{"id":169562,"date":"2021-02-03T10:20:39","date_gmt":"2021-02-03T07:20:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/vince-young-returns-to-texas-as-special-assistant-to-ad\/"},"modified":"2021-02-03T10:20:39","modified_gmt":"2021-02-03T07:20:39","slug":"vince-young-returns-to-texas-as-special-assistant-to-ad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/vince-young-returns-to-texas-as-special-assistant-to-ad\/","title":{"rendered":"#Vince Young returns to Texas as special assistant to AD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Vince Young returns to Texas as special assistant to AD<\/strong>&#8221;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/02\/Vince-Young.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>AUSTIN, Texas \u2014 Texas has re-hired former Longhorns quarterback<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VinceYoung10\/status\/1356404623666511872\"> Vince Young as a special assistant in the athletic department,<\/a> bringing the College Football Hall of Famer back to the program after he was fired in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>He returns as the program is trying to build momentum behind new head coach Steve Sarkisian.<\/p>\n<p>Young led the Longhorns to the 2005 season national championship with a last-minute touchdown against USC. Sarkisian was an assistant on that Trojans team.<\/p>\n<p>After Young\u2019s NFL career ended and he filed for bankruptcy, he returned to Texas in a full-time, $100,000-a-year job as a career development officer in the school\u2019s Division of Diversity and Community Engagement. The job later became part-time and Young was eventually dismissed for poor performance and often being absent from work or not in touch with his supervisors.<\/p>\n<p>Terms of Young\u2019s job and salary in the athletic department were not im<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>tely disclosed. Athletic director Chris Del Conte did not immediately respond to a message seeking comment.<\/p>\n<p>Former Texas Heisman Trophy winner Earl Campbell is also a longtime special assistant in athletics.\n            <\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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