Steve Sarkisian has revitalized Texas football into a national powerhouse, setting high expectations for the 2025 season after consecutive College Football Playoff appearances and with five-star quarterback Arch Manning leading the team.
On Monday, the team was hit with some disappointing news: promising defensive backs coach Terry Joseph, who is the cousin of NFL coach Vance Joseph, is departing for a professional opportunity with the New Orleans Saints as their new defensive pass game coordinator—a move that comes after he played a key role in recruiting and coaching standout talents like Baltimore Ravens’ Kyle Hamilton and 2024 Jim Thorpe Award winner Jahdae Barron, according to NFL Insider Tom Pelissero.
Terry Joseph, a Louisiana native who attended Northwestern State and coached at Louisiana Tech and LSU, is embarking on his first NFL coaching role after four seasons as Texas’ defensive backs coach—making him the third assistant lost from Sarkisian’s staff this offseason and underscoring the downside of winning.
After clinching the national title, Ohio State promptly lost both its offensive and defensive coordinators during the offseason, and now Texas is confronting similar challenges.
Joseph is joining a completely overhauled New Orleans Saints staff, with Kellen Moore recently named head coach and former head coach Brandon Staley appointed as the defensive coordinator.
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