Texas hires Gilbert to call offense’s plays

Texas coach Charlie Strong formally announced the addition of offensive coordinator Sterlin Gilbert from Tulsa and other staff changes Saturday as he tries to remake his offense after a 5-7 season.

Gilbert will call plays and coach quarterbacks and gets a three-year contract worth $850,000 per year. Cal offensive coordinator Tony Franklin had been thought to be a candidate for the job.

Texas also hired Tulsa’s Matt Mattox as offensive line coach and rungame coordinator. He gets a three-year contract worth $550,000 per year. Strong announced that former offensive coordinator Shawn Watson and offensive line coach Joe Wickline were dismissed. Georgia hires: New Georgia coach Kirby Smart hired Pittsburgh assistant Jim Chaney as offensive coordinator, Sam Pittman from Arkansas as offensive line coach and Alabama’s Glen Schumann as a defensive assistant. FCS quarterfinals: Jeremiah Briscoe threw for 358 yards and four touchdowns to lead host Sam Houston State to a 48-21 win over Colgate. Sam Houston (11-3) faces top-seeded Jacksonville State in the semifinals. ... Bruce Anderson returned a kickoff for a touchdown for the second straight week to help host North Dakota State to a 23-13 victory over Northern Iowa.

Division II semifinals: Backup Connor Jessop threw two touchdown passes and Shepherd survived two last-minute two-point conversion attempts to hold off Grand Valley State 34-32 in Shepherdstown, W.Va. The Rams (13-0) will make their first D-II title appearance next Saturday against Northwest Missouri State (14-0).

NWMS advanced in Maryville, Mo., as Brady Bolles threw two TD passes, including a 64yarder with 4:29 left, to beat West Georgia 38-23.

Division III semifinals: Jordan Roberts ran for 256 yards and three touchdowns as host No. 4 St. Thomas (Minn.) beat second-ranked Linfield (Ore.) 38-17 to advance to the final.

Jack Kaiser added two first-quarter touchdown runs and the Tommies (14-0) ran for 389 yards. St. Thomas will face top-ranked Mount Union in Friday’s Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowl in Salem, Va.

Mount Union (14-0), which beat Wisconsin-Whitewater 36-6 on Saturday, beat the Tommies in the 2012 final.