American football
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coach. He is the head football coach at the
University of Texas at San Antonio
The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA or UT San Antonio) is a Public university, public research university in San Antonio, Texas, United States. Established in 1969,Gilmer High School and graduated in 1986. He attended
Stephen F. Austin State University
Stephen F. Austin State University (SFASU or SFA) is a public university in Nacogdoches, Texas, in the United States. Named after Stephen F. Austin, one of the founders of Texas, SFA was founded as a teachers college in 1923 and built on part ...
, where he was a walk-on for the Lumberjacks football program. He earned both his undergraduate (1990) and graduate (2002) degrees in education.
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. There, he helped coach future NFL quarterbacks
Josh McCown
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Texas A&M
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standout signal-caller Randy McCown.
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 appearances in five state championship games (2004, 2007, 2009, 2012, and 2014), winning three state titles (2004, 2009, and 2014) and 12 district crowns. In 2015, Gilmer renamed Buckeye Stadium to Jeff Traylor Stadium to honor Traylor's success. At Gilmer, Traylor coached future NFL players Kenneth Pettway, Manuel Johnson,
Curtis Brown
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Background
Colonel Brown was born March 11, 1956. He graduated from East Bladen High School in Elizabethtown, North Carolin ...
Traylor began his collegiate career in 2015 at the
University of Texas at Austin
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as the special teams coordinator and tight ends coach under
Charlie Strong
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before becoming the Longhorns associate head coach for offense and wide receivers coach in 2016. While with the
Texas Longhorns football
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program Traylor helped sign the No. 7-ranked recruiting class in the country in back-to-back years and was named
Big 12
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Recruiter of the Year.
SMU
In 2017, Traylor became the associate head coach and running backs coach for
Southern Methodist University
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before joining the
Arkansas Razorbacks
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in the same role. Both of these jobs were under coach Chad Morris who had also previously been a Texas high school coach.
Arkansas
For the 2018 and 2019 football seasons, Traylor served as the associate head coach and running back coach at the
University of Arkansas
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Arkansas Razorbacks football
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Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of the National Collegiate Athletic Association ...
program to become the third head coach in program history at UTSA.
Traylor tested positive for
COVID-19
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The symptoms of COVID‑19 can vary but often include fever ...
on December 23, 2020, and missed the
2020 First Responder Bowl
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as a result.
In 2021, Traylor led the Roadrunners to their best start in program history for a season, winning their first eleven regular season games before finishing the regular season 11-1. The UTSA Roadrunners also secured their first conference championship, defeating Western Kentucky 49-41, followed by a bowl bid to the 2021 Frisco Bowl, losing to San Diego State University by a score of 38-24, posting a final record for the year of 12-2.
Head coaching record
High school
College
* Prior to the
2020 First Responder Bowl
The 2020 First Responder Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 26, 2020, with kickoff at 3:30 p.m. EST (2:30 p.m. local CST) on ABC. It was the 11th edition of the First Responder Bowl, and was one of the 2020– ...
, Jeff Traylor tested positive for COVID-19. Associate head coach Barry Lunney Jr. was UTSA's acting head coach for the game.
Personal life
Traylor married his wife, Cari, in 1992. They have three children: Jordan, Jake, and Jaci. Jordan played as a quarterback for Gilmer High School and the
Texas A&M Aggies
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, and is currently an offensive assistant for the
New Orleans Saints
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