How David Beaty’s termination at Kansas could impact Texas

Sure, when the Texas Longhorns travel to Lawrence to end the regular season the day after Thanksgiving, it will be against a Kansas Jayhawks team playing for its head coach for the last time, as athletics director Jeff Long announced on Sunday that David Beaty will be fired at the end of the season.

But the matchup to end the regular season isn’t why Beaty’s looming termination matters to the Longhorns — it’s because Texas needs help in the area of Beaty’s expertise.

Beaty was born in Garland and went to Garland High School before playing football at Lindenwood College in Missouri. Once his playing days were done, Beaty returned to the Dallas-Fort Worth area and spent several years as an…