AUSTIN — After enduring its longest stretch of losing in almost 80 years, Texas has fired head football coach Charlie Strong, the school announced Saturday.
Strong met with UT men’s athletic director Mike Perrin Saturday morning, one day after the Longhorns completed their third consecutive losing season with a 31-9 defeat against TCU. Perrin and university president Greg Fenves already had decided to dismiss Strong last week, according to multiple reports confirmed by UT sources, but waited until after the season to make the firing official.
In a statement released by the school, Perrin said:
“Decisions like this are tough to make.