Texas Expected To Move On From Basketball Head Coach Rodney Terry

Horns247 has reported that Texas will fire men's basketball coach Rodney Terry following the Longhorns' loss to Xavier on Wednesday night in the NCAA Tournament Play-In game.

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Rodney Terry, whose Elite Eight run in 2023 as Texas' interim basketball coach helped him earn a five-year contract to run the program in the wake of Chris Beard's shocking dismissal, will be let go with three years remaining on a deal that pays him $3 million annually, a source close to the situation told Horns247.

Terry, who will receive a $5.4 million contract settlement, according to the terms of his deal, is a beloved figure in Texas basketball circles after serving as a Longhorns' assistant to Rick Barnes from 2002-11, a span that included Texas' only trip to the Final Four (in 2003) with star point guard TJ Ford, followed by a parade of future NBA talent, including Kevin Durant, the Naismith Player of the Year in 2007 as a freshman.

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Terry was hired as an assistant head coach at Texas in 2021 and was named interim head coach following Chris Beard’s arrest for domestic violence on December 12, 2022. He was named full-time head coach in March of 2023.

The Longhorns went 21-13, 9–9 SEC this season.