Jeff Traylor
Jeff Traylor went 59–27 as a head coach, 2020–2026, at UTSA. Wikipedia’s season articles record one season differently (2026, 5–1); by them his record is 58–27. Share
- Record
- 59–27 career
- Seasons
- 7
- Schools
- 1
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Born
- May 9, 1968
- Best season
- 2021 12–2
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | UTSA | 7–5 | 2nd (West) | First Responder Bowl L | ||
| 2021 | UTSA | 12–2 | 1st (West) | Frisco Bowl L | ||
| 2022 | UTSA | 11–3 | 1st | Cure Bowl L | ||
| 2023 | UTSA | 9–4 | 3rd | Frisco Bowl W | ||
| 2024 | UTSA | 7–6 | T–6th | Myrtle Beach Bowl W | ||
| 2025 | UTSA | 7–6 | T–6th | First Responder Bowl W | ||
| 2026 | UTSA | 6–1 (Wikipedia: 5–1) |
Each season links to the team’s season page; bowls and playoff games link to the game. Conference finishes from the Wikipedia article’s record table.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against ranked teams | 11 | 0–11 | 0% |
| Against top-10 teams | 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 12 | 8–4 | 67% |
| Conference games | 50 | 38–12 | 76% |
| Bowls and playoffs | 6 | 3–3 | 50% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 36 | 23–13 | 64% |
| At home | 43 | 38–5 | 88% |
| On the road | 38 | 19–19 | 50% |
| At neutral sites | 5 | 2–3 | 40% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 58 | 46–12 | 79% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 28 | 13–15 | 46% |
His own 86 games on file, 2020–2026, as played (vacated wins counted, ties as half a win). Ranks are the AP poll going into the game; rivals are the ones either program’s Wikipedia article names; favorite and underdog by our own Elo rating, which reads only scores.
Against other head coaches
| Coach | Record | Their schools | Games | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Monken 2020–2025 | 1–4 | Army | 5 | |
| Seth Littrell 2020–2022 | 3–1 | North Texas | 4 | |
| Mike Bloomgren 2021–2024 | 3–1 | Rice | 4 | |
| G.J. Kinne 2023–2026 | 2–2 | Texas State | 4 | |
| Dana Dimel 2020–2022 | 3–0 | UTEP | 3 | |
| Rick Stockstill 2020–2022 | 3–0 | Middle Tennessee | 3 | |
| Tyson Helton 2021–2022 | 3–0 | Western Kentucky | 3 | |
| Eric Morris 2023–2025 | 2–1 | North Texas | 3 | |
| Steve Sarkisian 2022–2026 | 0–3 | Texas | 3 |
Jeff Traylor’s record against the head coaches he met three or more times, from the games on file, as played.
Most-faced opponents
| Opponent | Games | Record |
|---|---|---|
| North Texasseries | 7 | 5–2 |
| Riceseries | 6 | 5–1 |
| Texas Stateseries | 5 | 3–2 |
| Armyseries | 5 | 1–4 |
| UABseries | 4 | 3–1 |
| Western Kentuckyseries | 3 | 3–0 |
| Louisiana Techseries | 3 | 3–0 |
| Middle Tennesseeseries | 3 | 3–0 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989–92 | Big Sandy HS (TX) high school | Assistant coach | |
| 1993–99 | Jacksonville HS (TX) high school | Assistant coach | |
| 2000–14 | Gilmer HS (TX) high school | Head coach | |
| 2015–16 | Texas | Special teams and tight ends coach | |
| 2017 | SMU | Assistant head coach and running backs coach | |
| 2018–19 | Arkansas | Assistant head coach and running backs coach | |
| 2020–present | UTSA | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Charlie StrongTexas
- Chad MorrisSMU, Arkansas
- Sonny DykesSMU
- Barry Lunney Jr.Arkansas
Assistants who became head coaches
- Barry Lunney Jr.Arkansas
- Will SteinKentucky
- Brad SherrodTexas Wesleyan, Morehouse
Worked under (4)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Strong | Texas | 2015–16 | Special teams and tight ends coach | |
| Chad Morris | SMU | 2017 | Assistant head coach and running backs coach | |
| Sonny Dykes | SMU | 2017 | Assistant head coach and running backs coach | |
| Chad Morris | Arkansas | 2018–19 | Assistant head coach and running backs coach | |
| Barry Lunney Jr. | Arkansas | 2019 | Assistant head coach and running backs coach |
Coached under him, later head coaches (3)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barry Lunney Jr. | UTSA, 2020–21: assistant head coach, offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | Arkansas | |
| Will Stein | UTSA, 2020–21: passing game coordinator and wide receivers coach; 2022: co-offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | Kentucky | |
| Brad Sherrod | UTSA, 2021–23: linebackers coach | Texas Wesleyan, Morehouse |
Other assistants under him (6)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| Justin Burke | UTSA, 2020–21: offensive assistant; 2022: special teams and tight ends coach; 2023: offensive coordinator and tight ends coach; 2024–25: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Matt Mattox | UTSA, 2020–21: offensive line coach and running game coordinator; 2022: co-offensive coordinator and offensive line coach | |
| Tyrone Nix | UTSA, 2020: defensive coordinator and linebackers coach | |
| Jess Loepp | UTSA, 2021: co-defensive coordinator; 2022–26: defensive coordinator | |
| Rod Wright | UTSA, 2021: defensive coordinator | |
| Rick Bowie | UTSA, 2026: offensive coordinator |
From coaches’ Wikipedia infoboxes (CC BY-SA) and each season’s article for its coordinators: an assistant’s seasons at a school count under its head coach in our records; jobs in the NFL and elsewhere, under the head coach whose own article lists the job that year. Names without a page here link to their Wikipedia articles.
How he coached
Traylor’s teams went for it on 25% of fourth downs and on 45% of those where the model said go for it, passed on 50% of plays and took 24.5 seconds a play, 2020–2026.
| Season | Went for it on fourth | When the model said go | Pass rate | Seconds a play | EPA a play | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 11 g | 16 of 83 19% | 43% | 45% | 24.3 | +0.08 | |
| 2021 14 g | 22 of 100 22% | 42% | 47% | 23.5 | +0.14 | |
| 2022 13 g | 26 of 86 30% | 47% | 52% | 23.4 | +0.16 | |
| 2023 13 g | 26 of 93 28% | 54% | 50% | 23.9 | +0.07 | |
| 2024 12 g | 24 of 101 24% | 42% | 53% | 24.2 | +0.01 | |
| 2025 13 g | 27 of 104 26% | 44% | 53% | 27.3 | +0.10 | |
| 2026 7 g | 13 of 55 24% | 44% | 51% | 25.0 | +0.19 | |
| All 83 g | 154 of 622 25% | 45% | 50% | 24.5 | +0.10 |
His seasons as a head coach from 2004 on, from ESPN’s play by play: fourth downs where he went for it out of every fourth-down decision; how often he went when SportsDataverse’s fourth-down model said going for it was the better call; the share of his offense’s plays that were passes; seconds of game clock per offensive play (lower is faster); and expected points added per offensive play (EPA, a measure of how much each play moved the offense toward points). The season in progress counts its games so far. SportsDataverse’s coach tendencies, from ESPN’s play by play; the EPA and the fourth-down model are SportsDataverse’s.