With the announcement that Alabama Crimson Tide offensive coordinator Steve Sarkisian is now the 31st head football coach for the Texas Longhorns, the focus turns to how Sarkisian will build his first staff on the Forty Acres.
As Sarkisian has grown and matured in the years since several alcohol-related incidents led to his dismissal at USC, he’s put increasing emphasis on the value of his assistants.
Sarkisian compared being a first-time head coach to a fire hose and admitted that he initially tried to solve all of the problems by himself.
“At times you don’t instill enough trust and faith in the staff that you hire,” Sarkisian said in an introductory Zoom call with reports on Saturday.