Video surfaced Friday of Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian losing his mind to a production assistant at the Alamo Bowl. The assistant appears to be asking Sarkisian to hang on for a while before letting his Longhorns onto the field. He reaches out his hand and places it on Sarkisian’s chest as the assistant appears to wait for instructions on when he will let the team go. However, Sarkisian was not happy about it. “Don’t touch me again, you son of a bitch. Get your fucking hands off me,” the Texas head coach seems to say aggressively. It has led to calls from some fans to fire Sarkisian.
Sarkisian engaged in another profanity-filled tirade
Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian is certainly no stranger to controversy, and he seems to have found something again. Sarkisian, who was fired from his previous head coaching job at USC after giving another profanity-laden speech to boosters while appearing to be intoxicated. There were also reports that he had coached games and practices while intoxicated.
Now, he’s back to using his old vocabulary, but this time it’s aggressively directed at a production assistant at the Alamo Bowl.
“Don’t touch me again, you son of a bitch. Get your fucking hands off me,” Sarkisian appears to yell at the assistant after he is barred from entering the field.
Texas football coach Steve Sarkisian in that “Get your hands off me bro” energy ahead of the Alamo Bowl pic.twitter.com/SkDfNcwPQW
— Anwar Richardson (@AnwarRichardson) December 30, 2022
It’s not a pretty sight, and some college football fans are now asking for the coach’s head.
Texas must fire Steve Sarkisian https://t.co/8W7Y66GOtx
— aggierogue ???? (@aggierogue) January 2, 2023
A day later, Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh was involved in a similar situation and showed how a normal human handles it.
Steve Sarkisian should take notes from Harbraugh pic.twitter.com/O9x1D1T8Yg
— Kade (@kadedrummond) December 31, 2022
Sarkisian’s record at Texas is a disappointing 13-12 in his first two seasons. Putting yourself under a microscope like this with his record probably not advisable. However, Texas has other head coaching issues to deal with. Basketball coach Chris Beard is currently suspended as he was recently arrested for assault by strangulation/asphyxiation.
What appears to be a cultural problem in Texas could lead to recruiting problems down the road, which is another reason Sarkisian’s work may come under scrutiny. Despite landing the number one player, Arch Manning, in the class of 2023, parents of recruits in future classes could look at what’s going on at the coaching level in Texas and decide their sons belong elsewhere. Gives recruiters from other schools some ammo at the very least.
