Texas hires Sean Miller, who led Xavier past Longhorns in NCAA Tournament, as next head coach: report

If you can’t bushed ‘em, marque definite they articulation you?

That appears to beryllium the Texas Longhorns' reasoning aft they reportedly hired Sean Miller arsenic their adjacent caput hoops coach. 

Miller coached Xavier, the squad Texas mislaid to successful their First Four matchup to rapidly beryllium bounced from the NCAA Tournament, which yet led to the firing of Rodney Terry. 

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Xavier Musketeers caput manager Sean Miller watches play during the archetypal fractional against the Illinois Fighting Illini successful Milwaukee connected March 21, 2025. (Benny Sieu-Imagn Images)

Texas announced connected Sunday that it had moved connected from Terry. The Austin American-Statesman reported that Miller, the longtime Arizona caput manager who returned to the Musketeers, the squad helium led for 5 seasons earlier coaching the Wildcats, would instrumentality implicit the program. 

Terry had been successful spot arsenic caput manager of Texas since the suspension of Chris Beard during the 2022-23 campaign, wherever helium was yet fired owed to a home unit accusation. Charges were yet dropped successful that case. 

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Texas volition beryllium paying Terry $5.4 cardinal successful a buyout, which was portion of his five-year declaration helium signed aft making an Elite Eight tally during that 2022-23 season. The Longhorns yet mislaid to No. 2 Miami conscionable earlier the Final Four. 

"I americium truthful appreciative to person served the University of Texas and our men’s hoops programme for 13 seasons," Terry said successful a statement. "It was a imagination of excavation to beryllium the caput manager of the Longhorns, and I’ve been capable to unrecorded that dream. I privation to convey each of our coaches and existent and erstwhile players who not lone helped america triumph a batch of games, but much importantly represented this large assemblage successful a first-class manner."

Miller is an enticing hire, and Longhorns brass intelligibly similar what they saw from Xavier, adjacent if it meant Texas bouncing retired of the NCAA Tournament earlier the archetypal circular got underway. 

Xavier caput manager Sean Miller shouts to his defence successful the archetypal fractional of the NCAA Tournament first-round crippled against Illinois successful Milwaukee connected March 21, 2025. Xavier was eliminated from the tourney aft losing. (IMAGN)

Xavier defeated Texas, 86-80, contempt the Longhorns starring astatine halftime successful the First Four matchup. The Longhorns were already a astonishing prime arsenic 1 of the past teams to marque it into the 68-team bracket aft going 19-15 (6-12 successful the SEC) connected the year. 

But Xavier earned the No. 11 effect they were playing for, but they couldn’t marque a Cinderella tally aft No. 6 Illinois took them down, 86-73, successful the archetypal round. The Musketeers were lone down 5 points astatine halftime, but the Fighting Illini ran distant with it successful the end. 

Miller conscionable finished his 3rd play with the Musketeers, with whom helium had a reunion pursuing 12 seasons with the Wildcats from 2009-21.

Miller was fired astatine the extremity of the 2021 season, which was covered successful contention arsenic an FBI corruption probe into assemblage hoops led to vacated wins for Arizona. Miller was accused of being progressive successful illicit payments to guarantee prima halfway DeAndre Ayton landed with Arizona alternatively of Kansas with Bill Self’s program. 

Sean Miller is seen during the archetypal fractional of their first-round of the NCAA Tournament first-round crippled against Illinois successful Milwaukee connected March 21, 2025. (IMAGN)

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During his clip with Arizona, Miller led the Wildcats to 7 NCAA Tournaments earlier his instrumentality to Xavier for the 2022-23 run saw an quality arsenic well. After missing the tourney past season, Xavier fought their mode successful aft going 22-12 connected the twelvemonth successful 2024-25. 

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