Jeff Traylor
Followed Frank Wilson. Jeff Traylor raised UTSA from Regional Program IV to National Program II.
In his own words
We’ve kind of just slow-played it for years, knowing I was going to have Frank Harris all the way to the end. Knowing I was going to have Rashad Wisdom all the way to the end. Knowing that player would start taking over and teaching for me
Well, the guys that would teach for me now, most of those guys are gone.
Career arc
His real stature score, season by season, across every program he’s coached — so a stretch that stays in one tier the whole way can still climb or sink on the line, not just flatten out. Node color marks the tier reached. Which program a stretch belongs to is carried by the shaded lane behind it.
Reached National Program in his 4th career season — faster than 19% of the 675 FBS coaches who have ever reached National Program (rank #505 of 675 by seasons-to-arrival).
Style position and drift
Where each stint’s offense sat between run-first and pass-first, and how far it moved from one season to the next. The band is that stint’s real season-to-season range, not a fixed-width box.
Season-to-season pass-rate range for all 258 FBS coaching stints with at least three covered seasons, 2014–2025.
The big-game ledger
How he does in the games that matter most — rivalry record, performance broken out by real opponent tier, one-score games, and his toughest historical matchup.
3–2 against his rivals. Just 1–4 against Jeff Monken.
His own effect, isolated
A statistical estimate of this coach’s contribution to team performance, separated from that season’s roster talent, returning production, and his coordinators — pooled across his whole head-coaching career.
Model fit as of 2026-09-04.
Coaching career
1st-best UTSA tenure of 3 by the numbers.
Outperforms his recruiting talent, on both sides of the ball.
Followed Frank Wilson (2016–2019).
| Season | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Record & result | ||||||||
| Record | 7–5 | 12–2 | 11–3 | 9–4 | 7–6 | 7–6 | 0–0 | |
| Postseason | L bowl | L bowl | L bowl | W bowl | W bowl | W bowl | — | |
| Recruiting rank | #105 | #78 | #73 | #59 | #123 | #107 | #79 | |
| Style — pass rate | ||||||||
| Pass rate | 42.7 | 44.5 | 48.1 | 46.4 | 51.0 | 50.2 | 54.5 | |
| Coordinators | ||||||||
| OC | Barry Lunney Jr. | Barry Lunney Jr. | Matt Mattox / Will Stein | Justin Burke | Justin Burke | Justin Burke | Rick Bowie | |
| DC | Tyrone Nix | Jess Loepp / Rod Wright | Jess Loepp | Jess Loepp | Jess Loepp | Jess Loepp | Jess Loepp | |
| Outcome — opponent-adjusted efficiency percentile | ||||||||
| Offense | 56 | 73 | 82 | 64 | 68 | 71 | 80 | |
| Defense | 59 | 42 | 69 | 70 | 85 | 68 | 64 | |
| Tendencies — play-by-play, neutral script (2021+ only) | ||||||||
| 1st-down pass% | 38.8 | 41.1 | 47.1 | 44.9 | 46.6 | 45.5 | 51.0 | |
| Red-zone pass% | 47.5 | 41.5 | 46.2 | 40.4 | 46.6 | 50.5 | 30.0 | |
| 4th-down go%opp. territory | 34.9 | 29.4 | 41.7 | 38.7 | 34.0 | 47.8 | — | |
A typical amount of portal roster-building.
Typical size for position, once adjusted for position mix.
Recruits younger transfers than most — more of a development bet.
3 NFL Draft picks: Spencer Burford (2022), Tariq Woolen (2022), Zah Frazier (2025)
Coach of the Year: Conference USA Coach of the Year (2021), Conference USA Coach of the Year (2022)