Exactly five hours after announcing Tom Herman was being let go, Texas announced Steve Sarkisian would be the Longhorns’ new head coach. Sarkisian is currently serving as the offensive coordinator at Alabama until after the Crimson Tide’s national championship game against Ohio State.
Texas will be Sarkisian’s third head coaching job, following Washington (2009-2013) and USC (2014-2015). The new head coach even has experience in the NFL, working as the Atlanta Falcons’ offensive coordinator (2017-2018).
Now, he will have the job of trying to turn Texas into an elite college football powerhouse once again.
“It’s my responsibility to make the perception become a reality that Texas is a perennial powerhouse, that we are always in the discussion year in and year out for the College Football Playoff and a Big 12 championship,” Sark said during his introductory Zoom.
To do so, some changes are going to be made. Here are four things Sarkisian will bring to Austin as the head coach of Texas.