Texas fans and other if interested.....

I read an artical where Mack was saying that Muschamp ran the defense without his interferance...said that he had a few years left in him...

Brown is only 58 and if I recall correctly both he and Muschamp have said that they expected Brown to remain at UT for a long time when the arrangment was made in 2008.

Muschamp is a good coach and while being the head coach at UT is a top gig I can't see him waiting 10 years to take over for Brown.

Not excited about the prospect of Mack leaving/retiring, but I do like having the next guy lined up. It removes a little of the anxiety of a normal coaching change.

I don't know how an 18 year old athlete feels about it but I feel like it gives a little extra stability. They can commit to Texas and know that MAYBE Mack won't be there the entire 4 years but they know who will be next if he's gone.

Muschamp is a GREAT defensive coordinator, maybe that translates to head coach but I'm not sure. Head Coach isn't really as much of a coach as a CEO. Overseeing recruiting, general practices, discipline, and media relations. Can Muschamp juggle? We'll see when the time comes.

Mack will eventually move on to AD. At that point, the idea is for Muschamp to take over. I imagine OC Greg Davis will retire then, leaving Will to assemble a staff with unlimited $$ and support. The only question is if Will can handle the coordination and politics at Texas. Something Mack was born for but Akers, Mackovic and David McWilliams melted under. And those three had head coaching experience before getting hired. Muschamp would be a first for Texas in that regard, since leather helmet days anyway.

I think a lot of Texas fans are interested in seeing if the "head coach in waiting" agreement is oak solid or not. Let's say someone like Florida or LSU comes after Will eventually. hmmm.

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Mack will eventually move on to AD. At that point, the idea is for Muschamp to take over. I imagine OC Greg Davis will retire then, leaving Will to assemble a staff with unlimited $$ and support. The only question is if Will can handle the coordination and politics at Texas. Something Mack was born for but Akers, Mackovic and David McWilliams melted under. And those three had head coaching experience before getting hired. Muschamp would be a first for Texas in that regard, since leather helmet days anyway.

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Excellent post. Brown will be stepping into some really big boots if he replaces Dodd. His accomplishments are stuff of legend in college sports.

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Dodds' goal from the beginning was state-of-the-art -- to be the best, Texas needed the best. Over the past two decades, Dodds and the Longhorns have used $380 million to renovate or build facilities.

The most recent renovations include the more than $200 million project to upgrade Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium.

With the new Red McCombs Red Zone on the stadium's north end and an expanded south end zone seating area, stadium capacity is now more than 100,000. The Red McCombs Red Zone includes a 20,000 square foot academic center, 47 suites, 1,988 club seats and 2,200 chair back seats, plus a food court and executive meeting space.

This project also includes south end zone construction that added bleachers, a new football academic center and expanded training and medical facilities.

The natural grass playing surface was also removed in favor of the more durable FieldTurf. UFCU Disch-Falk Field, home to the championship baseball team, recently received a $27.3 million refurbishment that features 19 suites, a player development area and new FieldTurf.

Faithful Texas fans also enjoy an expanded concourse, more concession areas and rest rooms. Dodds, who oversees a $130 million athletics budget, guided the creation of The Longhorn Foundation, the department's official fundraising leg. Before the Foundation was started, approximately $250,000 was raised annually by various UT booster clubs.

In just its first year, The Longhorn Foundation raised more than $1 million. In the 25-year history of the Foundation, which now boasts 13,000-plus donors, more than $293 million has been raised for student-athlete scholarships, academic services, sports medicine, facilities and all other facets of UT Athletics.

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It might be DKR Memorial Stadium, but they play on Joe Jamail Field and the training complex was a donation from Nasser Al-Rashid. An incredible pipeline of $$$ flows into the program because of Dodd's work.

It took Mack Brown to really light a fire under the program that spread to the rest of UT athletics.

Dodds has been the AD since the early 80's and nothing changed much in the football program from then until Mack's arrival in '98.. other than going from a powerhouse in the early 80's to sputtering the next 15 years. Dodds has done a great job over the last 10 years though. The 00's were probably the most successful decade UT athletics has ever seen. And he's milked that success for all it's worth.

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It took Mack Brown to really light a fire under the program that spread to the rest of UT athletics.

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True. He provided the product, but Dodd put all the financial pieces in place and it did spread to the rest of the programs. In addition, they poured a lot of money into the general fund which made the faculty very happy and supportive of the facility investment programs.

Texas Monthly, I think, had a great article about the success this decade...wish I could find it.