Charlie Strong to be named Texas head coach on Sun

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Louisville football coach Charlie Strong has accepted an offer to coach the University of Texas football team. The move is expected to be completed on Sunday. says Strong will accept a five-year, $25 million deal. He is expected to be introduced at Texas on Monday.Louisville head coach Charlie Strong. (AP Photo) MORE: | UPDATE: An expected conversation with Louisville officials took place late Saturday, Marshawn Lynch Jersey which Strong disclosing his decision to leave for Texas. Several media sources, including , reported word of Strong's decision. "Both sides working through i sues in the Texas-Strong negotiation," SI reporter reported via Twitter. "A resolution is expected. Typical contract details." of the Dallas Morning News reported a Louisville source confirmed Strong notified the school of his decision. Word also arrived from the , which noted that Texas officials had yet to comment.Louisville players via social media. Redshirt junior Jarel McGriff-Culver shares how he learned about Strong.UPDATE: Strong wants to meet with Louisville athletic director Tom Jurich and university officials before accepting the Texas job, according to the . However, that meeting can't talk place immediately because Cortez Kennedy Jersey Jurich is stuck in Steamboat Springs, Colo., while on vacation. A Cardinals team meeting remains on schedule for Sunday evening.UPDATE: A unidentified senior official at Texas told on Saturday that the school expects the hire to be completed on Sunday, with an official announcement on Monday.Louisville football spokesman Rocco Gasparro told the A sociated Pre s on Saturday that Strong met with his staff and that "no decision had been made" in regards to leaving Louisville.Strong wants to meet with athletic director Tom Jurich and president James Ramsey, but Jurich is on vacation in Colorado and his return was delayed because of the weather conditions, according to the AP.A source close to Strong told Kirk Bohls of the Austin American-Statesman early Saturday that the Cardinals coach has not made a final decision on the Texas job.Source close to Charlie Strong said he's still undecided on taking Texas job. "Don't know what is Nazair Jones Jersey going to happen," he said. kbohls (@kbohls) Vanderbilt's James Franklin would be Plan B, , and FSU's Jimbo Fisher and Alabama's Nick Saban are no longer options. Saturday that Texas offered Strong a five-year, $25 million contract and that negotiations are ongoing. One hangup is Strong's buyout, which is at least $4.3 million, according to the report.On Friday night, reports began surfacing that Strong had emerged as the frontrunner and would be named the Texas coach soon.Strong interviewed with Texas AD Steve Patterson this week. The Longhorns had considered and both of whom said they had no interest in leaving their current position.Strong is 37-15 during four seasons at Louisville and led the Cardinals to back-to-back bowl wins, including a 33-23 upset victory over Florida in the 2013 Sugar Bowl.Mack Brown stepped down in December after 16 seasons with the Longhorns.Strong, 53, is coming off his second consecutive double-digit victory season. He took over a program coming off three non-winning seasons.He was a longtime defensive coordinator in the SEC before getting a chance to be head coach. He took Louisville to the BCS last season and finished 12-1 this season with starting quarterback Teddy Bridgewater.Patterson, hired in November to replace longtime AD DeLo s Dodds, interviewed Strong this week. Phil Haynes Jersey Contract details were not immediately available. Brown's contract paid him more than $5 million per season.Brown stepped down after four seasons that failed to live up to expectations, including this season's 8-5 record.Strong had two stints as an a sistant at Florida, first under Steve Spurrier and then as defensive coordinator for Urban Meyer's two national championship teams. In 2010, Louisville hired him to take over the program. He quickly righted C. J. Prosise Jersey the Cardinals, who are moving into the Atlantic Coast Conference next season.Strong would be Texas' first black head football coach. He inherits a program aching to return to its place among the nation's elite programs.Brown's Longhorns won the 2005 season national championship and returned to the national championship game after the 2009 season. But the Longhorns fell to 5-7 in 2010 and lost at least four games each of the past three seasons.That dropoff, including an 18-17 record in the Big 12 over the past four seasons, frustrated Texas fans, who demand much more from the wealthiest athletic program in the country that sits in the middle of the most fertile high school recruiting grounds in the country.Contributing: A sociated Pre s