LEWISVILLE, Texas — UTSA co-offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Will Stein has been named to the Dave Campbell's Texas Football 40 Under 40 list.
Stein is one of 10 college coaches on this year's list featured in the 2022 summer preview edition of the magazine, and it marks the second straight season a UTSA coach has landed on the list, as running backs coach Julian Griffin was honored in 2021.
Now in his third year on the UTSA staff, Stein spent the last two seasons as the wide receivers coach before being promoted to co-offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach in January.
In his first season in San Antonio, he helped the Roadrunners to a 7-5 record, a runner-up finish in Conference USA's West Division with a 6-2 mark and an appearance in the SERVPRO First Responder Bowl. His wide receivers group combined for 170 receptions, 1,923 receiving yards and 16 touchdowns, while helping lead a balanced offensive attack that piled up 2,399 passing yards and a school-record 2,585 rushing yards.
Under Stein's tutelage, the UTSA wideouts smashed records and emerged as one of the top groups in the FBS in 2021. Joshua Cephus, Zakhari Franklin and De'Corian Clark combined to catch 204 passes for 2,585 yards and 25 TDs and made UTSA one of only three teams (Appalachian State, Ohio State) to have three receivers with at least 50 receptions and 750 yards.
Franklin, a first-team all-conference selection, set program records with 81 catches, 1,027 yards, 79.0 yards per game and 12 touchdowns, while Cephus, an honorable mention all-league pick, was on the receiving end of 71 passes for 819 yards and six scores. Clark had a career year with 755 yards and seven TDs on 52 receptions, as the trio now owns the top three spots on the program's single-season list for receptions and receiving yards.
Stein's wide receivers help the Roadrunners set single-season standards for total points (516), points per game (36.9), first downs (320), total offense (6,146), yards per game (439.0), passing yards (3,577), passing yards per game (255.5) and passing touchdowns (27).
Coming off a record-setting 12-2 campaign last fall, UTSA will open its 12th season of play and third under head coach Jeff Traylor, the 2021 C-USA Coach of the Year, on Sept. 3 against Houston. Kickoff is set for 2:30 p.m. at the Alamodome in a game that will be televised nationally on CBS Sports Network.
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