Texas hires former Florida assistant Jabbar Juluke as RB coach

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He was the top name on our Running Backs coach Hot Board and now he is officially the new RB coach for the Texas Longhorns. On Friday, Texas Football announced the hiring of former Florida Gators assistant Jabbar Juluke.

On Tuesday, Texas coach Steve Sarkisian fired running backs coach Chad Scott. Scott lasted just one season and oversaw the worst ground game since World War II. Now, the hunt is on for a replacement. Who will UT hire?

The Texas running game was historically bad this year. The Longhorns averaged just 129.7 yards rushing per game, the program’s worst rushing performance in 81 years, since 1944.

The Longhorns’ leading rusher in 2025 was Tre Wisner with 597 yards. The next closest running back was CJ Baxter with 196 yards followed by Jerrick Gibson with 152. Baxter and Gibson are both in the transfer portal.

Jabbar Juluke native spent the last eight seasons working for Billy Napier at Louisiana and Florida. Before that, he worked for Les Miles at LSU and Kliff Kingsbury at Texas Tech.

Juluke is a strong recruiter and led the effort to bring Trevor Etienne to Gainesville. He has deep ties in the state of Louisiana and recruits the Bayou State hard. He also has a lot of experience in the SEC and recruiting the SEC.

He had been linked to the Kentucky job before Scott was fired, but it appears the Longhorns have swooped in and hired him away from the Wildcats.

This article originally appeared on Longhorns Wire: Former Gators assistant Jabbar Juluke hired as Texas Football RB coach

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