Texas Longhorns head coach Steve Sarkisian is taking a web page from Ohio State Buckeyes head coach Ryan Day’s playbook.
Earlier than the beginning of the 2024 season, Day hired former Oregon Geese/UCLA Bruins head coach Chip Kelly as his offensive coordinator. This transfer helped the Buckeyes win the nationwide championship. Sarkisian has pulled an identical one, simply on the defensive aspect of the ball.
On Thursday, the college confirmed it has fired defensive coordinator Pete Kwiatkowski and defensive passing sport coordinator Duane Akina, changing them with former Florida Gators/South Carolina Gamecocks HC Will Muschamp. The coach additionally served as DC underneath nationwide championship-winning head coach Mack Brown from 2008-10 and as an analyst for the Georgia Bulldogs this season.
Steve Sarkisian explains why he made the change
“We recognize all that Pete Kwiatkowski has carried out for this system in his 5 years of coordinating our protection and are grateful for Duane Akina’s efforts in returning to this system this previous 12 months,” Sarkisian mentioned, via a statement. “However presently we simply felt it was finest for our program to maneuver in a special path, and having the chance to rent Will Muschamp offers us the management to take our protection to a different degree.”
