{"id":22156,"date":"2023-04-02T18:44:29","date_gmt":"2023-04-02T18:44:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bestsportsbettingtexas.com\/?p=22156"},"modified":"2023-04-02T18:57:16","modified_gmt":"2023-04-02T18:57:16","slug":"rodney-terry-promoted-to-head-coach-of-texas-longhorns-after-making-a-deep-ncaa-tournament-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bestsportsbettingtexas.com\/news\/2023\/04\/02\/rodney-terry-promoted-to-head-coach-of-texas-longhorns-after-making-a-deep-ncaa-tournament-run\/","title":{"rendered":"Rodney Terry Promoted to Head Coach of Texas Longhorns After Making a Deep NCAA Tournament Run"},"content":{"rendered":"
Rodney Terry will dispatch his interim title after being promoted to the status of head coach. After almost reaching the Final Four and losing only to Miami in the Elite Eight, Texas University decided to reward Terry with a lucrative contract and make him their full-time coach.<\/p>\n
Terry acted as the interim coach since December, going on a 22-8 run in his new position. He was promoted from assistant coach after Texas suspended former coach Chris Beard due to a domestic violence arrest. Beard was found innocent, but Texas already decided to part ways with him. Allowing him to find a new job at the University of Mississippi.<\/p>\n
The newly appointed coach will lead the program next season, with hopes of at least going one step better than this year.<\/p>\n
Terry (55) was brought on as an assistant to Beard\u2019s staff after being the head coach at UTEP for three years and seven at Fresno State. However, current coach Chris Beard fell due to a felony charge of assaulting a family member. Forcing the program to give the reigns of the squad to Terry.<\/p>\n
Rodney took to his new position like a fish to water, leading the Longhorns to a second-place finish in the Big 12 regular season. Only a game away from Kansas University. Terry and his team then went on to win their first three games in the NCAA tournament. Defeating Colgate, Penn State, and Xavier on their way – an impressive start to his Texas basketball career.<\/p>\n
Texas finally fell in the Elite Eight game against Miami by 88:81. This was UT\u2019s first NCAA Tournament Elige Eight appearance in 15 years. After the loss, Terry gave an emotional statement saying that he wants the focus to be on the players and not himself.<\/p>\n
When Terry came as a coach on Beard\u2019s staff, he made $600,000. His promotion to interim coach in December doubled his previous contract and set him off to $1.2 million.<\/p>\n
However, his newest contract, according to recent reports, will earn him $15.3 million in three years. Ultimately giving him around $3 million per season. Seeing what Terry has done for the program, the deal is more than suitable for Rodney at this moment.<\/p>\n
For comparisons, Beard was making approximately $5.26 million in his final season. This figure made him the fifth highest-paid coach in the nation, according to coaches\u2019 salaries in the 2021\/22 season.<\/p>\n