At last, our long national nightmare when it comes to Texas’ search for a new offensive line coach is over. As is report after report regarding the same situation that failed to come to fruition.
A move that was first reported by Orangebloods.com Wednesday was confirmed today by the school as Stacy Searels has been named as UT’s new line coach.
“When you’re in this profession, you want to coach at the highest level,” Searels said in a statement. “From afar, I had always been interested in The University of Texas because I thought it was one of the premier jobs in the country. You can win a championship, you have great leadership, great players, a great pool of talent to recruit from, and I think there’s no reason you can’t win and win big at Texas, and I want to be a part of that.”
“We all know what a tremendous player Stacy was at Auburn, and since then, I have admired his work as a coach for many years,” head coach Mack Brown said. “He has a great deal of respect around the country, and at Appalachian State, LSU and Georgia, he has developed some of the best offensive lines in the nation. Will Muschamp, Arthur Johnson and Bo Davis have all worked with Stacy, and their recommendations, and those of many other coaches I talked to, could not have been any stronger. I am really excited about Stacy joining our staff.”
Searels has spent the past four seasons as the line coach at Georgia.
With the hiring of Searels, Brown has finally completed a major overhaul of his coaching staff, including the hiring of new coordinators on both sides of the ball.