Texas Athletic Director Chris Dale Conte publicly expressed confidence on Tom Herman on Saturday that it had been announced that Herman would remain head coach despite the football season falling short of expectations.
Herman’s status in four seasons with Longhorns is 31-18, which has been the subject of much speculation this season. After the team’s 2-2 start and year 12 finishing in the top 15 nationally, the failure to make the Big 12 championship game – quarterback Sam Ehlinger starting from the fourth year and despite many returns from his defense – raised questions about Hermann Long. -Term status.
“There is a lot of speculation about the future of our football coaches,” Dale Conte said in a statement. “My policy is to wait until the end of the season before evaluating and commenting on our program and coaches. With the end of the regular season, I want to reiterate that Tom Herman is our coach.”
Further attention to Herman’s future was also with the alleged availability of former Ohio State coach Urban Meyer, the current college football analyst at Fox Sports.
The Austin American-Statesman reported last week, citing a source, that the mayor had informed Texas officials that they were not following other coaching positions due to health issues. The mayor, who has won a total of three national championships in Florida and Ohio State and has a record of 187-32 before stepping down from coaching in 2018, was a desired target among Texas fans and alumni.
With the mayor out of the mix with Ka With Va, the idea of moving forward from Herman and his staff – which would require a buyout estimated at 25 25 million – makes for an idea of a coaching change that has become more difficult.
“When I look at our football program right now, I see tremendous youth and promising talent,” said Del Conte. “Our student-athletes are evolving and they are playing their hearts out. This has been an unprecedented year for all of us, and we are all disappointed that we have not met our expectations.
“Like so many fans who follow and support our program, I can’t help but think about what could have happened in 2020. There’s still a lot of work to be done, but I love our players and the program. I’m excited to move on. “
Herman’s four seasons have been an improvement over the tenure of his predecessor Charlie Strong, who was 16-21 in three seasons and has not recorded a winning season. The Longhorns will lead their fourth straight bowl game.
However, following the 2018 campaign, in which Longhorns played for the Big 12 Championship and to beat Georgia in the Sugar Bowl in 10-4 years, Longhorns failed to return to that level by recording 8-5 and 6-3 seasons in an event that Expect to compete for conferences and national championships on a regular basis.
After the 2019 season, Harman overhauled his coaching staff, bringing in new offensive (Mike Eursich) and defensive (Chris Ash) coordinators. Harman cited the difficult transition to establishing new plans on both sides of the ball in the often unconventional, epidemiological short-term se fiss sides as not being as successful as Longhorns in 2020.
The Longhorns were scheduled to play their regular-season final against Kansas on Saturday, but the game was canceled due to a Covid-19 outbreak on the roster. Texas is awaiting news on its bowl game target.
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