UTSA plays its home games at the on-campus Convocation Center, and is coached by Austin Claunch.

[7] The team has made a total of four NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship appearances in its history.

The victory over Alabama State marked the first time in school history that a Roadrunner team won an NCAA tournament game in any sport.

On May 14, 1980, Don Eddy was announced as the first head coach for UTSA, with the school planning to a field team starting in the 1980–81 season.

[9] After his resignation, former Baylor basketball player Larry Gatewood closed out the season as interim head coach.

Ken Burmeister coached the roadrunners from 1986 to 1990 and led the team to its first appearance in the NCAA Tournament in 1988, where they lost to Illinois in the first round.

On March 16, 2011, Thompson guided UTSA to the school's first ever NCAA Tournament win when the Roadrunners defeated Alabama State 70–61.