Sean Miller officially named new Texas men’s basketball coach

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The speculation has ended. The wait is over. Sean Miller is officially the new coach of the Texas Longhorns men’s basketball team. Miller comes to the 40 Acres from Xavier. Miller’s Musketeers just eliminated the Longhorns from the NCAA First Four last week.

Miller is the 27th head basketball coach in program history. Miller has a 487-196 (.713) record in his 20 seasons as a head coach at both Xavier and Arizona. The Pitt grad has eight regular-season conference titles and four conference tournament championships. He has guided teams to 13 NCAA Tournament appearances, including the four trips to the Elite Eight and eight to the Sweet 16.

Miller was in his second stint at Xavier. After successfully coaching Xavier in the early 2000s, Miller took the job at Arizona, where he coached for 12 years. But Miller and the Wildcats were involved in the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men’s basketball corruption scandal, and Miller was fired in Tucson.

“Coach Miller is a guy who consistently builds winning programs, he develops great players and is an absolutely brilliant coach and basketball tactician. He’s without a doubt the perfect choice to lead our men’s basketball program. When you watched his teams at Arizona and Xavier, they were extremely well-coached, won at the highest level, made deep runs in the NCAA tournament, and played a fun and exciting brand of basketball. I couldn’t be more thrilled to watch him bring all of that to our program here on the Forty Acres.” – Kevin Eltife, Chairman of the UT System Board of Regents

Miller has developed 27 players whom he signed and/or coached that have seen action in the NBA, second only to Arkansas coach John Calipari over the past 20 seasons.

“I’m so excited about the future of our men’s basketball program and thrilled to add another phenomenal coach to our Longhorn Family. When we were considering our next head coach, Sean Miller was a name that immediately came up as a perfect fit for us. He certainly checks all the boxes, is exactly…

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Publish date : 2025-03-25 00:12:00

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