Texas Football: Most assistants could be gone after Sark hiring
Texas football is starting to radically reshape the look of the coaching staff following the departure of now former head coach Tom Herman.
On the morning of Jan. 2, the Texas football program took a permanent turn when they announced both the firing of now former fourth-year head coach Tom Herman, and the hiring of the current Alabama Crimson Tide offensive coordinator Steve Sarkisian to fill his role. Texas wasn’t anticipated to announce this kind of news at least until the end of college football bowl season.
But that didn’t stop Texas athletic director Chris del Conte from coming out with this news that the coaching regime for the Longhorns football program would be changing yet again heading into the 2021 offseason. Herman was anticipated to be replaced by the Longhorns administration if they had a real shot to get Urban Meyer to the Forty Acres.
When that didn’t happen, it was hard to tell what the administration, boosters, regents, etc. would do this offseason.
They still decided to part ways with Herman, and the roughly $25 million buyout price tag to get him and his staff out the door. As of the night of Jan. 4, the part of Herman’s former staff now gone includes quite a few significant names.
One of the initial big names to go is the former Texas offensive line coach/co-offensive coordinator Herb Hand. Another one of the big names to go on Jan. 4 from the Longhorns staff was the former strength and conditioning coach Yancy McKnight.
Herb Hand announces his departure https://t.co/cklmZV5KUe
— Anwar Richardson (@AnwarRichardson) January 4, 2021
Source: Texas strength coach Yancy McKnight has been informed he's been dismissed from the school.
— Pete Thamel (@PeteThamel) January 4, 2021
A report from Horns247 on Jan. 4 also showed that Texas would not retain the likes of special teams coordinator/tight ends coach Jay Boulware for the 2021 season. Those are three really significant assistants not to return for Texas next season.
Hand was the offensive line coach for the Longhorns for each of the last three years. And Boulware was one of the more notable additions to the coaching staff last offseason. McKnight was one of the more renowned strength coaches in the Big 12 for a good while during his tenure on the Forty Acres.
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Under Herman’s direction, Texas had finished up with a record of 7-3 (5-3 Big 12), following their dominant Alamo Bowl win over the Colorado Buffaloes back on the night of Dec. 29, by the final score of 55-23. Texas won five of their last six games to round out the 2020 season.