Football announces assistant coaching staff updates

DKR against Georgia (2024)Steve Sarkisian rounds out staff with four new assistant coaches, while promoting a pair of staff members to assistant coaching roles.

03.06.2025

AUSTIN, Texas – Texas Football recently completed several assistant coaching staff updates, head coach Steve Sarkisian announced Thursday. The group includes three assistant coaches replacing staff members that departed for other positions and three newly created assistant coaching roles, two of which were promoted from within his staff.

Most recently, former longtime Longhorn Football staffer Duane Akina returned to the Forty Acres as defensive passing game coordinator and safeties coach. Prior to that, Sarkisian brought…