University Of Texas Will Reportedly Fire Head Football Coach Charlie Strong

But according Hookem, even that same pressure was on Strong and his players, who perhaps knew that this past Saturday’s game against Kansas (the Longhorns lost to 1-9 Kansas to drop them to 5-6) would perhaps be a make-or-break for the Texas officials. Texas AD Mike Perrin put out a statement contradicting that report and others like it: “There are a number of rumors out there about the status of Coach Strong”. “That’s when the decision will be made”.

Players are reportedly upset with the unfair treatment of the head coach, amidst reports that he has already been fired despite not being informed of the decision.

So, what’s more important – winning a press conference or winning games?

Strong said Monday that he wants to return next season and feels that a young Texas team has a lot of upside. He denied the report about of there being a potential player boycott for the TCU game, Texas’ last of the season and potentially Strong’s farewell. “We’re a family in there”, Buechele said, before adding of Strong: “We’re going to fight for him this next game”.

The Longhorns have gone 4-6 since their season-opening win, and the program’s first loss to Kansas since 1938 on Saturday was likely the final straw.

Strong is 16-20 in three seasons with the Longhorns. Actually, let me rephrase that: Texas’ administration knows that Strong is done, but instead of doing something about it, they’d rather pretend like their minds are not made up and embarrass him.

“No, I don’t”, Strong said as he paused for a moment. “But the program is on a solid foundation now, all our players are on track to graduate and we’ve set a standard in this program”. A large gathering of players attended the press conference in a show of support for the embattled coach.

As McConaughey was interviewed and asked about the future of Texas football, he had nothing but support for the current head coach.

“I can see it – a loss to Kansas, a team that’s really struggling – you can see it was heading in that direction”.

Texas coach Charlie Strong went a step further on Longhorn Network than he took with reporters on Monday and said flat-out, “We deserve to come back”. He came to Texas after a successful stint as Louisville’s head coach, and prior to that, he was the defensive coordinator at Florida from 2003-09.

“This one hurts”, Texas wide receiver Jacore Warrick said.

There have been several positive moments in Strong’s tenure – last season’s wins over Oklahoma and Baylor, this year’s thrilling opening victory against Notre Dame – but the Longhorns have been inconsistent, failing to build any sort of momentum.