…has rolled.
Tom Herman out as UT head coach.
Herman was 32-18 in four seasons at Texas and has not won any Big 12 championships. The Longhorns have made only one appearance in the title game. That came in 2018 during UT’s 10-4 season that ended with a win over No. 6 Georgia in the Sugar Bowl.
But that season has become the exception rather than the norm under Herman. He was 9-10 against top-25 opponents and 1-4 against rival Oklahoma. That’s not anywhere close to the success UT officials expected when the school hired Herman away from Houston in November 2016.
Hasn’t Sarkisian had a problem with his elbow in the past? Isn’t it true that Nick Sabin took Sarkisian under his wing and got him cleaned up? Is Sarkisian ready to fly on his own once again?
Sarkisian was fired from USC in 2015 for alcohol related reasons.
But that was five years ago, and it sounds like he’s kept his sobriety. I believe UT has done their due diligence: if that was still a problem, I don’t think they would have hired him. And if it turns out they were wrong, they can probably fire him for cause and avoid a large contract payout.
My larger issue is that UT keeps chasing coaches in an attempt to win another national championship. There are only a limited number of coaches at that level, there’s only a limited amount of money, and frankly I think the university would be better off doing something different.