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Reviving Texas A&M Has Become a Life-Affirming Mission for Coach Billy Kennedy

The suit is in the upstairs closet, the shiny black shoes replaced by a pair of gray Nikes.

Nine miles from Reed Arena, just hours after a victory over Missouri, the coach of the highest-ranked Texas A&M team in history wears sweatpants and a T-shirt as he watches SportsCenter from the study of his four-bedroom home.

Most nights, Billy Kennedy and his wife may have celebrated with a filet a few miles down the road at the Republic Steakhouse or dined on some seafood at Christopher's World Grille. But on this Saturday evening in January—with his eldest daughter, Lexie, and other friends and relatives in town—Kennedy has opted to eat at home.