Will Texas lose Sarkisian to the NFL? Coaching rumors start to swirl around Longhorns coach

Will Texas lose Steve Sarkisian to the NFL? The rumors are starting to swirl around the Longhorns coach as UT prepares for Ohio State.

Could the Steve Sarkisian era at Texas be coming to an end? Sark’s resurrection of the Longhorns program may be drawing the eyes of teams in the NFL.

The Texas Longhorns head coach has NFL experience on his resume. In 2004, Sark moved from quarterbacks coach at USC to the same position with the Oakland Raiders under Norv Turner. In his one year with the Silver and Black, the Raiders threw for over 4,000 yards. That ranked 8th in the league that year.

Sark moved back to USC in 2005, the year Texas met the Trojans in the Rose Bowl, with the title of assistant head coach and quarterbacks coach.

After head coaching stints at Washington and USC, Sark became an analyst at Alabama in 2016. He would go on to replace Lane Kiffin as Nick Saban’s offensive coordinator after Kiffin took the Florida Atlanta head coaching job. Sark would only serve as offensive coordinator for one game, a loss in the national title to Clemson.

Sark was hired by Dan Quinn in 2017 to be the offensive coordinator of the Atlanta Falcons, replacing Texas Ex Kyle Shanahan. Shanahan was hired to be the head coach for the San Fransisco 49ers.

Despite a Super Bowl appearance, Sark lasted just two seasons with the Falcons before getting fired and returning to Alabama, where he would again serve as Saban’s offensive coordinator. After two more seasons in Tuscaloosa, Sark was hired by Texas.

But the constant turnover of coaches in the NFL probably always meant Sark’s name would come up again as a potential candidate. Success draws attention. ESPN’s Adam Schefter said on Sunday, “I would expect some teams to call and inquire about the Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian.”

While it’s just speculation so far, you can bet there are teams right now analyzing and investigating Sark as a possibility. The noise will only get louder in the next few weeks.