Kyle Flood to join Steve Sarkisian’s Texas staff as offensive coordinator / OL coach, sources say

Texas will hire Kyle Flood, assistant and former coach of Rutgers in Alabama, as his new offensive coordinator and offensive line coach under the leadership of Steve Sarkisian, ESPN sources confirmed.

Flood spent the last two seasons in Alabama, which won a national title Monday night against Ohio State. He worked with Sarkisian with the Atlanta Falcons in 2017 and 2018 – Sarkisian served as offensive coordinator and Flood coached the offensive line – before joining Nick Saban’s Alabama staff.

Flood, 49, last held the role of coordinator at Rutgers in 2009 and 2010. He later became Rutgers’ head coach, going 27-24 in four seasons.

Horns 247 first reported that Texas should hire Flood.

Sarkisian, Alabama’s offensive coordinator for the past two seasons and Broyles 2020 winner, is expected to remain the Texas offensive player.

“I definitely want to be the gamer. I’ll be the gamer,” Sarkisian told Austin American-Statesman recently. “I made this mistake a year after my career [in 2015 at USC]. It will not happen again, not in the near future. But its reality is part of the reason [athletic director Chris Del Conte] and the people of Texas liked me because of my job as a gamer. Suddenly, why would I give up one of the best traits I have? “

Sarkisian is also set to bring Alabama offensive analyst AJ Milwee to Texas, where he will train the defenders, sources told ESPN. Milwee spent seven seasons as Akron’s offensive coordinator before coming to Alabama.

ESPN’s David Wilson contributed to this report.