Late on Monday evening the rumor mill starting catching wind of the Texas Longhorns adding a new staff member to take over as the linebackers assistant coach opening. As first reported by Anwar Richardson, Coleman Hutzler was the front runner to take that spot. On Tuesday afternoon, the Longhorns made it official that Hutzler would take over linebackers coach and was named co-defensive coordinator.
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Hutzler was most recently with the South Carolina Gamecocks serving under former Longhorns’ defensive coordinator Will Muschamp. In 2017, Hutzler was nominated for the Broyles Award that goes to the nation’s best assistant coach.
“Coleman is a coach who came highly recommended by several people I have a great deal of respect for in our business,” Herman said. “When we had a chance to sit down and talk with him, he certainly lived up to everything we had heard. He has a wealth of knowledge and experience, is high energy and has accomplished a great deal while spending much of his career coaching in big-time environments in the SEC. He’ll do a terrific job developing our linebackers and helping us grow on defense. We’re excited to get him on board and to get him around our team and out on the road recruiting for us.” –Tom Herman to TexasSports.com