Report: UTSA head coach Jeff Traylor interviews for Texas A&M vacancy

UTSA head coach Jeff Traylor interviewed for the Texas A&M job with athletic director Ross Bjork, according to Kirk Bohls of the Austin American Statesman. The Aggies are in search of a new coach after dismissing Jimbo Fisher after the Mississippi State win in Week 11 despite his $76 million dollar buy out. Traylor was rumored as one of the top candidates prior to the report of his interview. 

Traylor is an East Texas native who led his hometown Gilmer Buckeyes to three state titles in five state championship game appearances as head coach. The football stadium in Gilmer is named after him. He left to become an assistant at Texas on Charlie Strong’s staff and spent time as an assistant at Arkansas and SMU before accepting the head coaching job at UTSA prior to the 2020 season.