Four months to the day after Texas Longhorns assistant coach Ulric Maligi was announced as a member of Kansas State Wildcats head coach Jerome Tang’s staff, Texas confirmed the addition of UNLV Runnin’ Rebels assistant Brandon Chappell as Maligi’s replacement on Monday.
After a long and quiet search by Longhorns head coach Chris Beard, Chappell’s name emerged in connection with Texas late last week.
A Lamar University product who hails from Beaumont, Chappell was a two-time captain and a sharpshooter for the Cardinals who played high school basketball at Ozen with Kendrick Perkins.