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Texas Football announces changes on defensive staff
Will Muschamp will return to the Longhorn program as defensive coordinator.
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Football head coach Steve Sarkisian announced changes to his defensive staff on Thursday. Defensive coordinator Pete Kwiatkowski, who completed his fifth season at Texas, and defensive passing game coordinator Duane Akina, who returned to the Longhorns this season, will not be retained. Sarkisian also announced the return of former Texas defensive coordinator and veteran head coach Will Muschamp, who will assume the role of defensive coordinator. Muschamp previously directed some of the top defenses in Longhorn history during his tenure in Austin from 2008-10, playing a vital role as Texas finished the 2008 season ranked No. 3 before advancing to the BCS National Championship Game during the 2009 season.
Texas fires Pete Kwiatkowski, Duane Akina, hires Will Muschamp as DC
In a shocking staff shakeup, two Longhorns assistant are out and Will Muschamp is in.
Will Muschamp is returning to the Forty Acres as the defensive coordinator for the Texas Longhorns in a shocking shakeup of Steve Sarkisian’s staff on Thursday as the fifth-year head coach fired longtime coordinator Pete Kwiatkowski and defensive passing game coordinator Duane Akine, who made his own return to Austin for the 2025 season.
“We appreciate all that Pete Kwiatkowski has done for the program in his five years coordinating our defense and are grateful for Duane Akina’s efforts in returning to the program this past year. They are both tremendous coaches and people that worked extremely hard for Texas Football and the players they coached. We have had a great deal of success, are thankful for the roles they played in that, and wish them the best,” Sarkisian said in a statement released by the school.
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Texas brings back former Florida and South Carolina coach Will Muschamp as defensive coordinator
Texas coach Steve Sarkisian announced Thursday that defensive coordinator Pete Kwiatkowski and defensive passing game coordinator Duane Akina had been fired and that Muschamp would take over as the team’s defensive coordinator.
Muschamp has been serving as a defensive analyst at Georgia for the past two seasons.
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It’ll be the second stint as the Longhorns’ defensive coordinator for the former Florida and South Carolina head coach. After he was the defensive coordinator at Auburn for two seasons, Muschamp went to Austin and led the Texas defense for three seasons. He was in charge of the defense as Texas made the BCS title game in January 2011 and lost to Alabama.
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