The slow burn of interest by the Texas Longhorns in adding former TCU Horned Frogs head coach Gary Patterson to head coach Steve Sarkisian’s staff in the Forty Acres has allowed plenty of time to adjust to the remarkable nature of the pursuit, which officially came to an end on Friday with the acknowledgement from the school to the Austin Austin-American Statesman that Patterson’s hire as special assistant to the head coach is official.
It was all but official when Patterson was spotted wearing Longhorn gear at Tuesday’s basketball game between Texas and Kansas State, but now that the hiring process is complete, there’s enough space to step back and consider how unlikely this all would have seemed a year ago when Sarkisian took the job.