis, Indiana: NCAA. pp. 5–10. Archived from the original on August 22, 2011. Retrieved August 21, 2011.
  6. ^ Whiteside, Kelly (August 25, 2006). "Overtime system still excites coaches". USA Today. McLean, Virginia. Archived from the original on November 24, 2009. Retrieved September 25, 2009.
  7. ^ Finder, Chuck (September 6, 1987). "Big plays help Paterno to 200th". The New York Times. New York City. Archived from the original on October 22, 2009. Retrieved October 22, 2009.
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