Texas Longhorns head coach Tom Herman has said repeatedly that the measure of success is competing for, and winning, Big 12 championships.
His defensive coordinator knows exactly where to start.
“If we want to win at a high level and be a team that can win championships here, it’s going to start building it from the front back,” defensive coordinator Chris Ash said at his introductory press conference in February. “We want to be able to build a playoff-caliber defensive line and get them to play that way.”
As Texas enters its third week of practice, the task of installing Ash’s new system continues, including the switch to playing more four-down fronts.