The Texas Longhorns lost one of their top assistants this week when now-former safeties coach Blake Gideon accepted the defensive coordinator position with the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets.

Blake Gideon, safeties coach for the Texas Longhorns, gives instructions at practice at Frank Denius Fields on Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024 in Austin. / Aaron E. Martinez/American-Statesman / USA TODAY ...

Work has been a staple of Gideon’s reputation since his youth, when he was a standout athlete in Leander, Texas, about 27 miles north of Austin. Gideon played baseball, ran trac ...