Former South Carolina and Western Kentucky head coach Darrin Horn has accepted an assistant coaching position on Shaka Smart's staff at Texas, a source told Scout on Monday.



Smart was hired away from VCU on Thursday. Horn joins a staff at Texas that also includes Mike Morrell, who came from VCU with Smart.

In nine years as a head coach, Horn held a record of 171-112. His best season was in 2007-08 when he led Western Kentucky to the Sweet 16. Horn has spent the past two years working for ESPN as a college basketball analyst.



Prior to becoming a head coach, Horn was an assistant at Marquette under Tom Crean , as well as Morehead State and Western Kentucky, where he played.