Named the 2014 Frank Broyles Award winner as the nation’s top assistant coach last week, Tom Herman was named the 13th head coach of the University of Houston Football program Tuesday by Houston Vice President for Intercollegiate Athletics Mack Rhoades. The Ohio State Offensive Coordinator will be officially introduced to the City of Houston in a press conference Friday at TDECU Stadium as UH and Herman have come to terms on a five-year, $6.75 million agreement. Herman will continue to serve as Ohio State’s offensive coordinator through the Buckeyes’ College Football Playoff run. “Due to the progress of our University and Athletics program we received great interest from a number of talented candidates nationally. Throughout this process, Tom Herman’s name continued to rise above the rest of the field. He is an extremely gifted football coach and his aptitude to lead and connect with his student-athletes is special. Tom’s ability to recruit at a high level is directly related to his genuine personality and how well he relates with all types of people. His dynamic leadership skills and experience and respect of high school coaches throughout the state of Texas will serve our program well. Our expectations for the program continue to increase and Tom has a detailed plan for taking our program to the next level,” said Rhoades. “His offensive prowess and overall talent is recognized nationally as evident of receiving the Frank Broyles Award. We look forward to the future and are thrilled to welcome Tom, his wife Michelle, and their children Priya, Maddock and Maverick, to the University of Houston, our Athletics family and Coog nation.” Herman has helped develop record-setting and explosive offenses in each of his 10 seasons as an offensive coordinator, including his three seasons in the position of offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach at Ohio State University. “This is a tremendous opportunity for my family and I to come back to Houston and lead one of the top programs in the country,” said Herman who has spent 11 seasons of his collegiate coaching career in the state of Texas. “I am looking forward to working with one of the top athletic directors in the country as well as Chancellor Khator in a partnership that will make the city of Houston and the great state of Texas proud.” Herman’s 2014 Ohio State offense finished the regular season ranked fourth in scoring offense at 45.2 points per game and eighth in total offense at 507.6 yards per game despite losing Heisman Trophy candidate Braxton Miller prior to the season. Unfazed by the loss of his quarterback just before the season, Herman directed Miller’s replacement, redshirt-freshman J.T. Barrett, to a fifth-place finish in the voting for the 2014 Heisman Trophy after setting a Big Ten record with 45 touchdowns responsible for, 34 through the air and 11 on the ground. The Buckeyes claimed the 2014 Big Ten Championship and a spot in the College Football Playoff semifinals with a 59-0 win over Ohio State as Herman’s offense rolled up 558 total yards with third-string quarterback Cardale Jones under center after an injury to Barrett in the regular-season finale. Herman’s quarterbacks in 2014 ranked second nationally with a team passing efficiency rating of 172.36 while Barrett was ranked third nationally with a rating of 169.8 and sixth nationally with an Ohio State record 34 passing touchdowns while also adding 11 touchdowns on the ground for a Big Ten record of 45 touchdowns responsible for. Barrett also set Ohio State single-season records for passing touchdowns (34) and total offense (3,772 yards). The Buckeyes’ offense rank fifth nationally with an average of 7.04 yards per play and fourth nationally with 39 plays of 30 yards or longer and 14 plays of 50 yards or longer…
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