Texas is expected to hire Chicago Bears quarterback coach Kerry Joseph, according to 247Sports' Matt Zenitz.
Joseph, who has coached in college football as well as the NFL, helped develop 2024 No. 1 overall NFL Draft pick Caleb Williams as a rookie last year, when Williams passed for 3,541 yards and 20 touchdowns.
Joseph has worked in the NFL with the Seattle Seahawks as an offensive assistant (2020-23) and served as a coaching intern with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2017 and with the New Orleans Saints in 2014.
Joseph's college coaching stints have included Southeastern Louisiana (2019) as passing game coordinator and running backs coach and McNeese State - Joseph's alma mater - in 2018 as interim head coach, offensive coordinator/QB coach.
A native of New Iberia, La., Joseph played quarterback at McNeese State, where he helped lead the program to a 42-11 record and two Southland Conference championships before playing professionally in both the NFL and Canadian Football League from 1996-2014. Joseph was a safety with the Seattle Seahawks from 1999-2001 and returned to playing quarterback in the CFL from 2003-14, including winning a Grey Cup title with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in 2007.
Joseph is the latest offseason staff addition at Texas as coach Steve Sarkisian has looked to bolster the Longhorns' on- and off-the-field football staff.
Chad Scott, the offensive coordinator/running backs coach at West Virginia under Neal Brown, has replaced Tashard Choice, who joined the staff of the Detroit Lions. Neal Brown, who called the offensive plays at WVU before getting let go after last season, has also joined Texas' staff as an analyst and will be allowed to coach on the field.
Duane Akina, who helped develop 15 defensive backs into NFL Draft picks while at Texas from 2001-13, and Rutgers cornerbacks coach Mark Orphey (pronounced OR-fay) have replaced defensive passing game coordinator/secondary coach Terry Joseph, who joined the New Orleans Saints' staff and safeties coach Blake Gideon, who became the new defensive coordinator at Georgia Tech.
Sarkisian added Ohio State assistant LaAllan Clark to coach defensive ends, a job held by defensive coordinator Pete Kwiatkowski the past four seasons.
Jason McEndoo, who coached tight ends and fullbacks at Oklahoma State last year, has been hired as an analyst, and McEndoo is assisting tight ends coach and special teams coordinator Jeff Banks.
Also on the offensive side of the ball, Sarkisian promoted analyst Mike Bimonte to passing game coordinator and assistant quarterbacks coach after Bimonte got offers to leave.
Sarkisian has also promoted Keynodo Hudson from a staff analyst position to coaching the team's nickel cornerbacks.
Last week, Sarkisian addressed many of the offseason personnel moves.
"We're really pumped about all these guys," Sarkisian said. "And then we really tried to beef up our support staff and our recruiting staff. We brought in Errin Joe, director of scouting. We brought in Josh Dunson, senior player personnel coordinator, and then we promoted a couple people from within in Tanner Martin, scouting coordinator and Jordan Mitchell, a recruiting and retention strategist.
"So again, all the credit in the world to these guys for the job that they've done from within, but also bringing these guys in. We appreciate the support our administration has given us, that CDC [Texas athletic director Chris Del Conte] has given us, to make these moves and to do these things and to expand in a way that I think is healthy for our program given the state of college football and where we're headed."
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