When Sarkisian needed to replace wide receivers coach Andre Coleman after one season, he hired Go-Go offense creator Brennan Marion, now the head coach at Sacramento State after one season as the offensive coordinator at UNLV. With the hire of Chris Jackson from the Jacksonville Jaguars, Texas received an influx of NFL ideas.

This article was originally published on www.si.com/college/texas as Steve Sarkisian Has Viral Description for Texas Longhorns Practice Efforts. With just over two weeks to go until their highly anticipated season opener, the Texas Longhorns have officially put the pedal to the metal.

Eleven months after his firing at USC, Alabama head coach Nick Saban brought on Sarkisian as an offensive analyst for the Crimson Tide. It was only a few months before he was back coaching, though. He took over as offensive coordinator on an interim basis after Lane Kiffin left for a job at Florida Atlantic.