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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; Texas athletic director DeLoss Dodds will reportedly step down next year. (Erich Schlegel/Getty Images)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Texas athletic director DeLoss Dodds announced Tuesday that he will retire from his position next August. The\u00A0&lt;em&gt;Austin American-Statesman&lt;/em&gt;\u00A0reported the impending announcement on Monday.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Dodds, 76, has spent the last 32 years as the Texas AD. \u00A0Just two weeks ago, he\u00A0denied a report from OrangeBloods.com that he was leaving the post,\u00A0saying there was not \"any immediate plans\" to step down as athletic director.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Dodds said he will stay on through late August and then take on a consulting role in the department.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;MANDEL: Lane Kiffin's firing adds to early coaching chaos; more Overtime&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The football team has struggled over the past few seasons and this past season, the basketball team missed the NCAA Tournament for the first time in 15 years.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;More from the American-Statesman:The source said Texas President Bill Powers will lead the search for a successor and would very much like to have the position filled before Dec. 1. The source added that West Virginia athletic director Oliver Luck, a graduate of the Texas Law School, would be an important candidate \"to keep an eye on.\"&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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