After two years on the Forty Acres, the former head coach of Lancaster spent the previous season as an assistant at North Texas. It’s Chris Gilbert returning to Forty Acres.
After serving as the North Texas Mean Green’s tight ends coach and assistant head coach for a single season, Gilbert will rejoin the Texas Longhorns on Wednesday as a special assistant to head coach Steve Sarkisian.
Gilbert, who coached at his alma mater, South Oak Cliff, Terrell, and Lancaster, was brought on board by Sarkisian as his Director of High School Relations in 2021 after Sarkisian took over as the head coach at Texas.
Welcome back to the Forty, Chris Gilbert!
Special Assistant to the Head Coach 🤘@ChrisGilbert_1 pic.twitter.com/WJwNSLd90r
— Texas Football (@TexasFootball) February 22, 2024
“Going back to when we first got hired, hiring Chris Gilbert and the job that he did for two years with us in recruiting, A, B, the connection to the high school coaches,” said Sarkisian in December. “For me, being a new coach here in the state of Texas and that connection to the coaches, Coach Gilbert did a great job. What came out of it? He earned a full-time coaching position at North Texas.”