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HOUSTON -- The University of Houston didnt end up needing to go far in replacing head coach Tom Herman.Major Applewhite, who served as Hermans offensive coordinator the last two seasons, was promoted to the job on Friday. It will be the first head coaching job for the 38-year-old Applewhite.We had our sights set on a focused competitor who has demonstrated success and possesses a deep connection to college and high school football in the great state of Texas, Houston athletic director Hunter Yurachek said. As this process was completed, it was clearly evident the only individual to offer our position to was Major Applewhite and he was indeed the right man to lead our program.Herman recently left Houston to become the coach at Texas after two years with the Cougars and there was speculation Houston might hire Alabama offensive coordinator Lane Kiffin. Instead, Houston went with Applewhite, a Louisiana native who nonetheless has deep ties and familiarity with Texas.Living in the best state for high school football is a true blessing and advantage for our program and I cannot be more thankful for the support of our outstanding high school coaches from throughout the state, he said.The Cougars meet San Diego State in the Las Vegas Bowl on Dec. 17.Applewhite steps into a program that has had lot of success in the last 10 years and has become a launching pad for coaches. Art Briles went 34-28 with a Conference USA title at Houston from 2003-07 before moving on to Baylor. Kevin Sumlin went 35-17 from 2008-11 before leaving for Texas A&M. Herman went 22-4 with an American Athletic Conference championship in 2015 and was perhaps the hottest coaching commodity during his two-year tenure at Houston.Under Applewhites direction, the Cougars gained more than 500 yards 11 times and passed the 600-yard mark four times. The offense piled up 40 points 12 times and scored at least 50 points five other occasions in the past two seasons.Its no coincidence that the success UH football has achieved over the past two seasons happened with Major Applewhite running our offense, Houston President Renu Khator said. His energy and creativity are responsible for one of the most explosive passing games in college football and I am confident that as our head coach he will continue our upward trajectory as a nationally relevant athletics program.Applewhite spent seven seasons as an assistant at Texas before joining Hermans staff. He was the co-offensive coordinator in his last four seasons with the Longhorns after working as assistant head coach for the first three seasons. The running backs had plenty of success under Applewhites guidance with their best season coming in 2011 when the group combined for 2,300 yards rushing and 23 touchdowns. A year later the teams running backs combined for almost 2,000 yards rushing.His time at Texas wasnt without problems. Applewhite was disciplined in 2009 for what Texas called an inappropriate conduct with a student trainer on a bowl trip. Applewhites pay was frozen for a year and he was ordered to undergo counseling. He was later promoted to offensive coordinator.The discipline wasnt revealed until 2013, and now Applewhites case is a central element in a sex and race discrimination lawsuit filed by former womens track coach Bev Kearney, who was forced out after it was revealed shed had a relationship with one of her athletes. She claims that as a white male, Applewhite received favorable treatment.Kearneys lawsuit is pending before the Texas Supreme Court. Applewhite remains the only person deposed in the lawsuit, and his testimony and documents related to his discipline have been under court seal since 2014. He said in 2013 he was embarrassed by the incident, calling it a one-time incident and a personal matter.Before joining the Longhorns, Applewhite spent the 2007 season as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Alabama, a season where he was the youngest coordinator in the FBS.Applewhite spent some time in Houston before joining the Cougars when he was the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Rice in 2006. That stop came after he spent one year as the quarterbacks coach at Syracuse in 2005.His coaching career began at Texas where he worked with the offensive line for two seasons as a graduate assistant. That came after a playing career with the Longhorns where he went 22-8 as a starter and had 8,353 career yards passing and 60 touchdowns.---AP Sports Writer Jim Vertuno contributed to this report.---More AP college football: www.collegefootball.ap.org and https://twitter.com/AP-Top25 Dele Alli Jersey . Listen to the game live on TSN Radio 1050 at 7pm et. 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LOUIS -- St. FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. -- Mike Anderson has spent much of the early season looking for his best defensive lineup.The Arkansas coach might just have found it, thanks to a few starting lineup changes in a 99-62 win over Austin Peay on Saturday night.The win is the largest victory of the season for the Razorbacks (6-1), who had 12 players score in the comfortable win. They also scored 25 points off 13 turnovers by the Governors (4-4), just one example of the harassing, active defense Arkansas played in winning its third straight game.Adrio Bailey scored a career-high 14 points on 7-of-8 shooting off the bench for the Razorbacks, but it was a starting lineup that featured first-year junior college transfers Jaylen Barford and Daryl Macon that set the tone -- particularly on defense.Just like Anderson had hoped.I thought we were really engaged defensively, Anderson said. ... By the end of the game, we had 45 deflections. Thats probably the most weve had all year long. I think it started with defense with that group there.While the starters led the way with defense, the Arkansas bench -- led by Bailey -- outscored Austin Peay 55-12. Dusty Hannahs, coming off the bench for the first time this season, had 13 of those points for the Razorbacks, who shot 51.9 percent (40 of 77) in the win.Preseason Southeastern Conference Player of the Year Moses Kingsley added 13 points, seven rebounds, five assists and three blocks, while Barford had 12 points and C.J. Jones 11 for Arkansas.Barford scored six early points as the Razorbacks built a 41-31 halftime advantage. He also had a pair of steals as Arkansas built a 41-31 halftime advantage after a 21-3 first-half run. The Razorbacks led by as many as 17 points in the half, and they used a 30-4 second-half run to put the game out of reach.I think its great for us, because wee feed off defense, Barford said.dddddddddddd I think just being active everywhere on the floor has helped us out a lot, because it brings a lot of energy to the crowd and a lot of energy to our bench.John Murray led Austin Peay with 23 points, while guard Josh Robinson, who entered the game averaging 23.3 points per game, finished with nine on 3-of-14 shooting.The Governors were outrebounded 47-31 and gave up 26 second-chance points to the Razorbacks.The second half we came out a different basketball team, obviously, Austin Peay coach Dave Loos said. And so did they ... They do the dirty work and get after people.BIG PICTUREAustin Peay: The Governors last victory against an SEC team came in 2011 against Tennessee. They were overwhelmed in their only SEC matchup of this season on Saturday, shooting just 36.9 percent (24 of 65) and committing 13 turnovers that led to 25 Arkansas points.Arkansas: Hannahs entered Saturday without a 3-pointer in his last two games and shooting 9 of 28 (32 percent) from behind the arc for the season. The senior, who hit 43 percent of his 3-pointers last season, found his stroke by connecting on 3 of 5 3-pointers against the Governors -- a much-needed boost for the Razorbacks as they close in on SEC play.GIVING SEASONArkansas finished with a season-high 28 assists in the win, with Kingsley leading the way with a career-high five. Forward Dustin Thomas, Barford and point guard Anton Bear each added four assists for the Razorbacks, whose previous best was 23 in a win over Southern Illinois.UP NEXTAustin Peay is off for a week before traveling to face IPFW on Dec. 10.The Razorbacks host a difficult nonconference opponent in Houston on Tuesday night. ' ' '