Texas to hire veteran defensive assistant Duane Akina

Texas football: Duane Akina reportedly returning as Longhorns' secondary coach
A longtime DBs coach for the Longhorns under Mack Brown, the coaching veteran is reportedly replacing Terry Joseph.
Texas loses football assistant Terry Joseph to New Orleans Saints: report
A key member of the Texas football defensive coaching staff is leaving the school and heading to the NFL for the 2025 season, according to reports. Texas second
Texas to hire veteran defensive assistant Duane Akina from Arizona, per report
If not for Duane Akina, Arizona may not have posted one of the best seasons in school history in 2023. And without him the Wildcats likely wouldn’t have managed to get so many key players to stick with the program in 2024.
Texas football set to lose another assistant coach to NFL ranks | Reports
Terry Joseph is set to join the coaching staff of the NFL's New Orleans Saints. Joseph, who had been serving as the Longhorns ' defensive passing game coordinator while coaching corners, was slated to coach safeties this season to facilitate the addition of Rutgers' Mark Orphrey to the staff.
Arizona defensive backs coach Duane Akina joins Texas' football staff
Duane Akina has spent a significant portion of his coaching career in two places: Tucson and Austin, Texas. The Arizona defensive backs coach, after coaching at the UA the last two seasons, is returning to Austin to join Steve Sarkisian's staff at Texas as a defensive backs coach,
Duane Akina returning to Texas to coach the secondary, replacing Terry Joseph
The longtime defensive backs coach for the Texas Longhorns is returning to Austin to replace defensive passing game coordinator and secondary coach Terry Joseph, who departed for the New Orleans Saints on Monday,
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The Texas Longhorns recently promoted Terry Joseph to be the team's safeties coach, but the New Orleans Saints have poached him away before he could even start doing much in his new role. Joseph, who was instrumental in the recruitment of star defensive backs Jahdae Barron and Kyle Hamilton (Notre
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