- ABC News
- January 19, 2022
Gary Patterson, who had great success against Texas as the head coach at TCU, is set to join Steve Sarkisian's staff with the Longhorns in an off-field role as special assistant to the head coach, sources confirmed to ESPN on Wednesday. Patterson was spotted at a basketball game Tuesday night wearing a Longhorns shirt and talking with UT athletic director Chris Del Conte, who worked with Patterson as TCU's athletic director before taking the Texas job. Patterson, a defensive specialist, beat Texas six out of seven years before the Longhorns won 32-27 this past season in Fort Worth. TCU joined the Big 12 in 2012, and the Horned Frogs were 7-3 against the Longhorns in Big 12 play. Horns247.com was the first to report Patterson's hiring. Patterson in November was pushed out as TCU's head coach in his 21st season when the two sides mutually agreed to part ways. Patterson said he wanted to "stop the noise" with so much negativity surrounding the program after losing...