Over the past 10 years, the Longhorns have seen a seemingly endless stream of head coaches, assistants, and coordinators.
Since 2014, Texas has had three offensive coordinators pass through the revolving doors of its locker room, each seeing a varying level of success… or failure.
Throughout the decade, the Horns have gone 73-53 overall while scoring an average of just 404.4 points per season.
The current offensive coordinator for Texas is Kyle Flood who has been with the Longhorns since 2021, lasting the longest at the position out of anyone else over the decade.
As Flood prepares his offensive unit for the SEC, where do his coaching tactics stand amongst the four other coordinators who have “graced” DKR’s halls?
Even before the complete failures of Shawn Watson’s final two games (the Horns gaining a total of 59 yards in one and scoring a resounding 3 points in the other), the Horns’ offensive coordinator continuously fell flat.
To come to Watson’s defense, he lost his star quarterback David Ash in the first game and the backup, Tyrone Swoopes, was far from elite.
However, beyond the quarterback shortcomings, Texas was consistently nationally ranked close to No. 100 in nearly every single offensive category.
While Jay Norvell was able to bring back a productive run game for Texas’ offense, he repeatedly fell short of genuine success with the Longhorn offense.
Norvell was also able to help Tyrone Swoopes evolve into a much more productive quarterback, earning the quarterback and his offense a No. 18 national ranking for their passing game.
Unfortunately, with a shutout loss to Iowa State and a 7-point offensive effort against TCU, Texas’ offense was ranked No. 117 in the country (out of 128 FBS teams).
Before being poached to become the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Penn State – the same position he held with the Horns – Yurcich had a successful tenure with Texas, but it only lasted for one season.
In Yurcich’s first game with Texas, the Longhorns put up an astonishing 59 points against UT-El Paso and throughout the season averaged nearly 43 points and over 475 yards per game.
Had Yurcich stuck around with the Horns, instead of leaving for the Nittany Lions, he may have been able to climb his way farther up this ranking.
After coaching at Kansas, Ohio State, and Nebraska, Tim Beck accepted the job as the Longhorns’ offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach.
Disappointingly, Beck led Texas to lackluster offensive performances and the Horns finished his first season with a mediocre 7-5 overall record.
Following his first season with the Horns, Beck was demoted to only holding the position of offensive coordinator, losing the quarterbacks coaching job.
Beck helped to develop future NFL quarterback Sam Ehlinger while he was at Texas and has since been named the head coach of Coastal Carolina.
When Steve Sarkisian was hired as the head coach of Texas, he named Kyle Flood as his go-to guy for all things offense.
Since becoming the offensive coordinator, Flood has led the Horns to a 25-14 overall record and has developed a monstrous offensive line for the team.
In 2023, when the Longhorns made their first-ever appearance in the College Football Playoffs, Flood coached Texas was ranked No. 9 nationally for total offense.
During last season, Texas lost just one game to the No. 12 ranked Oklahoma Sooners on its road to the playoffs. In the Horns’ last-ever Big 12 Championship, Texas more than doubled the score of the Oklahoma State Cowboys to take home the conference title.