Texas to hire ex-Wisconsin, Pitt coach Chryst

Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior WriterMay 30, 2023, 03:34 PM ET

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• Joined ESPN.com in 2008.
• Graduate of Northwestern University.Texas is working with previous Wisconsin and

Pitt coach Paul Chryst as a special assistant to head coach Steve Sarkisian, a group authorities validated to ESPN.Chryst will join an experienced personnel that includes Gary Patterson, the longtime TCU head coach, in a comparable function. Patterson worked heavily with Texas’ defense in 2022, and Chryst is anticipated to do the very same with the offense. 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 prior to returning to Wisconsin, where he had acted as offending coordinator and quarterbacks coach from 2006 to 2011. Chryst also held organizer functions with Oregon State, Illinois State and the CFL’s

Saskatchewan Roughriders. He landed his first full-time training role in Texas with the San Antonio Riders of the World League of Football in 1991. A quarterback at Wisconsin, Chryst led his university to 10-win seasons in 4 of his first five years, consisting of top-10 surfaces and Cotton and Orange Bowl titles in 2016 and 2017. He two times earned Big Ten Coach of the Year and helped the Badgers to 3 division titles and a Rose Bowl following the 2019 season.Texas also has actually employed longtime NFL unique groups coach Joe DeCamillis as a special assistant to the head coach.

DeCamillis coached special groups for seven different NFL teams, most just recently the Los Angeles Rams in 2021 and 2022.