We all know how great of a coach Jeff Traylor was at Gilmer ISD. Now, college football is getting to know how great of a coach Jeff Traylor is at UTSA.
Jeff Traylor was a hugely popular and very successful head coach of the Gilmer Buckeyes. Now he is leading the University of Texas at San Antonio to a big bowl game.
Gilmer is named after former US Navy Secretary, Thomas Walker Gilmer, and sits on U.S. Highway 271, and Texas highways 154 and 155, and they have a pretty great high school football team too. Gilmer sits in the heart of East Texas, and there are plenty of other less-obvious facts to know about this hidden gem.