AUSTIN, Texas — After going 7-5 in a season in which Texas was picked by the media to return to the Big 12 title game, third-year coach Tom Herman began making big changes to his coaching staff, including offensive coordinator Tim Beck, defensive coordinator Todd Orlando and outside receivers coach Drew Mehringer, as well as reassigning inside receivers coach Corby Meekins.
horns247.com reported last week that Herman was looking for a new offensive coordinator and cleared the way for that to happen by removing Tim Beck, who served as Texas’ offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach the past three years but only called plays in Herman’s first season (2017). In a press release Sunday, Texas announced Orlando and Mehringer had been fired, while Beck will be retained as quarterbacks coach through UT's bowl game and Meekins will be leaving the coaching staff for an administrative position within the program.
“After taking time, looking back and evaluating the season in its totality, I am very disappointed in our performance in a number of areas in 2019,” Herman said. “Going 7-5 will never be our standard at Texas and I take full responsibility for any and all of our shortcomings and know we need to do a better job coaching across the board.
