OTF Premium Texas Adds New Defensive Analyst

[CJ Vogel]

Texas Has Hired Garrett Cox to be New Defensive Analyst 

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Garrett Cox is expected to be hired on staff at Texas, per 247Sports’ Matt Zenitz.

Cox spent 2025 Georgia under Kirby Smart and alongside Will Muschamp as a defensive analyst. Previously, Cox had seen stints with TCU, Michigan, Tennessee, and Alabama where he worked closely with the linebacking unit. 

Given the hiring of Muschamp as the new defensive coordinator, Cox marks the first of a couple expected analyst hires under Muschamp in the defensive room. 

Muschamp already has worked with CB coach Mark Orphey in the past at South Carolina, and coached new defensive backs coach Blake Gideon while both were at Texas. 

[Bunk Moreland]

This is smart. Not only is it another piece that Muschamp is comfortable with, but it also will further enable Sark to self-scout. Georgia is one of the very few programs that Sark has not yet figured out how to beat. To me, this feels like another piece of the puzzle toward Sark figuring out how to beat Kirby.

[Sark Attack]

20 minutes ago, Bunk Moreland said:

This is smart. Not only is it another piece that Muschamp is comfortable with, but it also will further enable Sark to self-scout. Georgia is one of the very few programs that Sark has not yet figured out how to beat. To me, this feels like another piece of the puzzle toward Sark figuring out how to beat Kirby.

This is a good take. Sark seems locked in right now. 

[VeneHorn]

Is Texas still looking for a nickels coach? 

[Rocky P]

If he specialized in linebackers...what does this mean for nancen?

[GoHorns1]

4 minutes ago, Rocky P said:

If he specialized in linebackers...what does this mean for nancen?

He is an analyst not a coach. There’s usually an analyst for each position. Nansen is safe as the LB coach.

Edited 31 minutes ago by GoHorns1

[Rocky P]

1 minute ago, GoHorns1 said:

He is an analyst not a coach. There’s usually an analyst for each position. Nansen is safe as the LB coach.

I completely ignored the analyst part.  Thank you!