AUSTIN, Texas — Auburn offensive line coach Herb Hand is headed to University of Texas at Austin to coach the Longhorns.

"A veteran offensive line coach with coordinator experience of dynamic offenses, Herb Hand has been announced to the position of co-offensive coordinator/offensive line at Texas," UT said in a statement Wednesday morning.

“We are extremely excited and honored to be joining the Longhorn family,” Hand said. “We had a great situation at Auburn and were very happy there, but the opportunity to come to Austin, to work with Coach Herman and the Texas staff, to be a part of the history and tradition at The University of Texas, it was one we could not pass up.”

“Though we haven’t worked together or personally met before discussing our position, Herb is someone I’ve admired since our teams played each other at Rice and Tulsa,” Herman said. “I was extremely impressed then and have continued to be in the years since. As an aspiring young coach, I spent a great deal of time studying the best offenses around the country, and his group was continually one of them. They were as well coached up front as I’ve seen, so when I was looking to fill our 10th coach position and he was interested, we had a great visit, and we’re thrilled we were able to get him.”

Most recently at Auburn, Hand brings a resume that includes working with programs that produced six conference championships in addition to three division championships. Offenses Hand has coached on have produced all-time leading rushers at three different schools including West Virginia, Tulsa and Vanderbilt, the statement added.

“Coach Herman and I had never officially met before we discussed this position, but we had competed against each other several times in the past,” Hand said. “We had developed a mutual respect for each other from afar and had studied each other’s work over the years. So when Tom called to talk about this opportunity, it was easily apparent that we are cut from the same cloth in terms of offensive philosophy and mindset.”

“Herb is a guy who is highly respected for his ability to develop players, build extremely successful offensive line units and help coordinate very successful offenses,” Herman added. “He came strongly recommended by coaches he worked with and is a tremendous addition to our staff.”

“The University of Texas and Longhorn Football speak for themselves in terms of history, tradition and pride in college football,” Hand said. “The Longhorn logo, the burnt orange color, the words ‘Hook ‘em Horns’ are all iconic in the national landscape of college football. I’m very excited to recruit the best players in the country from the finest high school programs in the nation – located in the great state of Texas with the backing of those icons."

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