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Lovo Returning To Texas Following Stint With Jaguars

The Texas Longhorns will welcome back a key staff member from the Tom Herman era
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Lovo Returning To Texas Following Stint With Jaguars
Lovo Returning To Texas Following Stint With Jaguars

After being lured away from the 40 Acres for an NFL opportunity with Urban Meyer's Jacksonville Jaguars, the University of Texas is set to welcome back former chief of staff, Fernando Lovo.

According to a report from Pro Football Talk, it is not known whether Lovo will be finishing the regular season with the Jaguars. 

Jacksonville has largely struggled this season, and is expected to have significant turnover within the staff as the year progresses.

Lovo served under former Texas head coach Tom Herman during his stints at both Texas and the University of Houston, after working under Meyer at Florida and Ohio State, where he held the title of "football operations coordinator.''

Texas, of course, moved on from Tom Herman just after the new year following an up-and-down four-year tenure during which Herman won four consecutive bowl games, but finished 1-3 against Oklahoma, and lost 18 total games over that time.

Lovo’s primary responsibilities under Herman at both schools were to serve as the lead on off-the-field operations, Those operations included non-coaching matters, strength and conditioning, sports medicine, video, and other types of administrative staff.

He also acted as the liaison between the communications, administration, game-day business, and other offices within the athletic department.

While with Meyer at Florida and Ohio State, Lovo was an important part of two administrations that were on top of the college football landscape, appearing in and winning multiple national championships.

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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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