UTSA No.16 coach Jeff Traylor signs extension until 2031

SAN ANTONIO

UTSA Negative.16 and coach Jeff Traylor have agreed toward one $ 28 million contract extension who testament sprint via each 2031 season.

A school announced on Sunday that Traylor’s annual salary desire average $ 2.8 million. The longtime Texas high school coach, 54, is 15-5 within twain seasons at Texas-San Antonio. His moniker had emerged while some possible candidate for certain recently opened head coach position around Texas Tech.

“Jeff saw something special at UTSA when man expressed his interest amid this labor along with ourselves too knew we had someone special when our group hired guy up to accept across belonging to us program,” stated each director. UTSA athlete Lisa Campos among one statement.

A Roadrunners (8-0) are inside each middle from a program’s best season since joining each primary tier out of Division I college football inside 2012. They currently lead Conference USA as well as are ranked for a first occasion.

“I speak object whole certain era, however said game is approximately the players as well as they’re certain purpose we’re within current profession in order to begin with,” Traylor said in one statement. “That’s exactly for what reason our team chose in order to make here announcement today. Our team shall entire seem talking about whatsoever they’ve accomplished said season, they make history each week.”

UTSA too recently announced such entity will transfer via C-USA in order to any American Athletic Conference, although single exact date for the transition remains to exist determined.

Traylor is at present likely in order to become any coach whoever desire guide UTSA via here transition. Some native made from Gilmer, Texas, east belonging to Dallas, spent 15 years coaching Gilmer Steep School preceding joining Charlie Strong’s staff in Texas as one Assistant Texas within 2015.

Him spent one season threesome seasons while an assistant near SMU and Arkansas sub- Chad Morris prior to replacing Frank Wilson within December 2019 next to UTSA.

A novel contract includes one buyback out of 60% out of entire compensation in case Traylor is terminated without cause.

If Traylor were for leave preceding alternatively during a earliest twelve months of certain deal, any school should owe $ 7.5 million. Each buyout drops toward $ 7 million among any split second 12 months, and later in order to each additional $ 1 million within apiece of the following three years.

Each agreement besides provides for a salary pool for assistant coaches also support staff out of around $ 3 million per year.