Conference Big 12 Conference 2010 record 5–7 (2–6 Big 12) Offensive coordinator Greg Davis (13th year) | Division South Head coach Mack Brown (13th year) | |
Defensive coordinator Will Muschamp (3rd year) | ||
The 2010 Texas Longhorns football team (variously "Texas", "UT", the "Longhorns", or the "'Horns") represented the University of Texas at Austin in the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by Mack Brown, who has a contract lasting through the 2016 season. The Longhorns played their home games in Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium and are members of the south division of the Big 12 Conference. Texas finished the season 5–7, 2–6 in Big 12 play. It was the Longhorns' first losing season since 1997.
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Coaching staff
Greg Davis resigned after the season while it was announced offensive line coach Mac McWhorter and defensive line coach Mike Tolleson would be leaving the program.
On December 11, 2010, Will Muschamp resigned as Texas defensive coordinator, and became the head coach at the University of Florida.
Rankings
The Longhorns entered the season ranked fifth and fourth in the AP and Coaches' Polls, respectively. For the first 3 games, Texas would drop 1 place per game in the AP Poll due to slightly poor performances, while the Coaches' Polls would remain the same. However, after losing to unranked UCLA at home, Texas would drop significantly by 14 spots on the AP poll and 10 spots on the Coaches' Poll, hurting Texas' aim for a BCS Bowl. After losing against Oklahoma in week 5, Texas would fall out of the rankings for the first time in 10 years and remain so for the next bye week. Texas resumed a ranked placement after a win at then No. 5 Nebraska in week 7; however, Texas fell from the ranks again just a week later after another unprecedented home defeat, this time to Iowa State. After suffering their first ever loss in school history to Iowa State, Texas lost at home again in week 9, this time to Baylor. It was Baylor's first win against a Mack Brown coached Texas team and first win in Austin since 1991. In week 10, Texas lost its third straight game at unranked Kansas State. Texas lost its fourth straight and sixth of last seven in week 11 against the Oklahoma State Cowboys. Texas lost its last game of the season on Thanksgiving Day at home in Austin to the Texas A&M Aggies; in doing so, the Longhorns finished 5–7 and failed to qualify for a post season bowl game for the first time since 1997. Texas will not be ranked in either of the two major polls at the end of the 2010 season also for the first time since 1997.