OTF Premium Reporting Day: Media availability with Texas coordinators, assistant coaches

[Jeff Howe]

OTF will be at the Moncrief Complex this morning for a media availability with the Texas coordinators (Kyle Flood, Pete Kwiatkowski and Jeff Banks) at 10:30 a.m.

At 11:30, we’re scheduled to get time with the nine other on-field assistant coaches (AJ Milwee, Chad Scott, Chris Jackson, LaAllan Clark, Kenny Baker, Johnny Nansen, Keynodo Hudson, Mark Orphey and Duane Akina).

We’ll provide updates throughout the day on this thread.

[Bobby Burton]

LFG!

[McCoy2Shipley]

Sign me up for some Akina talk

[Jbro52]

7 minutes ago, Bobby Burton said:

LFG!

My thoughts exactly Bobby 

[HookemHorns]

Hope we get some nice nuggets to analyze and discuss. There’s always some players that have improved and caught the coaches’ eyes. 

[CJ Vogel]

Five trash cans set up upside down? You know what that means. 

Texas coaches wrapped up a final practice walk through this AM. Trench players did the same earlier. 

[CJ Vogel]

“I told my wife I’d see her in December.” - The only line of PK’s opening statement. 

[Jeff Howe]

 

[Jeff Howe]

 

[CJ Vogel]

On CB/S rotation expanding in 2025:

PK says “we are going to put the best 4-5 out there. What that looks like, we will see in camp.”

[Jeff Howe]

 

[Jeff Howe]

 

[Jeff Howe]

 

[CJ Vogel]

PK says the move for Trey Moore to LB was in large part due to depth at the LB position. 

Says it’s part of the personal growth for Moore as a player to play off ball, and then out of necessity for the team and its depth. 

[CJ Vogel]

PK on the interior DL, he points to Alex January as someone making a jump.  Cole Brevard is “hard to move.”

”It is hard to say who will be the starters… but they are all going to play.”

[CJ Vogel]

 

[CJ Vogel]

PK says the versatility of the LB room is fun and a good problem to have. Says there are plenty of different ways Texas can attack where it be individual players blitzing or through schematic approaches. 

[Jeff Howe]

 

[CJ Vogel]

Kwiatkowski speaking on Jonah Williams 

[CJ Vogel]

PK was asked about “abrupt movement” penalty changes in 2025 on the defensive front. He didn’t have a very fun reaction and believes it will be a week to week approach depending on the officiating crew. 

[CJ Vogel]

PK says not every call is a perfect call, but having a guy like Michael Taaffe in the back end helps patches up errors or diagnose what is going on before a snap occurs. 

[CJ Vogel]

PK mentions Manny Muhammad, Jaylon Guilbeau, Kobe Black and Warren Roberson are fighting for the two cornerback positions. Also says freshman CB Kade Phillips is doing well. 

[CJ Vogel]

When speaking about vocal leaders — outside of Taaffe — PK mentions Guilbeau, McDonald, Trey Moore and Ty Smith as guys doing well in the vocal aspect of the game. 

[Jeff Howe]

PK on Duane Akina: “I think he’s mellowed out, according to him. He brings a lot of fire.”

[Jeff Howe]

PK’s vision for the defense in 2025: “We’ve just got to keep getting better… Not resting on our laurels.”