Texas basketball hires Xavier’s Sean Miller to replace Rodney Terry, per reports

One era of Texas basketball came to an end on Sunday, and another started.

In the few hours after the Longhorns fired Rodney Terry, Texas has reportedly hired Xavier basketball coach Sean Miller, according to several reports, including CBS Sports’ Matt Norlander and Fox Sports’ John Fanta.

It was first reported by Cedric Golden of the Austin American-Statesman.

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As previously reported by USA TODAY, Texas fired Terry earlier Sunday morning after two-plus seasons with the Longhorns. In that time with Texas, Terry led the Longhorns to a 62-38 overall record and three NCAA Tournament appearances.

Miller has some familiarity with the Longhorns program, having just coached against Texas in the First Four of the 2025 men’s NCAA Tournament on Wednesday. Xavier won the game 86-80. He was also a rumored candidate for the Longhorns’ vacant head coaching spot two years ago, before Texas ultimately decided to remove Terry’s interim head coaching tags and make him the Longhorns’ full-time coach after an Elite Eight run.

The move to Texas marks a return to the Power Four level for Miller, who spent 12 seasons at Arizona between his two stints at Xavier. In three seasons during his second stint at Xavier, Miller led the Musketeers to a 65-40 overall record, two NCAA Tournament appearances, a National Invitation Tournament (NIT) appearance and an appearance in the 2023 Big East Tournament championship game vs. Marquette.

Before returning to Xavier in 2022, Miller spent a year off from coaching after being fired by Arizona following the 2020-21 season. He was hit with NCAA sanctions for an FBI investigation into the program that was started in 2017. Miller was cleared of any wrongdoing by the NCAA in 2022.

An official announcement of Miller’s hiring at Texas has not come from the Longhorns at the time of this writing.

Sean Miller coaching history

Here’s a look at Miller’s coaching career:

Head coach unless otherwise specified. Assistant role listed in parentheses

• 1992-92: Wisconsin (assistant coach)

• 1993-95: Miami (OH) (assistant coach)

• 1995-96: Pittsburgh (assistant coach)

• 1996-2001: NC State (associate head coach)

• 2001-04: Xavier (associate head coach)

• 2004-09: Xavier

• 2009-2021: Arizona

• 2022-2025: Xavier

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