In the fall of 2010, University of Texas football fans witnessed a horrific 5-7 season and one of the most extraordinary collapses of the second-winningest college program in history, triggering an intensive review by head coach Mack Brown and a nearly total makeover of his staff.

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One season before, the Longhorns were four points away late in the fourth quarter from beating Alabama and winning the national championship for the second time in five years. Last September, they suited up for the fall season ranked fifth in the nation. Expectations among the players, coaches and fans were for a great year.

But what followed was an astonishing misadventure that ended with a nearly total makeover of a coaching staff that had virtually remained intact for almost five seasons, since Texas celebrated its fourth national championship on the confetti-covered floor of the Rose Bowl in January 2006.