Rodney Terry has yet to have been announced as the permanent head coach for the Texas Longhorns basketball program. In my opinion, he doesn’t need to be announced. This is Terry’s program. It goes without saying.
Terry piloted perhaps the best regular season in Austin since 2003. He is well on his way to the best postseason since that year. Just three times have the Longhorns reached the Final Four (1943, 1947, 2003). Nearly 20 years later, Terry and company are one win over No. 5 seed Miami away from making it back to college basketball’s biggest stage.
Never mind the positive news. College basketball media have made Terry’s perceived lack of job security a major storyline of the NCAA Tournament.
I find it hard to fathom that Texas could go with any other coach but Rodney Terry. Looking at the last few results, perhaps the only question is how much money Terry will make and for how many years.
We could certainly be wrong. In which case, I’ll be the first to call out Texas for moving on from a terrific coach. But until we have tangible proof that the Longhorns are heading in another direction, any coaching controversy talk is premature.
Here’s a look at college sports media commentary on the head coaching position.
Enough already. Texas needs to do the right thing and hire Rodney Terry as the head coach. Period. He and his staff have done a wonderful job coaching @TexasMBB to the Elite Eight.
— Andy Katz (@TheAndyKatz) March 25, 2023
We agree, but there’s little evidence to suggest Texas will move in a different direction. I would be surprised if Terry is not the head coach moving forward.
A reminder that Rodney Terry is still the interim head coach at Texas.
He just led his squad to the program’s first Elite Eight in 15 years 👏 pic.twitter.com/lgGYgGLCl1
— ESPN (@espn) March 25, 2023
Let’s take this at face value and recognize what an accomplishment Terry is making over this NCAA Tournament. It is the best coaching job ever done at The University of Texas in my estimation.
If you think Rodney Terry “not getting the job” in the middle of the tourney is indicative of him not getting the job at all then you’re an idiot. I promise you the day after the clock strikes 0 on this season, he will have a contract in hand.
— Longhorns B12C (@Longhorns_B12C) March 25, 2023
The contract doesn’t matter. Rodney Terry is the head coach. Waiting to sign a…
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