Found this little gem last night. The guy also had Strong replacing Kiffin at SC.
By Colin Anderson, texassports.com
Austin, Texas -- The Longhorns defense’s of past once game opposing offense’s nightmares but in recent times this hasn’t been the case, last season the unit was forced to play under two different defensive coordinators after Manny Diaz was fired and the Longhorns moved onto Greg Robinson and whilst under Robinson the team showed major improvements it still wasn't good enough for Robinson to keep his job under new head coach Chad Morris.
A few days ago Morris hired a young, inspiring offensive coordinator in Jeff Scott but today the 45-year old head coach looked more at age and knowledge when hiring Jim Leavitt as the new defensive coordinator for the Texas Longhorns.
As the head coach of South Florida from 1997 to 2009, Leavitt had a record of 95-57 and during that time he was heavily courted by the likes of Alabama and whilst his time at South Florida ended in controversy it didn’t stop Jim Harbaugh hiring him when he took over in San Francisco and under the likes of Vic Fangio and Jim Leavitt the 49ers have had one of the most if not the most feared defense's in the NFL and under the coaching of Jim Leavitt, Navorro Bowman has become an elite linebacker with the 49ers.
“Honestly, I wouldn’t have left the 49ers for any other job,” Leavitt said. “My passion has always been in the college game but when you are competing for Superbowl's it would have been hard to leave an organisation like the 49ers for anything less than what has been offered to me here in Texas.”
The Texas native Leavitt has agreed to a three year deal with the Longhorns to work alongside both Jeff Scott and Chad Morris.