For the second consecutive season, Texas Longhorns head coach Steve Sarkisian has been named a finalist
for this year’s Bear Bryant Coach of the Year Award, according to an announcement from the American Heart Association, the award’s sponsor, earlier this week.
Here’s how Inside Texas broke Sarkisian’s much-deserved recognitionSarkisian has led the Longhorns to an 13-2 record, an SEC Championship Game appearance and his Longhorns are the only program to advance to the CFP in each of the last two seasons. The Horns are set to face No. 6/7/6 Ohio State in the CFP semifinals and the 89th Goodyear Cotton Bowl on Jan. 10 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. With a 39-31 (2OT) win over No. 10/10/12 Arizona State in the CFP Quarterfinal at the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl, Texas claimed the program’s first 13-win season since 2009 while tying the program record in single-season victories. It’s just the third 13-win season in program history (2005, 2009). Texas also has back-to-back 12-plus win seasons for the first time since 2008-09. It’s the program’s fifth 12-plus win season (2005, 2008, 2009, 2023, 2024). The Horns sport an 11-game true road game winning streak – the longest active streak by an FBS team. Since the start of the 2023 season, Texas is 25-4 with only four losses against AP top-12 opponents. Texas has also won 13 of its last 15 conference matchups and carries an 18-3 record at home over the last
three seasons with its three losses coming against top-five ranked