If you can’t beat them, make sure they join you?
That seems to be Texas Lonchorns’ thought after, according to the reports, they hired Sean Miller as his next basketball coach.
Miller trained Xavier, the team that Texas lost in his first four clashes to be quickly bounced from the NCAA tournament, which finally led to Rodney Terry’s dismissal.
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The chief coach of Xavier Musketeers, Sean Miller, observes to play during the first half against the Illinois Fighting Illini in Milwaukee on March 21, 2025. (Benny Sieu-Imagn images)
Texas announced on Sunday that he had moved from Terry. Austin American-Statesman reported that Miller, the former chief coach of Arizona who returned to the Musketeers, the team he led for five seasons before training the Wildcats, would take care of the program.
Terry had been instead as a Texas chief coach since Chris Beard’s suspension during the 2022-23 campaign, where he was finally fired due to an accusation of domestic violence. The charges were finally removed in that case.
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Texas will pay Terry $ 5.4 million in a purchase, which was part of his five-year contract he signed after making an Eight Eight race during that 2022-23 season. The Lonhorns finally lost to the number 2 of Miami just before the Final Four.
“I am very grateful to have served the University of Texas and our male basketball program for 13 seasons,” Terry said in a statement. “It was a dream of mine to be the chief coach of the Longhorns, and I have been able to live that dream. I want to thank all our current and previous coaches and players who not only helped us win many games, but, which is more important, they represented this great university of first class.”
Miller is an attractive rental, and Lonhorns’ bras clearly like what they saw from Xavier, even if that meant that Texas left the NCAA tournament before the first round began.
The chief coach of Xavier, Sean Miller, shouts at his defense in the first half of the first round of the NCAA tournament against Illinois in Milwaukee on March 21, 2025. Xavier was eliminated from the tournament after losing. (IMAGN)
Xavier defeated Texas, 86-80, despite the Longhorns leading in the part-time in the first confrontation. The Longhorns were already a surprising choice as one of the last teams to reach the group of 68 teams after going 19-15 (6-12 in the SEC) in the year.
But Xavier obtained the seed number 11 for which they were playing, but they could not make a Cinderella career after No. 6 Illinois knocked them down, 86-73, in the first round. The musketeers only fell five points in the part -time, but Fighting Illini escaped at the end.
Miller has just finished his third season with the musketeers, with whom he had a meeting after 12 seasons with the Wildcats of 2009-21.
Miller was fired at the end of the 2021 season, which was covered with controversy, since an FBI corruption investigation into university basketball led to unemployed victories for Arizona. Miller was accused of participating in illicit payments to ensure that Star Center Deandre Ayton landed with Arizona instead of Kansas with the Bill Self program.
Sean Miller is seen during the first half of his first round of the first round of the NCAA tournament against Illinois in Milwaukee on March 21, 2025. (IMAGN)
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During his time with Arizona, Miller took the Wildcats to seven NCAA tournaments before his return to Xavier for the 2022-23 campaign he also saw an appearance. After missing the tournament last season, Xavier made its way after going 22-12 in the year in 2024-25.
