Penn State coach Bill O’BrienHOUSTON – Two people familiar with the negotiations said Tuesday night that Penn State’s Bill O’Brien has reached an agreement to coach the Houston Texans.
The people spoke to The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity because an official announcement hasn’t been made.
Less than two years after replacing Joe Paterno as coach of the Nittany Lions, O’Brien will return to the NFL. He was an offensive assistant with the New England Patriots from 2007-12.
O’Brien went was 15-9 at Penn State, hit hard by NCAA sanctions levied for the Jerry Sandusky scandal that cost the late Paterno his job.
O’Brien will become the third coach in Texans history, following Dom Capers, who led the team from its expansion season in 2002, and Gary Kubiak.