Former Houston, Texas coach Tom Herman lands Florida Atlantic job

Texas head coach Tom Herman watches his team warm up before an NCAA college football game against West Virginia in Austin, Texas, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2020. After two years away, Tom Herman will be back on a college football sideline as the head coach at Florida Atlantic, according to multiple reports.

Herman parlayed those two years of success into the Texas job, where he lasted just four seasons before being fired. At Texas, Herman led the Longhorns to four straight bowl wins, including an upset of Georgia in the Sugar Bowl, which elevated the Longhorns to No. 9 in the country in the final poll of the 2018 season. He was fired after regressing to 8-5 and 7-3 the next two seasons.

Florida Atlantic, which began play in 2001 under Howard Schnellenberger, leaped to prominence under Lane Kiffin, winning a pair of Conference USA titles before Kiffin left the program for Mississippi after the 2019 season. Former Oregon and Florida State head coach Willie Taggart took over in 2020 but was fired after going 15-18 in three seasons.

Great hire for FAU; he was incredibly successful at U of H…

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