Jeff Traylor

Jeffrey Michael Traylor (born May 9, 1968) is an American football coach and former player who is currently the head coach at the University of Texas at San Antonio. Traylor founded and implemented UTSA's "Triangle of Toughness".

Jeff Traylor
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamUTSA
ConferenceC-USA
Record7–5
Biographical details
Born (1968-05-09) May 9, 1968
Gilmer, Texas
Playing career
1986–1989Stephen F. Austin
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1989–1992Big Sandy (TX) HS (asst.)
1993–1999Jacksonville (TX) HS (asst.)
2000–2014Gilmer (TX) HS
2015–2016Texas (ST/TE)
2017SMU (AHC/RB)
2018–2019Arkansas (AHC/RB)
2020–presentUTSA
Head coaching record
Overall7–5
Bowls0–2
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
Big 12 Recruiter of The Year (2016)

Early life

Traylor attended Gilmer High School where he graduated in 1986.[1] Following high school, Traylor attended Stephen F. Austin State University where he became a walk on for the Lumberjacks football program[2] and earned both his undergraduate and graduate degrees in Education.[3][4]

Career

High school

Traylor began his coaching career at Big Sandy High School, where he spent four years as an assistant coach from 1989 to 1992. He was later hired as an assistant coach at Jacksonville High School from 1993 to 1999, where he served as passing coordinator, defensive backs coach, receivers coach and special teams coordinator.[3]

Traylor then coached at Gilmer High School where he was named four-time Texas High School Coach of the Year for Class 4A, and posted a 175-26 record (.871 winning percentage). During his 15-year tenure, Traylor led the Buckeyes to five state championship game appearances, three state titles and 12 district crowns. In 2015, Gilmer renamed Buckeye Stadium to Jeff Traylor Stadium to honor Traylor's success.[5][6]

Texas

Traylor began his collegiate career in 2015 at the University of Texas at Austin as the special teams coordinator and tight ends coach before becoming the Longhorns associate head coach for offense and wide receivers coach in 2016. While with the Texas Longhorns football program Traylor signed the No. 7-ranked recruiting class in the country in back-to-back years and was named Big 12 Recruiter of the Year.[7]

Southern Methodist (SMU)

In 2017, Traylor became the associate head coach and running backs coach for Southern Methodist University[8][9] before joining the Arkansas Razorbacks in the same role.[10]

Arkansas

For the 2018 and 2019 football seasons, Traylor served as the associate head coach and running back coach at the University of Arkansas.[10][11]

UTSA

In December 2019, Traylor left the Arkansas Razorbacks football program to become the head coach at UTSA. Traylor currently serves as the third head coach in UTSA Roadrunners program history.[12][13][14]

Head coaching record

College
Year Team Overall ConferenceStanding Bowl/playoffs
UTSA Roadrunners (Conference USA) (2020–present)
2020 UTSA 7–55–22nd (West)L First Responder
2021 UTSA 0–00–0(West)
UTSA: 7–55–2
Total:7–5

Personal life

Traylor married his wife, Cari, in 1992. They have three children.[15]

References
  1. "Jeff Traylor discusses decision to leave Gilmer for Texas". www.kltv.com. Retrieved 2019-12-10.
  2. "Kinesiology & Health Science Edition — PCOE". coe.sfasu.edu. Retrieved 2019-12-10.
  3. "Jeff Traylor - Football Coach". University of Texas Athletics. Retrieved 2019-12-10.
  4. Mirror, The Gilmer. "SFA Alumni Association honors Gilmer's Jeff Traylor eight other coaches at 35th annual Coaches Awards Luncheon - NACOGDOCHES Texas – Nine Stephen F. Austin State University alumni were honored Friday at the 35th annual Coaches Awards Luncheon sp..." www.gilmermirror.com. Retrieved 2019-12-10.
  5. Leon, Michael De (2015-06-25). "Gilmer's Buckeye Stadium to be renamed for former coach Traylor". Texas Redzone Report. Retrieved 2019-12-10.
  6. "Buckeye Stadium renamed "Jeff Traylor Stadium" in honor of football coach". KYTX. Retrieved 2019-12-10.
  7. Willis, Haisten (2016-02-04). "Traylor named Scout's Big 12 Recruiter of the Year". Burnt Orange Nation. Retrieved 2019-12-09.
  8. "Jeff Traylor joins SMU coaching staff". PonyStampede.com. Retrieved 2019-12-09.
  9. "Chad Morris to Arkansas is official, Jeff Traylor named SMU interim head coach". www.kltv.com. Retrieved 2019-12-10.
  10. "Jeff Traylor". Arkansas Razorbacks. 2018-01-09. Retrieved 2019-12-10.
  11. "UTSA to hire former Texas high school football head coach to lead program". Dave Campbell's Texas Football. Retrieved 2019-12-10.
  12. "UTSA names Jeff Traylor new head football coach". UTSA Athletics. Retrieved 2019-12-09.
  13. "UTSA names Jeff Traylor new head football coach". www.utsa.edu. Retrieved 2019-12-10.
  14. Kalmus, Jared (2019-12-09). "UTSA hires Jeff Traylor to become the program's third head coach". Underdog Dynasty. Retrieved 2019-12-10.
  15. "First-year college football coaches facing 'extreme challenges' in wake of coronavirus pandemic". sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2020-03-31.
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