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The Daily Texan

Official newspaper of The University of Texas at Austin

The Daily Texan

Official newspaper of The University of Texas at Austin

The Daily Texan

Athletics

Longhorns and the SEC: A complicated, 30-year relationship between Texas, its rivals, college football’s best conference

Longhorns and the SEC: A complicated, 30-year relationship between Texas, its rivals, college football’s best conference

Nicholas Kingman, General Sports Reporter June 25, 2024

Longtime Texas head coach and three-time national champion Darrell K Royal said many quotes during his coaching career. But, one of his most notable is “football doesn’t build character, it eliminates...

Head baseball coach David Pierce talks to hitting and pitching development coach Chris Gordon in the dugout during Texas regional tournament game against Louisiana on May 31, 2024.

Texas baseball fires head coach David Pierce, doing ‘best thing for program’

Katie Borchetta, Associate Sports Editor June 24, 2024

As it transitions to a difficult SEC baseball conference, Texas baseball will be without a prominent piece of its previous rosters, head coach David Pierce. It was announced Monday that Texas fired...

Quarterback Quinn Ewers holds up the 2023 Football Big 12 Championship trophy during the postgame celebration after the Longhorns won the game against Oklahoma State on Dec. 1, 2023.

Leaving Big 12: A Longhorn history of success in the conference

Henry Hipschman, General Sports Reporter June 11, 2024

Since 1996, the University of Texas has called the Big 12 Conference its home for everything and all things related to athletics. For nearly 28 years, the Longhorns have proven themselves a staple of the...

Athletic director of the University of Texas at Austin Chris Del Conte at the Orange vs. White football game on April 20, 2024.

Longhorns awarded Learfield Directors’ Cup, marking dominance at national level

Meaghan English, Senior Sports Reporter June 11, 2024

With the return of the Learfield Directors’ Cup to Texas soil, the Longhorns have been awarded as the top collegiate athletics program for the third time in four years.  Led by the strength of the...

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