Report: Texas set to hire Sean Miller as next head coach

Xavier head coach Sean Miller is set to be hired as Texas‘ next head men’s basketball coach, according to the Austin American-Statesman columnist Cedric Golden. CBS Sports’ Matt Norlander confirmed the news shortly after Golden.

Sean Miller will be hired as the new head basketball coach at the University of Texas, a high ranking official told the Austin American-Statesman Sunday.

— Cedric Golden (@CedGolden) March 23, 2025

The 56-year-old Miller replaces Rodney Terry as the Longhorns’ headman. Terry was formally fired earlier Sunday morning.

Miller heads to Texas after three seasons in his second stint at Xavier, going 65-40 over the past three seasons, including a Sweet Sixteen run in 2022-23 and a Round of 64 loss to sixth-seeded Illinois that followed an 86-80 win over Terry’s Longhorns in an 11th-seeded play-in game Thursday in Dayton.

Miller had a combined 185-87 record over eight total seasons across two separate stints leading the Musketeers, which bookended a 12-year run (2009-21) at Arizona in which the Wildcats went 302-109, including three Elite Eight runs in 2011, 2014 and 2015. Arizona also had two Sweet Sixteen runs in 2013 and 2017, though the Wildcats’ were forced to vacate 50 total wins across the 2016-17 and 2017-18 seasons stemming from Miller’s alleged involvement in the NCAA’s 2019 corruption scandal.

Following the “First Four” loss to Xavier on Thursday, Terry finished 62-37 (.626) in what amounted to roughly two and 2/3rds seasons as the Texas’ coach. He served as interim coach for most of the 2022-23 season following the early-season departure of then-head coach Chris Beard after his since-dismissed domestic violence arrest in mid-December 2022.

Miller was originally part of Texas’ last coaching search following the 2022-23 season before Longhorns athletic director Chris Del Conte elected to promote Terry to full-time head coach. That came after Terry led Texas on a surprising run to the Elite Eight in the 20023 NCAA Tournament.

Rodney Terry fired as Texas Longhorns head coach after three seasons

The Texas Longhorns have decided to part ways with head men’s basketball coach Rodney Terry after two-plus seasons at the helm, according to ESPN’s Jeff Borzello. 

The one-and-done appearance in the 2025 NCAA Tournament simply wasn’t enough for Terry to remain at the helm. Texas backed into the 68-team field following a surprising run to last week’s SEC Tournament quarterfinal.

That SEC Tournament run — which included a convincing win over 12th-seeded Vanderbilt in Round 1 and a double-overtime upset of rival and No. 14-ranked Texas A&M on Thursday — boosted the Longhorns’ Tournament odds despite many bracketologists counting out Texas ahead of Selection.

But outside of a significant NCAA Tournament run, it was clear the writing was on the wall in Terry’s second full season given Texas’ overall struggles with consistency, including going 6-12 in SEC play.