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After leading UTSA to the program’s second consecutive conference championship, Roadrunners’ head coach Jeff Traylor has been named Conference USA Coach of the Year for the second straight season, as voted on by the league’s head coaches.
An Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year finalist for the second straight season, Taylor has guided the CFP No. 25 Roadrunners to an 11-2 record and the program’s second consecutive C-USA title in just his third year at the helm of the program. He now will lead UTSA to its third-straight and fourth overall bowl appearance when the Roadrunners take on No. 24 Troy in the Duluth Trading Cure Bowl in Orlando on Friday, Dec. 16 at 2 p.m. CT.
Winners of 10 straight games, the Roadrunners are ranked in three different polls for the second straight year, as they are currently No. 22 in both the Associated Press Top 25 and USA TODAY Sports AFCA Coaches Poll and 25th in the College Football Playoff rankings.
Taking over a team that won a combined seven games in the two years prior to his arrival, he has led the Roadrunners to a 30-9 record to become the winningest coach in program history in less than three full seasons. UTSA has posted the two best seasons by wins in program history after going 12-2 in 2021 and is one of just three Texas-based FBS schools to win at least 10 games in back-to-back years since 2012, joining Baylor and TCU. The Roadrunners are one of only three C-USA teams to go undefeated in league play since 2013, going 8-0 this fall, and they became just the third C-USA team ever to capture two straight crowns after defeating North Texas 48-27 on Dec. 2 to join East Carolina (2008-09) and Western Kentucky (2015-16).