Report: Texas considering parting ways with Charlie Strong

The Texas Longhorns could be parting ways with head coach Charlie Strong.

Charlie Strong is 4-6 in his second year at Texas after a disappointing 6-7 first season in Austin. That’s not the type of progress fans and the administration would like to see and that’s why Strong has been frequently been mentioned among the head coaches on the hot seat.

Strong addressed his future at a mid-week press conference with the team on their bye week this weekend and dismissed any chatter or rumors about his name popping up in connection with the vacant Miami Hurricanes job. Despite his insistence that they’re just rumors and he’s committed to building a program at Texas and he has the full support of his bosses, the talk won’t die that he could leave on his own volition or Texas could fire him after only two years.

That won’t die after Jason Cole from Bleacher Report said, ‘There’s increasing talk within the agent community and the college administration community that the University of Texas may be looking to part ways with Charlie Strong. In addition to that, Strong may be tired of working at Texas after only two years there.”

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Strong has four years and more than $20 million guaranteed remaining on his remaining contract, so that’s a hefty price to pay Strong to not be the coach at Texas next year, but certainly the richest athletic department in college could afford that price.

But there could be a happy medium for both Texas and Strong if he’s looking for an escape after two years in Texas because if he were to leave for the Miami job or the South Carolina job, which Cole reports Strong would have interest in the Gamecocks job, they wouldn’t have to pay what’s owed him if he bailed.

Should Texas find themselves in the market for a head coach for the second time since Mack Brown resigned in mid-December in 2013, the competition for the top candidates will be a heated one with prestigious openings at USC, Virginia Tech, Miami, South Carolina, and probably a few others that open up between now and the end of the year in college and in the NFL.

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If Strong is fired or leaves on his own, who would you like to see be the next head coach at Texas, besides Nick Saban?