Texas is hiring former Wisconsin and Pitt coach Paul Chryst as a special assistant to head coach Steve Sarkisian, a team official confirmed to ESPN.
Chryst will work with the offense in a similar role to longtime TCU head coach Gary Patterson, who worked with Texas' defense as a special assistant to the head coach last season.
The 57-year-old Chryst went 67-26 at Wisconsin before being fired Oct. 2, a day after the Badgers fell to 2-3. He went 19-19 in three seasons at Pitt before returning to Wisconsin, where he had served as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach from 2006 to 2011.