2017 Texas State Bobcats football team


The 2017 Texas State Bobcats football team represented Texas State University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Bobcats played their home games at Bobcat Stadium in San Marcos, Texas, and competed in the Sun Belt Conference. They were led by second-year head coach Everett Withers. They finished the season 2–10, 1–7 in Sun Belt play to finish in last place.

Schedule

Texas State announced its 2017 football schedule on March 1, 2017. The 2017 schedule consists of 6 home and away games in the regular season. The Bobcats will host Sun Belt foes Appalachian State, Georgia State, Louisiana–Monroe, and New Mexico State, and will travel to Arkansas State, Coastal Carolina, Louisiana–Lafayette, and Troy.
The Bobcats will host two of the four non-conference opponents, Houston Baptist from the Southland Conference and UTSA from Conference USA, and will travel to Colorado from the Pac-12 Conference and Wyoming from the Mountain West Conference.

Game summaries

Houston Baptist

at Colorado

Appalachian State

Overall recordLast meetingResult
0–22016APST, 35–10

UTSA

Overall recordLast meetingResult
0–12012UTSA, 38–31

at Wyoming

Overall recordLast meetingResult
1–12013TXST, 42–21

Louisiana–Monroe

Overall recordLast meetingResult
4–92016ULM, 40–34

at Louisiana–Lafayette

Overall recordLast meetingResult
0–42016ULL, 27–3

at Coastal Carolina

New Mexico State

Overall recordLast meetingResult
2–22016NMSU, 50–10

Georgia State

Overall recordLast meetingResult
2–22016GSU, 41–21

at Arkansas State

Overall recordLast meetingResult
1–32016ARST, 36–14

at Troy

Overall recordLast meetingResult
1–62016TROY, 40–7

Coaching staff

After the 2016 season, Texas State lost several coaches to other programs, e.g. Mississippi State, Notre Dame, and Boston College. Withers reached into his past to hire Zak Kuhr from Rutgers. Kuhr was formerly the running backs coach at James Madison University under Coach Withers in 2014 and 2015, adding the co-offensive coordinator title in 2015. Withers filled the remaining openings on the staff with Eric Mateos from LSU and by promoting graduate assistant Preston Mason to full-time.
NamePositionYearFormer Texas State positions heldAlma mater
Everett WithersHead Coach2016Appalachian State 1985
Randall McCrayAssistant Head Coach/Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers2016Appalachian State 1991
Zak KuhrOffensive Coordinator/Running Backs2017Florida 2013
Parker FlemingCo-Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks2016Wide Receivers/Special Teams CoordinatorPresbyterian 2010
Preston MasonSafeties2017Defensive Graduate Assistant 2016Appalachian State 2014
Adrian MayesTight Ends/Recruiting Coordinator2016Offensive LineKansas 2008
Ron AntoineWide Receivers2016Running Backs/Tight EndsColorado State 1997
Jules MontinarCornerbacks2016Eastern Kentucky 2009
Issac MooringDefensive Line2017North Carolina 2003
Eric MateosOffensive Line2017Southwest Baptist 2011
John StreicherDirector of Football Operations2016Ohio State 2012
Michael GeorgeDirector of Player Personnel2016Washington University in St. Louis 2005
Clayton BarnesDirector of Player Development2017Offensive Line Intern 2016Texas A&M 2015