Texas football had a big nominee that came out for the Dodd Trophy on July 11. For the Longhorns, having a winner of the Dodd Trophy for Coach of the Year in college football would be nothing but massive for the program. Texas had head football coach Tom Herman nominated for the 2018 award that will be announced at the Chick-Fil-A Peach Bowl later this year.
Among that list includes a few key head coaches from the Big 12. Of that is Mike Gundy of the Oklahoma State Cowboys, Gary Patterson of the TCU Horned Frogs, and Lincoln Riley of the Oklahoma Sooners.