Relationship Between Athletic Director and Football Coach Vital to UT’s Success
When the University of Texas at Austin hired Chris Del Conte to be the school’s director of athletics in December 2017, the university’s once-storied football program had experienced almost a decade of mediocrity. Between 2010 and 2016 the team barely won more games than it lost. In the eight seasons prior to 2010, the team had won almost 90 percent of its games. Del Conte promised he would help steer the football program back to national prominence…