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Texas men, women compete in March Madness, NCAA tournaments
The Texas men and women qualified for the NCAA basketball tournaments. The American-Statesman is here to chat about it.
In hiring a new Texas men’s basketball coach, the university turned to its most recent opponent.
The American-Statesman reported Sunday that Texas is preparing to hire Xavier coach Sean Miller as the new men’s basketball coach. The Longhorns fired former coach Rodney Terry four days after the Longhorns’ First Four loss, falling to Miller and Xavier in a First Four game.
Here are five things to know about the new Texas coach.
Sean Miller’s coaching history
Miller began his career at Wisconsin as a graduate assistant before becoming an assistant at Miami (Ohio). From there, Miller made stops at Pittsburgh and North Carolina State, eventually landing as an assistant at Xavier in 2001. He was promoted to head coach in 2004, leading the Musketeers to an Elite Eight appearance in 2008.
Arizona hired Miller away in 2009, where he coached for 12 years and made three more Elite Eights. He returned to Xavier in 2022, leading his team to the Sweet 16 in that year’s tournament before losing to Texas.
Miller’s NCAA scandal at Arizona
Arizona was one of the first schools exposed in the 2017–18 NCAA men’s basketball corruption scandal, during which an investigation was launched into schools that illegally paid athletes to commit to their programs.
Former Arizona assistant coach Emmanuel “Book” Richardson was one of the main targets of the investigation, and he pled guilty to one felony count of conspiracy to commit bribery. The FBI intercepted a call between Richardson and aspiring sports agent Christian Dawkins, during which they talked about how Miller would pay former No. 1 overall pick DeAndre Ayton $10,000 a month to attend Arizona.
Miller denied any wrongdoing and Arizona eventually fired the coach, who ended up back at…
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