Sam Houston State football has announced the first hires for head coach Phil Longo in his debut season with the Bearkats program. On Monday afternoon, a trio of

Gideon had spent the past four seasons coaching safeties with the Longhorns and was promoted to associate head coach for defense at his alma mater last year.

Blake Gideon, the safeties coach for the Longhorns since 2021, will be the defensive coordinator for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets. In a social media post, Gideon called the week leading up to the announcement "the most exciting and most difficult week of my career.

It was reported throughout the week that Georgia Tech was going to hire Texas safeties coach Blake Gideon as its new defensive coordinator, but the Yellow Jacke

For players, the maxim frequently employed by Texas Longhorns head coach Steve Sarkisian means awards and favorable NFL Draft positioning. For coaches, it means the opportunity for advancement, and that’s the opportunity that safeties coach Blake Gideon received and accepted on Thursday in leaving his alma mater to become the new defensive coordinator for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets,