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On Tuesday, the Texas football program sent its coordinators out to meet with the media.
Unless an appearance in front of a microphone is mandated by a bowl game, UT head coach Steve Sarkisian does not allow his assistants to participate in press conferences during the season. Texas, though, usually does make its coordinators available at the beginning of fall camp each year. So with football practices set to begin at Texas on Wednesday, offensive coordinator Kyle Flood, defensive coordinator Pete Kwiatkowski and special teams coordinator Jeff Banks spoke on Tuesday.
Here are three things that stood out about Flood’s press conference. In addition to being an offensive coordinator, Banks is also the coach of UT’s offensive linemen:
Texas has experience on its offensive line
Former UT right tackle Christian Jones is now an Arizona Cardinal, but Texas still has plenty of experience on its offensive line. In fact, Texas returns four starters on the offensive line in left tackle Kelvin Banks Jr., center Jake Majors and guards Hayden Conner and DJ Campbell. Junior Cameron Williams enters camp as Jones’ presumed heir, but Flood added that Texas has eight or nine linemen who have notable experience since Williams started once last year, Connor Robertson filled in for an injured Majors against Oklahoma, Cole Hutson has started in the past and the 300-pound Malik Agbo was used as a situational tight end in 2023.
“I think (that experience will) raise the bar and raise expectations to play at a really high level,” Flood said. “Those kinds of expectations are a privilege, you have to earn those expectations. I think these guys have and I think they’ve got high expectations of themselves as well. We’ve got high standards in that room as a position group, and we’re looking forward to the next month of trying to make sure that we do…
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Author : Austin American-Statesman
Publish date : 2024-07-30 21:04:58
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