The Associated Press has learned that a University of Texas regent and a former regent spoke with Alabama coach Nick Saban's agent about Saban coaching the Longhorns if Mack Brown retired. Regent Wallace Hall of Dallas told the AP he spoke by telephone with agent Jimmy Sexton a few days after the Jan. 7 title game. Tom Hicks, a former regent who is the brother of current regent Steve Hicks, also was on the call. Tom Hicks, the former owner of the Texas Rangers, the Dallas Stars and the English professional soccer team Liverpool, was a regent in 1997 when Brown came to Texas and was instrumental in hiring him away from North Carolina. Two days after the call with Sexton, Tom Hicks met with Brown over lunch and told him about the call, according to several people who spoke with the AP. He asked Brown if he was ready to retire. Brown, who had just finished his 15th season at Texas, said he wanted to keep coaching, and the matter was dropped. Under contract until 2020 and being paid $5.4 million this year, Brown won the 2005 national title and lost to Saban's Alabama team in the 2010 championship game. The Longhorns are 23-18 since that defeat, and Brown is under fire from fans upset about a 1-2 start this year after consecutive lopsided losses to BYU and Mississippi. Read more http://espn.go.com/college-football...d-agent-alabama-crimson-tide-coach-nick-saban
