AUSTIN, Texas — The Longhorns are working to add new faces to the football offices this offseason. As Horns247 previously reported, Texas has hired former North Carolina head coach Larry Fedora as a football analyst — a Nick Saban-like move made by third-year head coach Tom Herman — though Fedora is not the only new body that will take part of the football program.

Horns247 has learned that former Houston cornerbacks coach Paul Williams has been hired as a football analyst and will work with the defensive staff this season, according to multiple sources with knowledge of the situation.

In addition to Fedora, Horns247 has previously reported former Kansas head coach David Beaty could join the Longhorns' staff as an analyst as well. However, as Horns247 columnist Chip Brown reported last week, Beaty is currently undergoing a contract situation with the Jayhawks that could hold up his availability.

Texas will look to continue its momentum gained from the 2018 season in Year 3 of the Herman regime, and have been among the talks of being in a prime spot early to potentially contend for a Big 12 title in 2019. According to Herman, the Longhorns have some work to do in order to make a point that they are a national championship contender, and winning the Big 12 Conference is a big step towards that goal.

"We've got to win our conference," Herman said of the next step for Texas football. "Our goal each and every year is to be in position to win our conference in the months of November and December, and we did that this year. Now we've got to take that last step to winning it on the field.

"So I think what has been proven by our conference champ the last three years, that puts you in a pretty good position to then compete for a National Championship.

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"So I think recruiting is headed in the right direction. I think we've got the right players, we've got the right coaches, we've got the right support system. We've got the right athletic director. Now certain things have to go your way in this game, obviously. There is the youth factor that's going to play a part with this team, and we know that. But, you know, all of that.

"You've got this facility that's going to be, I think May is when the ground breaking is for this facility to get completely redone. Then you add in two years a facility that's we've got the right facility. So I think all of the pieces are in place to be successful."

The Longhorns will soon return to the field for spring practice come March 11 as Herman and his staff, new analysts included, begin the initial preparations for the Texas football's 2019 season.