re: Larry Porter hired as Texas RB coach

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Arizona State assistant coach Larry Porter is expected to be named the Longhorns’ new running backs coach, perhaps as early as Wednesday, a source close to the Texas program said Tuesday night. Porter, 40, will fill the vacancy created when Major Applewhite took over coaching quarterbacks as UT’s primary offensive co-coordinator after Bryan Harsin left to become head coach at Arkansas State. Porter spent 2010-2011 as head coach at the University of Memphis before being dismissed with a 3-21 record. He became the running backs coach at Arizona State in 2012 and the Sun Devils averaged 205.3 rushing yards per game to rank 24th in the nation. Regarded as an outstanding recruiter, Porter coached running backs at Oklahoma State from 2002-2004 before taking the same position at LSU, where he coached from 2005-2009. He has worked on staffs at LSU with current Longhorns assistant coaches Stacey Searels and Bo Davis.

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