▁Fran ch ione , ▁who ▁had ▁co ached ▁the ▁team ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 0 ▁and ▁ 1 9 9 1 ▁before ▁going ▁on ▁to ▁head ▁co aching ▁jobs ▁at ▁New ▁Mexico , ▁T C U , ▁Alabama , ▁and ▁Texas ▁A & M , ▁to ▁over see ▁their ▁F BS ▁transition . ▁Texas ▁State ▁expanded ▁its ▁current ▁on - camp us ▁Bob cat ▁Stadium ▁to ▁an ▁ult imate ▁capacity ▁of ▁ 3 4 , 8 0 0 ▁for ▁its ▁official ▁F BS ▁debut . ▁ ▁The ▁University ▁of ▁Texas ▁at ▁San ▁Antonio ▁( UT SA ) ▁was ▁the ▁other ▁transition ing ▁school ▁leaving ▁the ▁South land ▁Conference ▁for ▁the ▁W AC . ▁Like ▁Texas ▁State , ▁U T SA ▁also ▁played ▁as ▁an ▁FC S ▁Independent ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 1 . ▁The ▁Road run ners , ▁then ▁co ached ▁by ▁former ▁Miami ▁head ▁coach ▁Larry ▁C oker , ▁played ▁their ▁first - ever ▁football ▁season ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 1 , ▁and ▁began ▁play ▁at ▁the ▁Al am od ome ▁in ▁dow nt own ▁San ▁Antonio , ▁their ▁home ▁to ▁this ▁day . ▁ ▁New ▁and ▁updated ▁stad iums ▁ ▁New ▁stad iums ▁ ▁Exp and ed ▁stad ium ▁North ▁Carolina ▁continued ▁renov ations ▁to ▁Ken an ▁Memorial ▁Stadium , ▁which ▁were ▁completed ▁in ▁time ▁for ▁the ▁start ▁of ▁the ▁season . ▁The ▁project ▁included ▁a ▁new ▁student ▁center ▁and ▁prem ium ▁se ating ▁sections . ▁The ▁addition ▁of ▁new ▁seats ▁en closed ▁the ▁stad ium ▁for ▁the