AP Source: Texans Expected To Hire Smith As New Head Coach
Feb 7, 2022, 2:13 PM
Lovie Smith of the Houston Texans looks on before the preseason game against the Green Bay Packers at Lambeau Field on August 14, 2021 in Green Bay, Wisconsin. (Photo by Quinn Harris/Getty Images)
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HOUSTON (AP) — The Houston Texans are expected to hire Lovie Smith as their head coach, a person familiar with the process told The Associated Press.
The person spoke to the AP on the condition of anonymity because the team had not announced that Smith would be hired.
Houston’s new head man: pic.twitter.com/uk9SdrRRMh
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) February 7, 2022
The same source said an official announcement was expected later Monday or Tuesday morning.
Texans are expected to hire former Buccaneers and Bears head coach Lovie Smith as their own head coach, sources tell me and @fieldyates.
Smith was the Texans’ associate head coach last season; all he now needs to do is drop the associate from his title.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) February 7, 2022
Smith, who is Black, will be the second minority candidate to be hired this offseason after the Miami Dolphins hired San Francisco 49ers offensive coordinator Mike McDaniel, who is biracial, on Sunday.
