While originally hired onto Levine's staff as running backs coach, Bush was promoted to the offensive coordinator position when his predecessor Mike Nesbitt resigned following Houston's first game of the 2012 season.
On December 11, sources reported the announcement of Bush becoming the first-ever coach of the UT-Rio Grande Valley football team.
In 2007, he was promoted to co-offensive coordinator and associate head coach for Texas State, and the team's record was turned around to 8–5 by the 2008 season.
[4] That season, Texas State also claimed the Southland Conference championship, and Bush's offense ranked fifth in the NCAA Division I FCS.
In 2010, UTSA and head coach Larry Coker announced that they had hired Travis Bush as offensive coordinator for their inaugural season in 2011.