Texas Football Shares Steve Sarkisian Announcement Days Before Cotton Bowl

Texas Longhorns are in the midst of an impressive college football campaign. In the program’s first season as a member of the SEC, the team is gunning for a College Football Playoff national championship. To this point in the 2024-25 college football season, Steve Sarkisian has led his team to 13-2 record. On Friday night, the Longhorns will face off against the Ohio State Buckeyes in a Cotton Bowl matchup with a shot at the national title game on the line. On Wednesday, the Texas football program shared an exciting announcement regarding Sarkisian’s impressive season at the helm. “Coach Sark is a finalist for the Bear Bryant Coach of the Year Award,” the team wrote on X. Sarkisian is one of eight finalists for the award, joining South Carolina’s Shane Beamer, Indiana’s Curt Cignetti, Boise State’s Spencer Danielson, Arizona State’s Kenny Dillingham, Notre Dame’s Marcus Freeman, SMU’s Rhett