The Rodney Terry era of Texas men’s basketball came to an end early Sunday morning.

After 13 total seasons with the Longhorns, including nine under former head coach Rick Barnes and one under Chris Beard, Terry’s impact on the program was recognized by his appointment to the head coach position in the middle of the 2023 season.

Yet with Athletic Director Chris Del Conte’s decision to part ways with Terry on Sunday, Terry’s time at Texas came to an end.

“I am so appreciative to have served The University of Texas and our men’s basketball program for 13 seasons,” Terry said in a statement released by the program. “It was a dream of mine to be the head coach of the Longhorns, and I’ve been able to live that dream.”

Terry had been in the position for three seasons, taking over for Chris Beard as interim head coach in 2023 to lead the team to an Elite Eight appearance.

For the team’s first year in the Southeastern Conference, Terry put together a one-year team, recruiting seniors and graduate students from the transfer portal in the hopes that the team would be able to rely on its experience to make it far in the tournament.

With injuries racking up on the roster and inconsistencies in gameplay, Texas went 6–12 in conference play and barely scraped by an NCAA Tournament bid after an impressive performance in the SEC tournament.

Then, four days ago, Terry faced off against Xavier head coach Sean Miller in a First Four matchup. The two coaches had been in a very similar position in 2023, with both teams playing against each other in the NCAA Tournament Sweet 16.

In 2023, Terry’s Longhorns beat Miller’s Musketeers 83–71. While Terry served as interim head coach, Miller was in his first year back as head coach at Xavier after a 12-year stint at Arizona.

So when the two teams faced off in 2025, Miller was back for revenge. With Xavier’s 86–80 win against Texas, Miller not only ended Texas’ hopes of moving on to the first round of the NCAA Tournament but also indirectly ended Terry’s tenure.

“My philosophy has always been to wait until the end of the season and review every facet of our program before making any final decisions, and we’ve been doing that since our heartbreaking First Four loss in the NCAA Tournament,” Del Conte said in the statement.

Now, as first reported by the Austin American-Statesman, Miller is predicted to replace Terry as head coach at Texas.

Del Conte considered hiring Miller two years ago in place of Chris Beard, but Terry’s run to the Elite Eight was hard to ignore.

Miller got his first head coaching job at Xavier and wound up back there after being fired from Arizona following a coaching scandal in 2021. At Arizona, Miller helped his team make it to the tournament seven times and at Xavier, the team made it in six of Miller’s eight seasons.

“Resilience — it’s the badge of this group,” Miller said after the First Four game. “Right when you think you’re going to count us out, we win. Right when you think things aren’t going to go well, we have found a way.”