{"id":240473,"date":"2025-10-25T19:16:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-25T19:16:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/240473\/"},"modified":"2025-10-25T19:16:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-25T19:16:07","slug":"steve-sarkisian-reportedly-interested-in-nfl-jobs-agents-deny-communication","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/240473\/","title":{"rendered":"Steve Sarkisian Reportedly Interested in NFL Jobs? Agents Deny Communication"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"false\" data-v-b1ca39d9=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/college-football\/texas-longhorns-team\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Texas<\/a> head coach Steve Sarkisian could be eyeing a return to the <a class=\"entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nfl\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NFL<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"false\" data-v-b1ca39d9=\"\">Representatives for Sarkisian have informed league decision-makers that he would be interested in potential head-coaching opportunities, including the <a class=\"entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nfl\/tennessee-titans-team\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tennessee Titans<\/a>\u2019 vacancy, according to The Athletic\u2019s senior NFL insider Dianna Russini.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"false\" data-v-b1ca39d9=\"\">Sarkisian is in his fifth season at Texas and has turned the Longhorns back into a national contender. Since taking over in 2021, he has posted a 43-19 record with back-to-back 12-plus win seasons and consecutive <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/college-football\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">College Football<\/a> Playoff appearances. His offensive creativity and player development have been key to Texas\u2019 rise under his leadership.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"false\" data-v-b1ca39d9=\"\">The 51-year-old coach has previous NFL experience, though not as a head coach. He served as the <a class=\"entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nfl\/atlanta-falcons-team\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Atlanta Falcons<\/a>\u2019 offensive coordinator from 2017-18 and worked as the <a class=\"entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nfl\/las-vegas-raiders-team\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Raiders<\/a>\u2019 quarterbacks coach in 2004.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"false\" data-v-b1ca39d9=\"\">The Titans are currently the only team with a head-coaching opening after firing Brian Callahan on Oct. 14. With a young roster and offensive pieces in place, including the No. 1 pick in the 2025 <a class=\"entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nfl\/nfl-draft\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NFL Draft<\/a> in quarterback <a class=\"entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nfl\/cam-ward-player\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cam Ward<\/a>, Tennessee could be an appealing landing spot for an offensive-minded coach like Sarkisian.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"false\" data-v-b1ca39d9=\"\">Less than four hours after Russini&#8217;s report surfaced, Sarkisian&#8217;s agents at CAA, Jimmy Sexton and Ed Marynowitz, released a statement denying any communications with NFL teams.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"false\" data-v-b1ca39d9=\"\">&#8220;Any reports regarding communications on coaching opportunities with NFL teams are patently false and widely inaccurate,&#8221; read the statement. &#8220;Sark is solely focused on coaching the University of Texas football team.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"false\" data-v-b1ca39d9=\"\">Texas, meanwhile, visits <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/college-football\/mississippi-state-bulldogs-team\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Mississippi State<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/college-football\/texas-longhorns-vs-mississippi-state-bulldogs-oct-25-2025-game-boxscore-42114\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Saturday<\/a> for an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/college-football\/sec\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">SEC<\/a> matchup, as Sarkisian continues to lead the Longhorns\u2019 pursuit of another CFP berth.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"false\" data-v-b1ca39d9=\"\">Want great stories delivered right to your inbox? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/newsletter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Create or log in to your FOX Sports account, follow leagues, teams and players to receive a personalized newsletter daily<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p> FOLLOW Follow your favorites to personalize your FOX Sports experience <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian could be eyeing a return to the NFL.\u00a0 Representatives for Sarkisian have informed&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":240474,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[64,63,593,85],"class_list":["post-240473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240473","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=240473"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240473\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/240474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=240473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=240473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=240473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}