Texas interim coach Rodney Terry teared up and his voice cracked to the point he could barely talk as he professed his love for the Longhorns after the team ...
Unfortunately, there's only one happy team at the end of it." The charge against him was subsequently dropped, and he has since been hired at [Ole Miss](/mens-college-basketball/team/_/id/145/ole-miss-rebels). Even after Miami turned the momentum, the game was tied at 79 with a minute to play. It didn't help that Carr was hobbled the last 10 minutes after Omier's knee hit him in the leg as both were going for a loose ball. The Longhorns (29-9) finished second in the Big 12 regular season, won the conference tournament and earned a No. They limited ACC player of the year
Terry led Texas to the Elite Eight after taking over for Chris Beard in December.
Terry is from the Houston suburbs and was an assistant at Texas under Rick Barnes from 2002-11, which encompassed the program's only Final Four run. Texas went 22-7 during his interim stint after he was elevated to the position following Beard's arrest for alleged felony assault in December. He will be formally introduced on Tuesday in a press conference on the University of Texas at 11 a.m.
Rodney Terry has agreed to a deal to become the Texas' full-time coach, the school announced on Monday. The deal is for five years, sources told ESPN.
Terry spent last season on Beard's staff as an assistant coach after a decade as a head coach at Fresno State and UTEP. It offered Terry a chance to return to the place he spent 10 seasons as an assistant under Rick Barnes from 2002 to '11, helping the Longhorns go to the 2003 Final Four. With Terry at the helm, Texas went 22-8 overall and 12-6 in conference play, finishing just one game behind first-place Kansas in the Big 12 standings. 2 seed in the NCAA tournament, before making a run to the Elite Eight. Not only will I just love these guys for the time I got to coach them, I'll love them for the rest of their lives. He guided Texas to the Big 12 conference tournament championship and a No.
The former assistant to Chris Beard guided the Longhorns to the Elite Eight while working as interim head coach.
After three seasons as a head coach at the high school level in Somerville and Angleton, Terry made the move up to the college ranks as an assistant at Baylor. Augustine and Kevin Durant as well as a Final Four berth and multiple appearances in the Elite Eight. A native of Angleton, on the coastal plains south of Houston, Terry has deep roots in Austin as well as the state. He finished his eight-year tenure there with a 126-108 record, including consecutive seasons with at least 20 wins in his final three years. After his successful stint as Barnes’ lead assistant, Terry took his first head coaching job at Fresno State. Terry spent eight seasons alongside Barnes from 2002 to 2011, a golden age for the program that included stars such as T.J. Terry, who had previously served as head coach at Fresno State and Texas-El Paso, finished this season with a 22-8 record for the 29-9 Longhorns. [ took over the program as its acting coach after Beard was arrested on a felony charge of assaulting a family member Dec. Terry became the interim head coach when UT fired Beard on Jan. Terry, 55, reached an agreement Monday with UT on a five-year, $15.3 million contract, according to a source with knowledge of the situation. He technically doubled his salary from $600,000 to $1.2 million when he was promoted Dec. Terry, an assistant under then-head coach Chris Beard,
Interim Texas basketball coach Rodney Terry will be offered the permanent position, Horns 247 reported.An official by the school announcement could come as ...
Between the three schools, Terry has a combined record of 185-164 and two NCAA Tournament appearances. Terry, 55, served as an assistant at Texas under Rick Barnes from 2002-11, then was named head coach at Fresno State (2011-18) and later UTEP (2018-21). A town is 'gone,' resident says](/news/national/tornado-hits-western-mississippi-as-storms-knock-out-power-for-thousands-a-town-is-gone/article_3345582f-9b48-5da5-b621-f0cfacbbf9af.html#tracking-source=mp-in-article)
Under Terry, the Longhorns went 22-8 and advanced to their first Elite Eight since 2008.
With a future in the SEC on the horizon for Texas, Terry and his staff have to recruit as well as anyone in the sport to maintain top-notch results. Texas is one of the most fertile recruiting turfs in the country — if not right at the top — and it’s a bonus that Terry knows the state intimately. Which brings us to Rodney Terry the recruiter. He can prove himself now and for the long term, or Texas can do this all over again in a few years. Well, Terry finished one step short of the Final Four. Unless Terry forced everyone’s hand by taking the Longhorns to the Final Four, there was no way.
Texas has hired Rodney Terry as its permanent men's basketball coach one day after its season ended in the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament.
After three seasons as a head coach at the high-school level in Somerville, Texas, and his hometown of Angleton, Terry made the move up to the college ranks as an assistant at Baylor. A native of Angleton, Texas, on the coastal plains south of Houston, Terry has deep roots in Austin as well as the state of Texas. The last time Texas was in the Elite Eight and the Final Four, RT was part of the team. We were along for the ride in terms of trying to put the guys in the right position every day and every game." After Terry took over, the Longhorns finished second in the Big 12 standings and then go on to win the league's conference tournament. The Longhorns and Terry have reached an agreement on a five-year, $15.3 million contract,