Travis Rundle enters his sixth season as head football coach at the University of the South, and he is the 31st head football coach in Sewanee's storied history.

In six seasons with the Purple and White, he has coached 28 All-Conference selections. In the classroom, he has been a part of 147 selections to the Southern Athletic Association's (SAA) Academic Honor Roll, and 13 student-athletes have been named into the Hampshire Honor Society by the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame (NFF). 

Sewanee's 2022 campaign saw the Tigers post wins over St. Scholastica (Minn.) and Westminster (Mo.). Seven Tigers were named All-Conference. In the classroom, the program saw 24 named to the Academic Honor Roll and five named Academic All-District® by the College Sports Communicators. 

Back to a full schedule in 2021, Sewanee saw one student-athlete named to the All-SAA Team and a program-best 37 were named to the SAA Academic Honor Roll.  

Sewanee played a limited schedule in 2020-21 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The team was able to practice throughout the season, and the program's 125-plus year history saw a first: a football game on historic Hardee-McGee Field played in the spring. 

In the classroom, a record 26 student-athletes were named to the SAA Academic Honor Roll. 

Sewanee's 2019 season saw some ups and downs, as he started over 30 freshmen on both sides of the ball during the campaign. 

Five athletes were selected to the All-SAA Team that season. Additionally, 19 players were listed on the SAA Academic Honor Roll and two student-athletes, Alex Darras C'20 and Joseph Marascuillo C'20, were named to the Hampshire Honor Society. 

The Tigers 2018 campaign saw the team improve with four wins, but the biggest win of the year came on Oct. 27, as Sewanee reclaimed the Orgill Cup with a 27-14 win over Rhodes. bringing the Cup back to the Domain for the first time since 2011.

Eight student-athletes were honored on the All-Conference team, while 20 were listed on the Academic Honor Roll. Additionally, four athletes, Trey Claus C'19, Michael Jacobs C'19, Travis Nadalini C'19 and Brinley Rhys C'19 were honored to the Hampshire Honor Society. In addition, Jacobs was also chosen to the Academic All-District Team, selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). 

In May 2019, his team had the opportunity to travel to Greece and Italy for an overseas trip with Global Football Spring Tours. 

In his first season with the Tigers in 2017, Rundle's defensive play-calling helped the Tigers to improvements in seven of nine statistical categories. One stat that saw the most improvement was interceptions. The Tigers finished 2016 with just six interceptions, 206th out of 240 ranked teams.

In 2017, All-Southern Athletic Association First Team member John Cleveland matched last year's team total with six picks, 17th-best in all of NCAA Division III. All-SAA players William Phillips and Wesley Porter each added five of their own. As a team, the Tigers totaled 21 picks, good for 10th-best in all of NCAA Division III, one better than National Finalist Mary Hardin-Baylor (Texas).

He coached seven players to All-Conference honors, including Newcomer of the Year William Phillips, who started his collegiate career with a 98-yard fumble recovery for a touchdown, the longest in the modern era of Sewanee football. Phillips became the second SAA Newcomer of the Year for the program. 

Rundle also coached three players to conference player of the week honors, tying the most in a season since 2008.

On the academic side, the Tigers totaled 18 student-athletes to the SAA Academic Honor Roll. Three of those 18, Jay Douglass C'18, James Hewell C'18 and Glenn Ireland C'18, were named to the National Football Foundation's Hampshire Honor Society. 

Rundle came to Sewanee after serving as the defensive coordinator and head strength and conditioning coach for the past six seasons at NCAA Division III institution Illinois Wesleyan University.

During Rundle's tenure, Illinois Wesleyan was among the nation's best in scoring, rushing, passing, and total defense. Last season, the Titans ranked 35th or better nationally in eight defensive categories. That included being the top-ranked program in total defense and fourth-down defense in 2016.

In 2015, Rundle helped guide the Titans to top-33 rankings in 10 national statistical categories. Under Rundle's leadership, two Illinois Wesleyan student-athletes earned AFCA First-Team All-American honors at defensive end while one Titan earned AFCA Third-Team All-American accolades at cornerback.

As a team, Illinois Wesleyan earned NCAA playoff bids in 2011 and 2013 while 26 defensive players earned All-CCIW awards.

Prior to his time at Wesleyan, Rundle served as a defensive coach at Penn State University from 2004-2010. 

No stranger to Division III, Rundle graduated in 2002 from Albion College (Mich.), where he was a four-year letterman and a member of three Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association championship teams. An All-MIAA quarterback for two seasons, Rundle set a number of single-season passing records that still stands, including records for completions and attempts.

After graduating, he remained at Albion as an assistant coach for a season, helping with the linebackers and with recruiting, before becoming an assistant at St. Mary's College in Moraga, Calif.

Rundle and his wife, Sarah, who serves as the Director of the Wellness Commons at the University, are the parents of two sons, Tyler and Grant, and a daughter, Rachel.

Updated 1/14/23