on january 15, 2016, the houston texans hired izzo as special teams coordinator. during izzo's tenure with houston the special teams unit improved its dvoa ranking from dead last (ranked 32 in 2015) to 26 in 2017, including finishing in the top 10 in two critical statistical areas related to coverage teams (opponent kickoff return average and net punt average, which was 41.3 yds). on january 2, 2018 texans reached a mutual parting of the ways with izzo.