SMU and Dykes agreed to a deal for him to become SMU's new head coach on Monday. The former California head coach spent the past season as an offensive analyst at TCU.
In an ironic twist, Dykes will be coaching against his first head coaching job in the Frisco Bowl. SMU will face Louisiana Tech, where Dykes worked for three seasons and won a WAC title in 2011.
Traylor spent one season at SMU as the running backs coach and associate head coach. He was elevated to interim head coach when Morris left for Arkansas last week and was a candidate for the full-time job at SMU before the school reached its deal with Dykes.