The Texas women’s basketball program made the move earlier this week to not extend the contract of former head coach Karen Aston through next season. While the move was not completely surprising. Aston did find a good amount of success during her run as head coach on the Forty Acres.
Yet, Texas Longhorns athletic director Chris del Conte is looking to establish a really high standard of success in the sports teams on campus. He opened up the checkbook to allow Texas football head coach Tom Herman to retool his staff and men’s basketball head coach Shaka Smart was on the hot seat for much of the last two seasons.