FAYETTEVILLE — TCU Coach Sonny Dykes reportedly has sturdy curiosity in hiring Arkansas offensive coordinator Kendal Briles to fill the identical function with the Horned Frogs.
Briles confirmed up on Dykes’ radar following the departure of offensive coordinator Garrett Riley to take the identical place at Clemson. Riley received the Broyles Award in 2022 because the nation’s prime assistant coach.
The Horned Frogs (13-2) had an unbeaten common season at 12-0 earlier than falling to Kansas State within the Massive 12 Championship sport after which taking a 65-7 loss to Georgia within the Faculty Soccer Playoff title sport final Monday.
A number of media websites in Texas have reported on Dykes honing in on the Texas native Briles to fill the vacant function, however in addition they have mentioned the inherent potential issues as a consequence of TCU’s bitter rivalry with Baylor from the final decade.
Briles was on the Baylor employees from 2008-16 and offensive coordinator for the ultimate 12 months of his father Artwork’s tenure at Baylor, when the Bears rose into nationwide prominence with 4 10-plus win seasons in a span of 5 years between 2011-2015.
Baylor went 50-15 throughout Artwork Briles’ tenure, producing Heisman Trophy profitable quarterback Robert Griffin III in 2011. Kendal Briles remained on as offensive coordinator in 2016 for interim Coach Jim Grobe after Artwork Briles was fired and a few college directors resigned following a sexual assault scandal involving the soccer group.
Artwork Briles and then-TCU Coach Gary Patterson had some squabbles throughout that period.
Different reported potential targets for TCU’s offensive coordinator job are Graham Harrell, Seth Littrell, Jake Spavital and Jeff Lebby, who all have Texas ties or ties to the Air Raid system that Dykes discovered in affiliation with Hal Mumme and Mike Leach.
Kendal Briles, 40, has produced persistently sturdy offensive numbers in three seasons at Arkansas underneath Coach Sam Pittman. The Razorbacks ranked sixteenth within the FBS in complete offense final season with 471.4 yards per sport. They amassed 3,077 dashing yards and three,051 passing yards to common 236.7 on the bottom and 234.7 by the air, the primary season in class historical past Arkansas has gone for 230-plus in each departments in the identical 12 months.
Briles reportedly turned down curiosity from SEC West rival Mississippi State and first-year Coach Zach Arnett on this hiring cycle.
He introduced his intention to return for a fourth 12 months at Arkansas on Jan. 6, posting an image of himself with quarterback KJ Jefferson with the writing, “Trying ahead to 2023 with [Jefferson]” and the hashtag #Runitback on social media.
Briles’ present contract requires a pay elevate to $1.25 million in 2023 after he made $1.2 million final 12 months. Nevertheless, ought to Briles stay on employees he can be in line for a tidy elevate because the highest-paid assistant coach at Arkansas.