AUSTIN — Texas lost yet another assistant football coach Thursday when Georgia Tech hired Longhorns safeties coach Blake Gideon to be its new defensive coordinator. Gideon, who has been one of six assistants for all four seasons at Texas under Steve Sarkisian,

Georgia Tech to hire Texas associate head coach/safeties coach Blake Gideon as its new defensive coordinator. Gideon is also a former Texas player.

Blake Gideon, the safeties coach for the Longhorns since 2021, will be the defensive coordinator for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets. In a social media post, Gideon called the week leading up to the announcement "the most exciting and most difficult week of my career.

It was reported throughout the week that Georgia Tech was going to hire Texas safeties coach Blake Gideon as its new defensive coordinator, but the Yellow Jacke

For players, the maxim frequently employed by Texas Longhorns head coach Steve Sarkisian means awards and favorable NFL Draft positioning. For coaches, it means the opportunity for advancement, and that’s the opportunity that safeties coach Blake Gideon received and accepted on Thursday in leaving his alma mater to become the new defensive coordinator for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets,