Report: Texas to hire Houston's Tom Herman as head coach

Published Jun. 30, 2017 6:28 p.m. ET

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Texas will hire Houston coach Tom Herman after firing Charlie Strong on Saturday morning, ESPN’s Hether Dinich reports.

Herman was reportedly a finalist for the LSU job before turning down a $6 million offer and telling the school he was leaning toward taking the Texas job. The Tigers promoted interim Ed Orgeron in light of the news.

After a statement conflicted a report last Saturday and muddled Strong’s future with the Longhorns, he was let go on Saturday after going 16–21 in three years on campus. “After thorough evaluation, the body of work over three seasons has not shown the improvement we were looking for,” men’s athletic director Mike Perrin said in a statement on Saturday.

Herman, 41, went 22–4 in his two years as head coach at Houston, winning the Peach Bowl last season. He returns to Texas, where he was a graduate assistant from 1999–2000.

– Kenny Ducey

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