DeLoss Dodds held the Texas Longhorns athletic director job for 32 years. Steve Patterson? A whopping 22 months.
After a turbulent two-year stint in Austin, Texas president Gregory Fenves finally put an end to the ugly Steve Patterson era on Tuesday, according to Kirk Bohls and Brian Davis of the Austin-American Statesman. The decision comes three days after a plane flew over Darrell K. Royal Stadium prior to Saturday’s home opener against Rice saying, “Patterson must go.”
The move isn’t much of a surprise, as the relationship between Patterson and the entire Texas administration has been deteriorating for months.