University of Texas at Austin President Jay Hartzell will step down from the flagship this spring to serve as the next leader of Southern Methodist University.

The University of Texas President Jay Hartzell is leaving his post atop one of the state's most influential public schools and will join SMU.

The University of Texas will now begin a search for a new president. On Tuesday, university president Jay Hartzell announced that he would be stepping down fro

Texas president Jay Hartzell, one of the key figures in the Longhorns’ move to the Southeastern Conference, will be the president at SMU, the schools announced Tuesday. SMU’s board of trustees unanimously voted Tuesday to name Hartzell as the successor to R.

Hartzell’s formal installation as president of SMU is tentatively scheduled for next fall. It was immediately unclear who will lead UT-Austin in the meantime.

The Southern Methodist University Board of Trustees is expected to approve Jay Hartzell’s hiring Tuesday morning.

Jay Hartzell, the man who held the key to Texas’s bid to the SEC, announced on Tuesday in an email to students his decision to resign at the end of the semester to join the Texas NIL powerhouse, South

University of Texas President Jay Hartzell is leaving UT to become the next president of Southern Methodist University, the private university announced Tuesday.

University of Texas Austin President Jay Hartzell is leaving his position to become the next president of Southern Methodist University. He begin that position on June 1.