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 consisted of six home and six away games in the regular season. The Bobcats hosted Sun Belt foes Appalachian State, Georgia State, Louisiana–Monroe, and New Mexico State, and traveled to Arkansas State, Coastal Carolina, Louisiana–Lafayette, and Troy.
The Bobcats hosted two of the four non-conference opponents, Houston Baptist from the Southland Conference and UTSA from Conference USA, and traveled to Colorado from the Pac-12 Conference and Wyoming from the Mountain West Conference.
Game summaries
Houston Baptist
At Colorado
Appalachian State
UTSA
At Wyoming
Louisiana–Monroe
At Louisiana–Lafayette
At Coastal Carolina
New Mexico State
Georgia State
At Arkansas State
At Troy
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.
NamePositionYear Former Texas State positions heldAlma materEverett WithersHead Coach2016Appalachian State 1985Randall McCrayAssistant Head Coach/Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers2016Appalachian State 1991Zak KuhrOffensive Coordinator/Running Backs2017Florida 2013Parker FlemingCo-Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks2016Wide Receivers/Special Teams CoordinatorPresbyterian 2010Preston MasonSafeties2017Defensive Graduate Assistant 2016Appalachian State 2014Adrian MayesTight Ends/Recruiting Coordinator2016Offensive LineKansas 2008Ron AntoineWide Receivers2016Running Backs/Tight EndsColorado State 1997Jules MontinarCornerbacks2016Eastern Kentucky 2009Issac MooringDefensive Line2017North Carolina 2003Eric MateosOffensive Line2017Southwest Baptist 2011John StreicherDirector of Football Operations2016Ohio State 2012Michael GeorgeDirector of Player Personnel2016Washington University in St. Louis 2005Clayton BarnesDirector of Player Development2017Offensive Line Intern 2016Texas A&M 2015
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