Charlie Strong finalizes his Texas Longhorns staff

Jan 6, 2014; Austin, TX, USA; Texas Longhorns president Bill Powers (left) and head football coach Charlie Strong (center) and athletics director Steve Patterson (right) speak at a press conference in the Centennial Room of Belmont Hall at Texas-Memorial Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Brendan Maloney-USA TODAY Sports /

New Texas Longhorns head coach Charlie Strong has finalized his first coaching staff at Texas.

Strong has taken a few members of his staff from the Louisville Cardinals with him.

Shawn Watson, who was the Cardinals’ offensive coordinator and quarterbacks’ coach, will serve as an assistant head coach and quarterbacks’ coach. Strong’s defensive coordinator and defensive backs’ coach at Louisville, Vance Bedford, will have the same role at Texas. Brian Jean-Mary, Louisville’s linebackers’ coach, will coach linebackers at Texas and be the team’s recruiting coordinator.

One of the biggest and best hires Strong made was prying Joe Wickline away from Mike Gundy’s Oklahoma State Cowboys’ staff. Wickline was the Cowboys’ offensive line coach. He’ll serve as the offensive line coach and offensive coordinator at Texas.

Chris Rumph, who was the defensive line coach for the Alabama Crimson Tide, will be the defensive line and assistant head coach at Texas.

Here is the final staff via Max Olson of ESPN.com:

Offensive coordinator/offensive line: Joe Wickline

Assistant head coach/quarterbacks: Shawn Watson

Running backs: Tommie Robinson

Receivers: Les Koenning

Tight ends: Bruce Chambers

Defensive coordinator/secondary: Vance Bedford

Assistant head coach/defensive line: Chris Rumph

Linebackers/recruiting coordinator: Brian Jean-Mary

Defensive backs/special teams: Chris Vaughn

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