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Texas AD Chris Del Conte gives a state of the union on Longhorn athletics, including the recent hire of basketball coach Sean Miller and NIL news.
Late Tuesday morning, Steve Sarkisian walked into the Moncrief Athletics Complex’s recruiting lounge and greeted a handful of reporters.
“Missed you guys. Good to see you,” the Texas football coach said as he prepared to begin a scheduled press conference.
It had indeed been a while since Sarkisian last spoke with the local media. Twenty-nine days, in fact. And in that span of time, a few things happened.
Sarkisian and his wife, Loreal, announced last week that their first child had been born, and Sarkisian revealed Tuesday their son is named Amayas. The Texas football team also has completed seven of its 15 allotted spring practices. And while Sarkisian accepted congratulations from a few media members, he was ready to talk more about the latter subject than the former.
“There’s been some really good, positive things that have occurred so far (at practice). There’s been areas where we definitely need to improve and that’s understandable,” Sarkisian said. “When you’re seven days into spring practice, there’s plenty of room for growth right now. I can’t ever question the work ethic, the passion, how hard our guys are going right now. We’re a far, far, far way away from a finished product right now.”
How is the Longhorns’ new-look line coming along?
Sarkisian mentioned the word “growth” a few times. That’s something the fifth-year coach expects to see across his team throughout the spring.
One area where growth may be stressed more than others? The offensive line. Heading into this fall, Texas must replace 62 of last season’s 80 game starts on the offensive line as left tackle Kelvin Banks Jr. will likely be a…
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