On Monday, Texas Longhorns head coach Tom Herman hired former North Carolina Tar Heels head coach Larry Fedora as an offensive analyst after interviewing the longtime spread guru last week in Austin.
The addition provides the biggest name yet to a support staff that could still add former Kansas head coach David Beaty as Herman builds an Alabama-like group of coaches that could provide Texas with an edge in close games against top opponents.
Fedora is now on staff in part because he shares a similar offensive philosophy to Herman — after first becoming a spread adherent while watching Rich Rodriguez at Tulane, Fedora operates out of 11 personnel, just like Herman, and uses multiple tempos in an effort to gain advantages against the defense.