Countdown to Kickoff: Irony Intersects as Rivals Reconnect

Posted Sep 28, 2024
A decade has passed since Mack Brown and Manny Diaz were on the same coaching staff together, their former partnership at Texas abruptly ending when Brown fired Diaz from his post as the Longhorns' defensive coordinator just two games into the 2013 season. Their courses intersected again three times from 2019-21as opposing head coaches. (Inside Carolina)

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