The college football coaching carousel ends up directly or indirectly impacting just about every program in the country.

Texas might be getting ready to go through the madness.

We're hearing SMU’s Chad Morris is headed to Arkansas to replace Bret Bielema, and multiple well-connected sources at SMU have told Horns247 that Texas defensive coordinator Todd Orlando is under consideration to replace Morris.

Along with Orlando, SMU interim head coach Jeff Traylor, who was an assistant at Texas under Charlie Strong for two seasons (2015, 2016), North Texas head coach Seth Littrell, UTSA head coach Frank Wilson and former Texas A&M head coach Kevin Sumlin are among the possible replacements to fill the vacancy, sources said.

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Orlando is currently in the first year of a guaranteed three-year contract that pays him $1.09 million annually. Orlando’s contract is the most lucrative ever for an assistant football coach at Texas and he’s one of a handful of assistant coaches nationally making a seven-figure annual salary.

If SMU indeed comes calling, does Texas have enough to offer Orlando to get him to stay?

Orlando addressed potential head coaching opportunities prior to the regular season finale against Texas Tech. Orlando suggested at the time that because Tom Herman sought him out to run defense at Houston when Herman was hired by the Cougars following the 2014 firing of Tony Levine, that Herman is responsible for putting him in his current position.

Declaring that Herman has been “unbelievable” to him, Orlando didn’t sound like someone eager to jump at the first opportunity to get out of town.

“You think about this part of it: I’m at Utah State,” Orlando said. “I bet you half the people in this room don’t know where Utah State is at. He calls me up to bring me to Houston when a lot of people would question that, to be honest with you. That’s my dude.”

Orlando’s first year on the Forty Acres was a resounding success. The Texas defense, coming off of two of the worst statistical seasons in school history, thrived under Orlando and finished the regular season ranked sixth nationally in run defense (105.7 yards per game allowed), 31st in scoring defense (21.7 points per game allowed), fourth in third-down defense (27.6 percent conversion rate), 42nd in total defense (363.3 yards per game allowed) and 43rd in red zone defense (20 touchdowns allowed on 41 red zone possessions by the opponent).

Texas became the first Big 12 defense since 2006 to hold each of its conference opponents to under 30 points. The Longhorns also held six different opponents under 100 yards rushing, the first time a Texas defense has accomplished that feat since 2009.

Horns247 will have more on this story as information becomes available.

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