The Houston Texans have hired defensive coordinator and associate head coach Lovie Smith as their fifth full-time coach in franchise history.
Smith, 63, was a last-minute candidate for the job, which suggests Houston had to make a pivot out of a plan that assuredly would have selected one of their finalists as coach.
According to John McClain of the Houston Chronicle, the Texans were about to hire former NFL quarterback Josh McCown as their coach, but shied away from the notion when former Miami Dolphins coach, Brian Flores, filed his racial discrimination lawsuit against the NFL.
