There are a couple of type of grass that are runners and do not get too high. In Alabama we get a little more rain and similar temperatures, but a lot more humidity.
I have Centipee in the front lawn, it did well until a year ago when we had a drought and I did not have a way to water. I lost much of the grass that was not in the shade.
During the growing season I have to mow about every two week and this is just to clean up the seed tops. All these things are good except it does not look like normal lawn and is not good for high traffic.
I have planted some Zoysia which is also a runner, but do not know if I like it or not. At one time you could only plant zoysia with plugs but now you can also get seed (see the site below). The description of the grasses is also listed.
(The seeds of these grasses are very fine and difficult to spread with a normal spreader. The normal trick is to mix them with sand to reduce there volume per unit spread.)
There are a number of turf types in the site that are drought resistant but if you do no or can not mow these areas then a runner may be better.

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