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Texas Football Officially Announces New Hires to Coaching Staff

The Texas Longhorns football staff officially announced some new changes.

Zach Dimmitt

Jan 1, 2025; Atlanta, GA, USA; Texas Longhorns head coach Steve Sarkisian during the first half of the Peach Bowl at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Dale Zanine-Imagn Images
Jan 1, 2025; Atlanta, GA, USA; Texas Longhorns head coach Steve Sarkisian during the first half of the Peach Bowl at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Dale Zanine-Imagn Images / Dale Zanine-Imagn Images
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AUSTIN -- The Texas Longhorns football coaching and recruiting staff will officially have some new faces for the 2025 season.

The team announced a slew of staff updates on Thursday, which included new hires and some promotions. The Longhorns were reportedly expected to hire West Virginia running backs coach Chad Scott to replace Tashard Choice on Wednesday, and quickly confirmed that with the latest announcement.

Steve Sarkisian
Dec 21, 2024; Austin, Texas, USA; Texas Longhorns head coach Steve Sarkisian against the Clemson Tigers during the CFP National playoff first round at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images / Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images

Texas has also officially hired Ohio State assistant LaAllen Clark, Rutgers cornerbacks coach Mark Orphey and more.

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Along with Choice, Texas also lost safeties coach Blake Gideon, who took the job to be the defensive coordinator at Georgia Tech.

Despite the losses, the Longhorns still retain an elite coaching staff that includes defensive coordinator Pete Kwiatkowski, offensive line coach Kyle Flood and special teams coordinator/tight ends coach Jeff Banks among others.

Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian announced on the Up & Adams show that Longhorns won't have a spring game this year, meaning the first time fans will get to see the 2025 'Horns will be in Columbus against the Ohio State Buckeyes on Saturday, Aug. 30.

ā€œNo, weā€™re not going to have a spring game,ā€ Sarkisian said. ā€œA couple of reasons why. Over the last two years, weā€™ve played 30 games. Thatā€™s a lot for college football. Fourteen two years ago, 16 this year. I just mentioned, weā€™ve had 25 guys get invited to the NFL Combine the last two years, so we have a lot of young players on our roster. We have 21 mid-year high school kids that just showed up."

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Zach Dimmitt
ZACH DIMMITT

Zach Dimmitt is the Deputy Editor for Texas Longhorns On SI and Texas A&M Aggies On SI. He also contributes as a writer for the On SI channels of the Oregon Ducks, Baltimore Ravens and Tennessee Titans. He was previously the editor-in-chief of Buffalo Bills on SI, Philadelphia Eagles on SI and Seattle Seahawks on SI. Born and raised in San Antonio, Texas, Dimmitt received his Bachelorā€™s Degree in journalism at the University of Texas at Austin in 2022. He originally started with SIā€™s Fan Nation network in 2021, providing extensive coverage of the NFL and NBA along with college football and basketball. In that time, Dimmitt has published thousands of stories and has reached millions of people across multiple fan bases. You can follow him on X at @ZachDimmitt7

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