Sean Miller Hired as Texas CBB HC with Reported 6-Year Contract; Replaces Rodney Terry

Former Xavier head coach Sean Miller has been announced as the next head coach of Texas' men's basketball team.

Jon Rothstein of CBS Sports reported the new contract is a six-year deal.

The news comes four days after Miller's Musketeers eliminated former head coach Rodney Terry and the Longhorns from the First Four of the 2025 NCAA tournament.

Texas led by as many as 13 points on Wednesday night before Xavier rallied to claim an 86-80 comeback victory.

ESPN's Jeff Borzello reported earlier Sunday that Texas had informed Terry that the loss would be his final game as the Longhorns' head coach.

Terry originally took over for former head coach Chris Beard early in the 2022-23 campaign.

247Sports' Chip Brown previously reported that Miller, who was a candidate to become Texas' next head coach after that season, lost out on the job after Terry's Longhorns defeated Xavier in the Sweet 16 of the 2023 NCAA tournament.

Field of 68's Jeff Goodman similarly reported that Texas "was looking hard at hiring Sean Miller a couple years ago" before deciding to stick with Terry.

After multiple reports of Terry's impending dismissal surfaced last week, Kirk Bohls of the Houston Chronicle reported Texas athletic director Chris Del Conte would look into Miller as well as "at least three other candidates."

Bohls noted that Del Conte usually waits until he has a successor in mind to make a coaching change. Similar to the reported pivot from Terry to Miller, Longhorns football announced the hiring of Steve Sarkisian hours after firing Tom Herman in 2021.

Bohls also reported that Miller has a "relatively small buyout" on his contract with Xavier, which runs through the 2028-29 season.

Terry signed a five-year deal with Texas when he was hired as the team's permanent head coach in 2023. The contract comes with a buyout of $5.4 million, according to USA Today's coaching salary data.

Terry led Texas to a Big 12 tournament title and an Elite Eight appearance after first taking over for Beard but hasn't been able to lead the Longhorns to the same level of success since. He will depart the program with a 62-37 overall record (.626 win percentage) as head coach.