Sean Miller is leaving Xavier to take over as head coach at Texas.
Miller, 56, was in his second stint at Xavier and took the Musketeers to the NCAA Tournament this season. After winning its First Four game against the Longhorns, 86-80, 11th-seeded Xavier seed lost 86-73 to No. 6 Illinois in the first round.
While Texas athletic director Chris Del Conte was tending to other sports business midday Monday — the women’s basketball team played a second-round NCAA Tournament game at Moody Center against Illinois — Xavier athletic director Greg Christopher issued a statement to wish Miller well and thanked him for “getting Musketeer basketball back on track, leading us to a Sweet 16 run and another NCAA Tournament victory this year.”
Christopher said the “search for our next head coach has already begun, and we are moving quickly to find the right leader for our program.”
Over his eight seasons at Xavier (2004-09, 2022-25) and 12 seasons at Arizona (2009-21), Miller has a 487-196 career record.
His teams have made 13 NCAA Tournament appearances with a 22-13 record.
He would replace Rodney Terry, who was fired Sunday after a 62-37 record and three NCAA tourneys in three seasons since taking over from Chris Beard on an interim basis in 2022. He led the Longhorns to the Elite Eight in 2023, but they could not duplicate the success.
Texas finished the season 19-16 overall, 6-12 and in 13th place in its first season in the Southeastern Conference.
The Musketeers were 22-12 (13-7 Big East).
Miller was fired from Arizona after the Wildcats missed the NCAA Tournament in 2021 and amid an investigation into the program. Arizona was accused of five Level I rules violations.
As an assistant coach, Miller worked at Miami (Ohio), Pitt, North Carolina State and Xavier before being named to coach the Musketeers following the departure of Thad Matta.
–Field Level Media
