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Ian Fitzsimmons
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ESPN Senior Writer- College football reporter.
- In 2008, he joined ESPN.com.
- Graduate of the North-West University.
Texas plans to appoint Kyle Flood as assistant and former Alabama coach Rutgers as its new offensive coordinator and offensive line coach under Steve Sarkisian, sources confirmed to ESPN.
Flood has spent the past two seasons in Alabama, winning a national title against the state of Ohio on Monday night. He worked with Sarkisian on the Atlanta Falcons in 2017 and 2018 – Sarkisian served as offensive coordinator and Flood coached the offensive line – before joining Nick Saban’s staff in Alabama.
Flood, 49, last held a coordinating role at Rutgers in 2009 and 2010. He later became Rutgers’ head coach, winning 27-24 in four seasons.
Horns 247 first reported that Texas Flood is expected to be leased.
Sarkisian, Alabama’s offensive coordinator of the past two seasons and the Broyles Award in 2020, is expected to remain Texas’ attacking player.
“I definitely want to be the player. I will be the player,” Sarkisian recently told the Austin American-Statesman. “I made that mistake one year of my career [in 2015 at USC]. This will not happen again, not even in the near future. But its reality is part of the reason [athletic director Chris Del Conte] and the people in Texas liked me because of the work I did as a playwright. Why would I suddenly give up one of the best qualities I have? ‘
Sarkisian also plans to bring offensive analyst AJ Milwee from Alabama to Texas, where he will coach quarterbacks, sources told ESPN. Milwee spent seven seasons as Akron’s attacking coordinator before coming to Alabama.
ESPN’s David Wilson contributed to this report.