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Another Ex Longhorns Assistant Heading to NFL

A former Texas Longhorns assistant is heading to the NFL to join the New Orleans Saints.
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General view of a New Orleans Saints helmet during the game against the Green Bay Packers at Lambeau Field.
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Another former Texas Longhorns assistant is heading to the NFL and joining the New Orleans Saints.

According to reports from the New Orleans Times-Picayune, former Texas defensive line coach Bo Davis will be joining the Saints in the same position under new head coach Kellen Moore.

This is now Davis' third new job in as many years, after leaving Texas for LSU ahead of the 2024 season.

Actor Matthew McConaughey talks to Texas Longhorns defensive lineman T'Vondre Sweat (93) ahead of the Sugar Bowl
Actor Matthew McConaughey talks to Texas Longhorns defensive lineman T'Vondre Sweat (93) ahead of the Sugar Bowl | Aaron E. Martinez/American-Statesman / USA TODAY NETWORK

In three seasons with the Horns - during his second stint with the program - Davis helped cultivate one of, if not the best, defensive lines in all of college football in the 2023 season with T'Vondre Sweat and Byron Murphy leading the way.. 

in 2023, the Horns ranked No. 3 in the country vs. the run, allowing just 82.36 yards per game on the ground, and holding some of the nation's best rushers - including Doak Walker Award winner Ollie Gordon - in check.

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Davis also played a major role in helping to develop Murphy and Sweat into All-Americans and first-round NFL talents and was a key part of landing the Horns' efforts with top talents such as Colin Simmons along the defensive front.

Davis was also the defensive tackles coach at Texas from 2011-2013 under Mack Brown, helping develop players such as Cedric Reed, Kheeston Randall, Malcom Brown, and Hassan Ridgeway.

Davis is now the second coach with Longhorns ties to join the Saints this offseason alongside defensive backs coach Terry Joseph.

The Longhorns later replaced Joseph with Duane Akina as the new defensive passing game coordinator and defensive backs coach.

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Matt Galatzan
MATT GALATZAN

Matt Galatzan is the Managing Editor and Publisher of Texas Longhorns On SI and Texas A&M Aggies On SI and a long-time member of the Football Writers’ Association of America. He graduated from the University of Mississippi, where he studied integrated marketing communications, with minors in journalism and business administration. Galatzan started in the sports journalism industry in 2014, covering the Dallas Mavericks and SMU Mustangs with 247Sports. He then moved to Sports Illustrated's Fan Nation network in 2020, eventually taking over as the Managing Editor and Publisher of the Longhorns and Aggies sites a year later. You can find Galatzan on all major social media channels, including Twitter on @MattGalatzan.

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