Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian spoke recently about whether he considered leaving the Longhorns for the NFL.

During the early stages of the offseason, Brett McMurphy reported that Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian declined interviews with two NFL teams ahead of receiving a one-year contract extension that keeps him in Austin until 2031.

Steve Sarkisian cleared up a number of lingering mysteries that developed during this offseason. Among them, the Texas head football coach, who will enter his fifth season at the helm next August, revealed that he didn’t seriously consider taking an NFL head coach job or earnestly look into one.

Steve Sarkisian's latest comments on his commitment to the Texas Longhorns has everything to do with him wanting to coach Arch Manning before he enters the NFL Draft. While he could follow Manning to the NFL one day,

Texas football coach Steve Sarkisian was asked about reporting connecting him to NFL jobs in the most recent cycle.

Texas Longhorns head coach Steve Sarkisian spoke to the media for the first time since their Jan. 11 loss to the Ohio State Buckeyes in the College Football Playoff Semifinal in the Cotton Bowl. He praised quarterback Arch Manning’s leadership and highlighted his readiness to shine as the starting quarterback for the 2025 season after two years as Quinn Ewers’ backup.

With 27 new players and three new assistants, Sarkisian wants to focus on teaching and development to maintain the culture he’s built on the Forty Acres.

Can you already feel the buzz surrounding Texas football for 2025? You should. The Longhorns open spring workouts on March 25 as legit contenders.

Texas Longhorns coach Steve Sarkisian has brought Texas back to the top of the power structure in college football. As a result of that success, it was natural that he was going to receive interest from the NFL level as a head coach.