# List of University of Texas at San Antonio people

The list of University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) people includes notable alumni, faculty, and affiliates of UTSA. The term "UTSA" is used more commonly than University of Texas at San Antonio, and the term Roadrunners is commonly used to refer to students and alumni of UTSA.

## UTSA alumni
### Academia, science, and technology

| Name | Notability |
| Meredith Hay | biomedical researcher, professor, and former provost of the University of Arizona |
| Farnam Jahanian | President of Carnegie Mellon University |
| Burcu Özsoy | Turkish scientist and Director of the Istanbul Technical University Polar Research Center (PolReC), the first Turkish polar research center |

### Athletics

| Name | Notability |
| Justin Anderson | MLB pitcher for the Los Angeles Angels |
| John Bormann | MLB catcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates |
| Bruce Bowen | former NBA player for the San Antonio Spurs, attended and received credit for public relations classes |
| Devin Brown | former NBA player for the San Antonio Spurs and NBA Champion (2005) |
| Michael Connell | professional golfer |
| Marcus Davenport | football player, selected in the first round of the 2018 NFL draft by the New Orleans Saints |
| Johan Edfors | professional golfer |
| Richard Fröhlich | German basketball player |
| Derrick Gervin | former NBA player (brother of George Gervin), 1995 Israeli Basketball Premier League MVP |
| Frank Harris | UTSA football quarterback; Conference USA Most Valuable Player in 2022 |
| Alexander Hernandez | professional mixed martial artist, currently in the UFC's Lightweight Division |
| Phil Hui | professional poker player and the winner of the $50,000 Poker Players Championship at the 2019 World Series of Poker; played golf at the University of Texas-San Antonio and professionally before turning to poker |
| Liza Hunter-Galvan | Olympian in the 2004 Summer Olympics (Athens) and 2008 Summer Olympics (Beijing) |
| Leroy Hurd | professional basketball player currently with the Italian team Sebastiani Rieti |
| Ben Lectome | B.B.A. Marketing '95; first to swim across the Atlantic Ocean from Cape Cod to the French shore of Quiberon without the aid of a flotation device or kickboard; later made a historic swim across the Pacific Ocean, chronicled in the full-length documentary The Swim by Discovery |
| Les Maruo | professional football player; 4th overall pick in the 2021 CFL Draft |
| David Morgan II | tight end for the Minnesota Vikings; became UTSA's first draftee in the NFL when the Vikings selected him in the sixth round of the 2016 NFL Draft |
| Bill Peters | NHL head coach of the Calgary Flames |
| Brian Price | football player, signed by the Green Bay Packers as an undrafted free agent in 2016 |
| María José Rojas | Class of '14; Chilean professional footballer; has played for the Chilean National women's soccer team on several occasions but most notably in the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup; first Chilean female player to be contracted internationally |
| Kevin Strong | NFL player, defensive tackle for the Detroit Lions |
| Josiah Tauaefa | NFL player, linebacker for the New York Giants |
| Triston Wade | NFL player, free safety for the Seattle Seahawks |
| Teddy Williams | NFL player for the Carolina Panthers, played in Super Bowl 50 |
| Tariq Woolen | NFL player, first UTSA football player to make the Pro Bowl, cornerback for the Seattle Seahawks |

### Arts and literature

| Name | Notability |
| Susan Budge | M.F.A. '99; internationally known ceramic sculptor artist with works included in the permanent collections of the Smithsonian, the Honolulu Museum of Art, the Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, the San Antonio Museum of Art, the San Angelo Museum of Art, the Art Museum at Northern Arizona State University, the Art Museum of South Texas, and the New Orleans Museum of Art |
| Rafael C. Castillo | author of Distant Journeys and Aurora; Op-Ed Arts writer for San Antonio Express-News |
| Rolando Gomez | B.A. '01; professional photographer, author, and Defense Meritorious Service Medal recipient |
| Marcia Gygli King | '80 M.F.A; artist with works in the Guggenheim Museum, Brooklyn Museum, Newark Museum, Cleveland Museum of Art, San Antonio Museum of Art, McNay Art Museum and National Museum of Women in the Arts |
| Jimmy Kuehnle | contemporary artist and professor at the Cleveland Institute of Art |
| Marilyn Lanfear | artist with works in the permanent collections of the San Antonio Museum of Art, Art Museum of South Texas, and Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art |
| Deanna Raybourn | New York Times and USA Today bestselling novelist |
| Dario Robleto | B.F.A. '97; conceptual artist with works profiled in numerous publications and media including Radiolab, Krista Tippet's On Being, and The New York Times |
| Kathy Vargas | '84; internationally acclaimed artist with works in the Smithsonian American Art Museum's permanent collection |

### Business and law

| Name | Notability | Reference |
| James Bodenstedt | '96 President/CEO of MUY Companies | |
| James Mbowe Nyondo | Malawian lawyer; development worker; presidential candidate of Malawi | |

### Film, journalism, television, and theatre

| Name | Notability |
| Michelle Beadle | sports TV host for ESPN |
| JC Caylen | YouTube personality with millions of followers; nominated for Best Ensemble Cast in Escape the Night; appeared in Boo! A Madea Halloween and Boo 2! A Madea Halloween |
| Dayna Devon | journalist and co-host of the infotainment show Extra |
| Julian S. Garcia | retired school teacher; short story writer; former Associate Editor of ViAztlan, international journal of arts and letters |
| Freddy Lockhart | comedian, actor, writer, and producer |
| Kim Spradlin | CBS' Survivor: One World winner |

### Military

| Name | Notability | Reference |
| Anthony J. Rock | United States Air Force Inspector General | |
| Sarah E. Zabel | major General in the US Air Force, Director of the Information Technology Acquisition process Development, Office of the US Air Force, and former Vice Director of the US Defense Information Systems Agency | |

### Music

| Name | Notability | Reference |
| AJ Castillo | Tejano artist | |
| Travis Scott | rapper and record producer | |

### Politics

| Name | Notability |
| María Antonietta Berriozábal | activist, Harvard Fellow, and author; in 1981, first Hispanic woman to serve on the city council of San Antonio, where she served District One for ten years before running for mayor in 1991; member of the Mathematical Sciences Education Board at Harvard University |
| Rosie Castro | M.P.A. '83; civil rights activist, educator, and poet; former interim Dean of Student Affairs at Palo Alto College; member of the San Antonio Women's Hall of Fame; mother of former presidential candidate Julian Castro and House Representative Joaquin Castro |
| Elisa Chan | first Asian-American and first immigrant member of the San Antonio City Council, serving one term, 2009–2013 |
| Philip Cortez | Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives; previously State Representative for House District 117 during the 83rd Legislative Session; serves in the United States Air Force Reserve |
| Monica De La Cruz | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives and the first Republican to represent Texas's 15th congressional district |
| Trey Martinez Fischer | Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives who represents the 116th District, serving since 2019; previously held this seat 2000–2017; named one of the "10 Best Legislators" by Texas Monthly magazine in 2013 and 2015 |
| Roland Gutierrez | Member of the Texas State Senate from the 119th District; formerly served in the Texas House of Representatives and was the driving force in establishing Texas A&M University at San Antonio; UTSA class of '95 |
| Christian Menefee | youngest person and first African American elected County Attorney of Harris County, Texas |
| Tammy Morales | B.A.; member of the Seattle City Council from District 2 |
| Rolando Pablos | former Texas Secretary of State by Republican Governor Greg Abbott; class of '94 |
| Leo Pacheco | M.P.A. Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives, representing District 118 |
| Howard W. Peak | former Mayor of San Antonio, 1997–2001; Class of 1975 |
| Sylvia Romo | tax assessor-collector for Bexar County; former member of the Texas House of Representatives, first woman elected to this position |
| Emmy Ruiz | White House Director of Political Strategy and Outreach for the U.S. President Joe Biden administration |
| Mario Marcel Salas | African-American civil rights leader |

## UTSA faculty and affiliates

| Name | Notability |
| Guy Bailey | former UTSA provost; current president of the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley |
| Rena Bizios | Lutcher Brown Chair and professor of biomedical engineering at UTSA |
| Susan Budge | ceramic sculptor, full professor, and Head of Ceramics |
| Norma Elia Cantú | author and former professor of English at UTSA |
| Henry Cisneros | local activist; former professor; president of Univision; US Secretary of Housing and Urban Development |
| Larry Coker | former National Championship head coach of the University of Miami Hurricanes Football; first head coach of the UTSA football team |
| Rudy Davalos | first athletic director at UTSA |
| Taylor Eighmy | sixth university president of the University of Texas at San Antonio |
| Mansour Omar El-Kikhia | Libyan activist, adviser, author, and former Chairman of the Department of Political Science and Geography |
| Kimberly Andrews Espy | provost and senior vice president for academic affairs (2018–2023) |
| Peter T. Flawn | second university president of the University of Texas at San Antonio |
| Steven G. Kellman | author and professor of English |
| Samuel A. Kirkpatrick | fourth university president of the University of Texas at San Antonio |
| Ken Little | artist and professor |
| Bonnie Lyons | poet and literary critic |
| Que McMaster | former track and field coach |
| Mark Olberding | former NBA Player and UTSA basketball coach |
| Zorica Pantic-Tanner | former dean of the College of Engineering; currently the fourth president of Wentworth Institute of Technology |
| George Perry | Alzheimer's disease researcher, dean and professor |
| Darhyl S. Ramsey | author and former professor |
| Ricardo Romo | fifth university president of the University of Texas at San Antonio |
| Mario Marcel Salas | lecturer of Political Science and African American Studies; author; civil rights activist; former City of San Antonio Council member, 1997–2001 |
| Nikos Salingaros | mathematician and polymath known for his work on urban theory |
| David J. Schneider | psychologist and former professor |
| Nevil Shed | Student Program Coordinator at the UTSA University Center; former NBA player; played for the 1966 Texas Western Miners, whose story was made into the movie Glory Road |
| Heather Shipley | interim provost and senior vice president for academic affairs (2023-), inaugural holder of the Hispanic Thriving Institution Endowed Chair for the Dean of University College |
| Ivy R. Taylor | public administration professor; former City of San Antonio Council member (2009–2014); former Mayor of San Antonio (2014–2017) |
| Jon Taylor | professor of Political Science and Chairman of the Department of Political Science and Geography |
| Arleigh B. Templeton | first university president of the University of Texas at San Antonio |
| Brooks Thompson | former NBA player; former UTSA head basketball coach |
| Jeff Traylor | third UTSA football head coach in program history; Big 12 Recruiter of the Year; former associate head coach and running back coach for the Arkansas Razorbacks and SMU Mustangs |
| Frank Wilson | Former head coach of the UTSA football team; took UTSA to their first FBS bowl game |
| Miguel José Yacamán | physicist; chair of the Physics Department at UTSA |