When former special assistant to the head coach Gary Patterson left the Texas Longhorns program this spring after a year on the Forty Acres, head coach Steve Sarkisian wasn’t positive whether he would replace Patterson or add other special assistants.
With the remainder of the 2023 recruiting class joining the team for summer conditioning, Texas has added special assistants on defense and special teams, along with the reported hire of former Wisconsin head coach Paul Chryst, assembling the most experienced support staff since Sarkisian arrived in Austin.
“I never close the door on those types of positions — there’s a lot of a lot of really good coaches that for whatever reason, sometimes are out of work for a year,” Sarkisian said in March.