Tag: AAC Football
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State of the Program: UTSA Roadrunners
Head Coach: Jeff Traylor is entering his 6th season as the head coach of the Roadrunners with a 46-20 record. He’s been dedicated to building this program into a power in the AAC. He has 2 CUSA championships and 2 bowl wins to his record already but it feels like he’s on the verge of…
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State of the Program: UAB Blazers
Head Coach: Trent Dilfer is entering his 3rd season with the program with a 7-17 record. It was an aggressive move to bring him in as he was previously a high school coach and a prominent TV personality before that. Dilfer also won a Super Bowl in his playing days. His time at UAB hasn’t…
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State of the Program: Tulsa Golden Hurricane
Head Coach: Tre Lamb is in his 1st season as the head coach of the Golden Hurricane. He joins the program after a season at East Tennessee State where he led the Buccaneers to a 7-5 record, before that he was at Gardner-Webb and led the Bulldogs to their first 2 appearances in the FCS…
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State of the Program: Tulane Green Wave
Head Coach: Jon Sumrall is entering his 2nd season as the head coach of the Green Wave with a 9-5 record. They reached the AAC championship game, and even found themselves in the College Football Playoff hunt until Thanksgiving. It was a good first season, but 2024 was the first time Sumrall didn’t win a…
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State of the Program: Temple Owls
Head Coach: KC Keeler is entering his 1st season as the head coach of the Owls. He was previously the head coach of Sam Houston going 97-39 with the program, leading them to a FCS championship and into FBS capped off by a 9-3 record last year. Keeler also has experience in the area when…
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State of the Program: South Florida Bulls
Head Coach: Alex Golesh is entering his 3rd season as the head coach of the Bulls with a 14-12 record. He’s won bowl games in both of his seasons. His first season was particularly impressive considering the struggles the Bulls had before he got here but he enters year 3 looking for more. Program Outlook:…
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State of the Program: Rice Owls
Head Coach: Scott Abell is entering his first season as the head coach of the Owls. He was previously the head coach of Davidson where he went 47-28, those who are not familiar with FCS football may not even realize the school known for Steph Curry had a football program. Davidson plays in the non-scholarship…
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State of the Program: Navy Midshipmen
Head Coach: Brian Newberry is entering his 3rd year as the head coach of the Midshipmen with a 15-10 record. There were some growing pains year 1 but things took off last season with a 10-3 record. It’s a tough task to replace someone who meant so much to the program like Ken Niumatalolo, but…
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State of the Program: Memphis Tigers
Head Coach: Ryan Silverfield is entering 6th year as the head coach of the Tigers with a 42-21 record. His first game as the head coach with the program was in the 2019 Cotton Bowl against Penn State, pretty challenging! That Cotton Bowl loss is his only bowl loss with Memphis and overall Silverfield has…
