Texas basketball made a rapid fireplace and fast rent on Sunday, in keeping with a number of reviews. The group formally parted methods with head coach Rodney Terry, earlier than reportedly rapidly transferring on to rent Sean Miller from Xavier. Terry’s firing was a transfer that received blasted by faculty basketball analyst Jay Bilas.
“So, what does Texas do now? Rent a sitting head coach, beneath contract…affecting a fellow member faculty’s program. When it’s a participant, that’s what coaches and directors name “tampering” or “poaching.” Humorous how no person is looking for “guardrails.” These are only for gamers,” Bilas mentioned on X, previously Twitter.
Paradoxically, Terry’s final sport teaching Texas was in opposition to Xavier. The 2 faculties met within the First 4 spherical of this yr’s NCAA event. Xavier received that sport, earlier than occurring to lose within the subsequent spherical in opposition to Illinois.
Terry leaves Texas after taking up from Chris Beard in the beginning of the 2022-2023 season. Terry led the Longhorns that yr to the Elite Eight. In three seasons, he all the time made an NCAA event look on the faculty.
Terry additionally helped the college in its transition from the Huge 12 to the SEC convention this season. Texas basketball was the 14th and last SEC group to succeed in March Insanity.
Miller’s hiring at Texas is reported by the Austin American-Statesman, though the college has but to make an official announcement Sunday. He leaves Xavier after two separate stints on the faculty and near 200 complete wins there.
Miller additionally coached at Arizona, and went to a few Elite Eights with the Wildcats.
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Rodney Terry will seemingly get one other probability to be a head coach
Terry has taken two totally different packages to the NCAA event. Earlier than teaching Texas, he was an assistant there beneath Beard. He additionally was the pinnacle coach at Fresno State and UTEP. He led the Bulldogs of Fresno State to March Insanity in 2016.
Terry is greater than more likely to get one other shot at teaching. He was named the Sporting Information Coach of the 12 months in 2023. That season, Terry led the Longhorns to a Huge 12 event convention championship.
“I’m so appreciative to have served The College of Texas and our males’s basketball program for 13 seasons,” Terry mentioned in a press release, per Sports activities Illustrated. “It was a dream of mine to be the pinnacle coach of the Longhorns, and I’ve been in a position to stay that dream. I wish to thank all of our coaches and present and former gamers who not solely helped us win plenty of video games, however extra importantly represented this nice college in a first-class method.”
There are a number of energy 4 faculties nonetheless searching for coaches this offseason, together with Xavier and West Virginia. Terry is more likely to be teaching someplace subsequent season if he needs to.