Ten semesters with the Texan taught me a few things, but nothing could have prepared me for the chaos that was covering sports during a pandemic. I was in the basement when sports stopped last March,...

Walking into the Texas men’s golf locker room, junior golfer Pierceson Coody can feel the pressure of being a Longhorn –– pressure set by college All-Americans and Masters Tournament winners like...

Traditions Golf Club in College Station can’t compare to the greens at Augusta National Golf Club. But on Masters Sunday, the Aggie Invitational carried its own magic, even though it ended up cursing...

The Longhorns’ trip to Florida wasn’t as kind as they would have hoped. Whether it was the Calusa Pines Golf Club’s challenging terrain, a physical factor or a mental block, the Texas men’s...

The Longhorns are finding their groove at the perfect time.   The Texas men’s golf team finished third at the National Invitational Tournament in Tucson, Arizona, over the weekend, picking...

Texas men’s golf couldn’t have asked for an easier travel schedule over the last two weeks. The Longhorns have traveled less than 100 miles from the Forty Acres for each of their last two...

Travel-wise, Texas golf’s appearance at the Cabo Collegiate at the Tournament Players Club in San Antonio was as easy as it gets for junior Pierceson Coody.  As far as performance, the three-day...

After 3 ½ months of waiting, Texas golf is back. It wasn’t the spring season opener the Longhorns anticipated, which was originally scheduled to be last week at the All-American Intercollegiate...

David Garcia is familiar with Circle C Ranch’s disc golf course.  The physics senior and Texas Ultimate team member has played the course’s unforgiving trees, rocky terrain and 500-foot...

Texas has officially hired Alabama offensive coordinator Steve Sarkisian as its next head football coach, the University announced less than six hours after it fired Tom Herman.  “Hiring...

The University of Texas has fired head football coach Tom Herman after four seasons, the University announced in a statement Saturday morning. “With our football season coming to a close, our...

Sam Ehlinger didn’t take the field for the second half with the rest of the team. Instead, Texas’ senior quarterback stayed behind in the locker room for a few minutes as he traded his helmet,...

This season hasn’t gone the way the Longhorns expected it to. Losses to TCU, Oklahoma and Iowa State have dashed Texas’ hopes of returning to the Big 12 Championship game and left the Longhorns...

Texas’ upcoming game against Kansas on Saturday has been canceled due to a COVID-19 outbreak within the Longhorns’ football team, the Big 12 announced in a statement Thursday afternoon. “In...

The Daily Texan spoke with Cameron Bradley, sports editor of The Kansas State Collegian, ahead of this weekend’s matchup between Texas and Kansas State. The Daily Texan: Kansas State got off to...

Tom Herman said he doesn’t have an answer for why Texas fell short to Iowa State for the second-consecutive year last Friday, or why the Longhorns haven’t lived up to their annual expectation...

Sam Ehlinger couldn’t save the Longhorns one final time on his senior day. It wasn’t because of a poor performance. The senior quarterback threw for 298 yards, rushed for another 65 and...

Flexing comes to Chris Brown’s mind when he breaks up a pass or delivers a big hit to a ball carrier. The motion wasn’t intended to be the redshirt senior safety’s signature celebration....

Sam Ehlinger doesn’t regret his infamous, “Longhorn Nation, we’re back!” proclamation at the 2019 Sugar Bowl. The senior quarterback was able to learn from it, he said in a Tuesday...

Sam Ehlinger doesn’t remember Texas’ 2016 loss to Kansas, but Chris Brown does. The then-redshirt freshman didn’t travel to Lawrence, Kansas, that week. Instead, he lay on his bed...

Bijan Robinson has lived up to the hype so far in his freshman season.  The Texas running back rushed for his first 100-yard game as a college athlete in a 17-13 win over West Virginia Saturday...

The Daily Texan spoke with Matthew Digby, sports editor of The Daily Athenaeum, ahead of this week’s matchup between Texas and West Virginia. The Daily Texan: This week was obviously very complex...

After struggling to pressure the quarterback and stop the run early in the season, Texas’ defensive line has found its stride in the last three games. The unit’s dominant performances against...

Texas’ defensive stats may not look promising on paper, but they don’t tell the whole story.  The Longhorns’ defensive unit ranks 60th in total defense out of 103 FBS schools,...

Texas’ 41-34 victory over then-No. 6 Oklahoma State on Saturday didn’t show head coach Tom Herman anything he didn’t already know about his team. Herman said in a Tuesday press conference...

The Daily Texan spoke with Sudeep Tumma, sports editor of Oklahoma State’s student newspaper The O’Colly, ahead of Saturday’s matchup between the Longhorns and the No. 6 Cowboys. The...

Joshua Moore is an overtime hero for the second time this season. Tied with Oklahoma State at 34 on the first possession of overtime, the redshirt sophomore receiver lined up in the slot right of senior...

Ta’Quon Graham said he just wants to win. The Texas senior defensive lineman has had enough of the Longhorns losing games in their closing moments because of careless penalties or a lack of execution.  In...

To say the Texas and Baylor football teams are familiar with each other is an understatement. The teams have played each other annually since 1945, and the Bears aggressively flash the “Horns...

Texas’ problems may not be solved, but its 27-16 win over Baylor on Saturday helped cool over some of the program’s glaring issues — at least for the next week. Saturday’s...

The optics weren’t as they appeared when Sam Ehlinger stayed on the field to sing “The Eyes of Texas” following a quadruple-overtime loss to Oklahoma two weeks ago, the senior quarterback...

Texas may have lost to Oklahoma 53-45 on Saturday, but Sam Ehlinger’s late-game heroics etched him into the Red River Rivalry record books. Down 31-17 with 4:38 remaining, the senior quarterback...

Brenden Schooler is new to the Red River Showdown, but he’s no stranger to intense rivalries. Texas’ graduate transfer slot receiver played in the annual rivalry between Oregon and Oregon...

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Tom Herman is no stranger to adversity, so he isn’t panicking after the Longhorns’ 33-31 loss to unranked TCU on Saturday. In a Monday teleconference, the Texas head coach recalled losing...

The Daily Texan spoke with Colin Post, sports editor of TCU’s student newspaper TCU 360, ahead of Saturday’s game between the Longhorns and the Horned Frogs. The Daily Texan: TCU just played...

Penalties have been Texas’ kryptonite since head coach Tom Herman took control of the program in 2017. The Longhorns haven’t finished higher than 107th in the nation in fewest penalties in...

First-year Texas coordinators Chris Ash and Mike Yurcich are chasing perfection this season. The Longhorns made mistakes against Texas Tech on both sides of the ball last Saturday. The defense missed...

The Tom Herman era at Texas has been nothing short of a roller-coaster ride for Longhorn fans.  Texas narrowly avoided the biggest upset of the college football season last year by hitting a field...

The first play of Texas football’s season brought tears to the eyes of Joshua Moore’s family.  Just weeks before the start of the 2019 season, the redshirt sophomore receiver was arrested...

The Daily Texan spoke with Zach Richards, sports editor of The Daily Toreador, ahead of Texas’ Big 12 opener against Texas Tech. The Daily Texan: What’s your overall evaluation of the team...

Texas football’s journey to Lubbock this year won’t be the trip players have grown accustomed to.  The traditionally hostile crowd that packs Jones AT&T Stadium is limited to 25%...

Texas Athletics may have banned football tailgates due to COVID-19 concerns, but Longhorn fans who still want to tailgate are finding ways to partake in game day fun. On Saturday, Horn-Ball Texas Tailgaters...

Texas’ defense may not have executed perfectly in its season opener against the UT-El Paso Miners this past weekend, but its players are finding comfort in the new defensive scheme. The Longhorns...

Being tested for COVID-19 before a football game is part of the price Texas’ student Big Ticket holders will have to pay to watch the Longhorns at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium this fall. In...

There may have been limited crowds and masks on the sideline, but watching Texas crush the UT-El Paso Miners 59-3 in its season opener Saturday night resembled the closest thing to normalcy the Longhorns...

Before Sam Ehlinger was beloved by Texas fans for his heroics on the biggest stages, the Longhorn quarterback was a 6 foot, 1 inch, 207-pound high school kid who broke Drew Brees’ and Nick Foles’...

If there is an asterisk next to the Longhorns’ 2020 season, it won’t matter to Texas head coach Tom Herman.  Never before has a college football season been played with limited or no...

Texas Athletics will not permit tailgating at any home football game this fall, and the Longhorn Band will not perform at the Sept. 12 home opener against UTEP as part of UT’s COVID-19 safety measures,...

Texas Athletics plans to reduce salaries for 26 coaches and 273 staff members, and temporarily furlough 11 employees to ensure Texas’ financial stability during the coronavirus pandemic, Texas Athletics...

If you search “Chris Ash Media” on YouTube, one of the first suggestions to pop up is a nearly five-minute-long video titled “In Memoriam: Rutgers Football Coach Chris Ash 2016-2019.”  The...

Texas football head coach Tom Herman is faced with more questions than answers right now.  What will fall football look like during the pandemic? Are players who speak out on racial injustice having...

Football is going to look a little different this year for the Texas Longhorns.  Forget the fact that the team will be playing in the middle of a global pandemic with limited fans in the stands...

Tailgating before Texas football games is about more than football for Todd and Andrea Summy. Over the last 14 years, tailgating has been a medium for making new friends, fostering relationships and developing...

The COVID-19 pandemic has left more questions than answers for the fall 2020 college football season, but one thing is certain: student-athletes want to play. Since several Football Bowl Subdivision...

Update as of 8/12 at 2:58 p.m.:  The Big 12 is still on course to play the 2020 fall football season after meetings with the conference’s Board of Directors and athletic directors Tuesday,...

If the Longhorn Band plays “The Eyes of Texas” again, it won’t be because senior drum major Ally Morales conducted it. Growing up in Austin with parents who were avid UT fans, “The...

Although practicing in 100-degree August heat is a long-standing norm for the Longhorns, the 2020 football season appears to be anything but normal. Friday’s practice marked Texas’ first...

Texas Athletics is incorporating new safety measures at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium for football game days this fall, a spokesperson announced in a statement on Monday. “The safety...

When Judson Hayden first heard that Big 12 schools had reached an agreement restricting travel for visiting bands during the 2020 football season, he wasn’t frustrated or angry — he was thankful.  “At...

The University will rename Joe Jamail Field in honor of Longhorn Heisman winners Earl Cambell and Ricky Williams, among other campus and athletics actions, according to a Monday statement from Interim...

Black student-athletes comprise a majority of Division I football and basketball players, but a discrepancy between the number of white and Black head coaches still exists throughout the college ranks. Of...

Throughout her four years at UT, Celina Rodrigo sang “The Eyes of Texas,” dozens of times. But the 2016 women’s basketball alumna said she was later shocked to learn of the University’s...

One week after The University of Texas football team marched to the Texas Capitol in honor of George Floyd, several UT student-athletes are calling on the University and athletics programs to address racial...

Update 6/18 at 11:55 a.m. Thirteen Texas football players have tested positive for COVID-19, Texas Athletics officials said in a statement Thursday morning. All 13 players are now “self-isolating,”...

Nothing in sports gives teams a home-field advantage quite like a raucous crowd, but it’s not a luxury every Big 12 school has.  Here’s a look at which schools have the best home-field...

There’s a reason Texas head coach Shaka Smart has never been accused of being a bad recruiter, and we were reminded why last week.  But Texas’ men’s basketball recruiting is something...

Shaka Smart’s 2020 one-man recruiting class might be his best yet as Texas’ head coach.  Although the 2020 class is Smart’s smallest since he assumed the reins of the program...

Vandegrift High School five-star basketball recruit Greg Brown III will stay in his hometown to play college basketball at UT, he announced via Instagram Live on Friday afternoon. Brown joins a growing...

Shaka Smart’s hot seat has officially cooled off. A Texas basketball spokesperson confirmed a report Friday that the Texas men’s basketball head coach will return to the Forty Acres for the 2020-21...

Editor’s note: This story is part of The Daily Texan’s coverage of how coronavirus concerns are affecting UT-Austin. Read the rest of our coverage here. You lose answers when a season unexpectedly...

Editor’s note: This story is part of The Daily Texan’s coverage of how coronavirus concerns are affecting UT-Austin. Read the rest of our coverage here. The NCAA has officially canceled...

Editor’s note: This story is part of The Daily Texan’s coverage of how coronavirus concerns are affecting UT-Austin. Read the rest of our coverage here. One day after the Big 12 announced...

Editor's Note: This story was updated to include breaking updates. On the same day that the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic, UT and the NCAA both made announcements...

Shaka Smart is acutely aware of how many days are left until Selection Sunday. He knew how many days were left after Texas’ upset win over Texas Tech in Lubbock almost two weeks ago. He knew how...

Texas’ season finale was over right as it started. After winning five consecutive games with only nine scholarship players to throw the Longhorns to the forefront of the NCAA Tournament discussion,...

It only took the madness of March three days to set in for the Longhorns. In hitting a near buzzer-beater to sneak past Oklahoma 52-51 Tuesday night, junior guard Matt Coleman III is the first to attest...

Playing No. 22 Texas Tech in Lubbock was just another game for sophomore guard Courtney Ramey. He followed his usual pregame routine, staying on the court for a few minutes after the team finished...

It’s hard to describe the relationship between freshman guard Donovan Williams and his older sister, Las Vegas Aces center Kelsey Bone. They’re separated by 10 years of age and about 1,000...

It’s been Shaka Smart’s belief this season that strong performances from two of his guards gives Texas a chance against any opponent. Smart was initially referring to guards sophomore Courtney...

On paper, Texas is having a great offseason.  A 38-10 beatdown of then-No. 11 Utah without a permanent defensive coordinator proved Texas’ potential, particularly when its players are put...

Compared to some of Texas’ great teams of the past, this year’s squad has left much to be desired. It’s hard to remember that Texas was once a Final Four team with, at the minimum,...

Texas’ season keeps going from bad to worse. Less than a week after the Longhorns lost freshman forward Kai Jones and junior guard Jase Febres in the same afternoon, head coach Shaka Smart announced...

It only took the No.1 Baylor Bears 38 seconds to prove a Texas team ravaged by injuries was no match for them in the Longhorns’ 52-45 loss on Monday night. After the Bears knocked the ball out...

To say that college basketball is unpredictable would be an understatement. So unpredictable, in fact, that a Texas team that suffered a 38-point loss nearly three weeks ago in West Virginia can pull...

You don’t have to tell Shaka Smart how important Texas’ next three games are. The Texas head coach  regularly discusses Big 12 standings and NCAA Tournament hopes with the team. Currently,...

Courtney Ramey is no stranger to the pressure. The sophomore guard from St. Louis has faced it all season from his coaches, from his teammates and from himself. Saturday afternoon, with Texas struggling...

Texas head coach Shaka Smart has historically struggled against TCU. But, the last two times the squads have matched up — in the NIT in 2019 and in Fort Worth on Wednesday night — the Longhorns...

Hours before each game, Texas head coach Shaka Smart makes time for a quick workout either right before or right after the team meal. Then Smart waits, patiently but anxiously, for the game to start. Smart...

Legendary Laker and future NBA Hall of Famer Kobe Bryant was one of nine people killed in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, California, on Sunday morning, TMZ reported.  His 13-year-old daughter,...

Shaka Smart didn’t get the result he wanted in the win column, but he seems to have finally found some semblance of passion, something that was absent in Texas’ 38-point loss on Monday. Saturday...

The days of “Press Virginia” may be behind West Virginia men’s basketball, but escaping the West Virginia University Coliseum with a victory is no simple feat. This is not new information...