Home » Sports » College Sports » So long Vic: Schaefer departs MSU for Texas after eight seasons STARKVILLE — After eight years at Mississippi State women’s basketball head coach Vic Schaefer is heading back to the Lonestar State Multiple sources close to the situation confirmed to The Dispatch that Schaefer — a Texas Native and former longtime assistant at Texas A&M — will be the next head coach at the University of Texas Texas officially announced the hiring late Sunday afternoon though speculation spread when Athletic Director Chris Del Conte tweeted a photo with Schaefer and his family with the caption “Guess who’s coming to the Forty…” earlier in the day “I want to thank everyone at Mississippi State for eight wonderful years,” Schaefer said in a news release “Thank you to the Bulldog Family for your loyalty and love of our program We will always be grateful for our time in Starkville.” Schaefer took the program to two national title games and three Elite Eights while compiling a 221-62 record — giving him the best winning percentage of any coach in program history He also guided the Bulldogs to a last second upset of UConn in the 2017 Final Four to end the Huskies’ 111-game win streak MSU concluded the 2020 season 27-6 and reached the finals of the Southeastern Conference Tournament before losing to No 1-ranked South Carolina for the second time this year you’re just really proud of what this team was able to accomplish,” Schaefer told the Dispatch in late March following the cancelation of the 2020 NCAA Tournament due to the worldwide outbreak of COVID-19 “And that’s why I hate it for them because I really feel like they could have made a run and we could have gotten hot like we have in the last three or four years and made a big run in the tournament.” Schaefer’s hiring at Texas comes just two days after Del Conte fired previous head coach Karen Aston Aston had been the coach in Austin since 2012 — the same year Schaefer was hired at MSU — and compiled a 184-83 record over that span the Longhorns reached three Sweet 16s and one Elite Eight though they lost in the first round of the NCAA tournament last year A source with immediate knowledge of the situation told The Dispatch Sunday that Texas will cover Schaefer’s $1.25 million buyout Schaefer’s employment contract ran through the 2022-23 season after it was re-upped to four years after last season (Mississippi state law doesn’t allow contracts longer than four years) He was slated to make nearly $2 million annually over that span and was set to receive a $375,000 retention bonus if still employed as the head coach at MSU on June 1 MSU Athletic Director John Cohen spoke with the team after Schaefer informed the Bulldogs he would no longer be the head coach — though it remains unclear whether they were told before word leaked onto social media I met with our young women and informed them that a national search for our next head women’s basketball coach is underway,” Cohen said in a news release “I shared with the team that we will be thoughtful and thorough during the process and that I am confident we will find a great leader for this program someone who understands our deep meaning of family someone who understands the Mississippi State culture and a hungry competitor with an elite work ethic We want someone who knows the game inside and out and has an innovative skill set.” Following the news of Schaefer’s departure reactions from players poured in over social media sophomore forward/center Jessika Carter and freshman forward Rickea Jackson were among those who reacted via Twitter “I ain’t never seen nothing like this,” Danberry wrote “This team is my family,” Cooks added also released a statement for her daughter via Twitter “This is a hurtful situation for all the players at Mississippi State University Please everyone respect their space to mentally process all that has taken place So please people let the young ladies process things with their families in peace Don’t take it personal but it is personal!” Ben Portnoy reports on Mississippi State sports for The Dispatch (662) 328-2424 cdispatch.com © 2025 – The Commerical Dispatch in-depth journalism is essential to a healthy community The Dispatch brings you the most complete reporting and insightful commentary in the Golden Triangle but we need your help to continue our efforts Please consider subscribing to our website for only $2.30 per week to help support local journalism and our community This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page Home - Archive - SkyDesigners Teases Base Aérienne 102 Dijon-Longvic for MSFS Former legacy platform scenery developer SkyDesigners has recently made a reappearance within the developer community taking to their Facebook page to market their newest project Former legacy platform scenery developer SkyDesigners has recently made a reappearance within the developer community, taking to their Facebook page to market their newest project Base Aérienne 102 Dijon-Longvic (LFSD) was a former Armée de l’Air military installation located 2nm south-east of the French village of Longvic Following its initial opening as a civilian airfield in 1910 the French government was quick to establish a military presence on the field opening a formal military airbase on March 24th The airbase saw extensive service during both World War I & II with numerous Allied bomber and fighter squadrons having been stationed on its grounds the airbase found itself in a state of severe neglect and it took the French government four years to repair the inflicted damage with it only being returned to service in 1949 Base Aérienne 102 was the first French airbase to see jet aircraft stationed on its site and saw numerous TV appearances on the famous French television series: “Sky Fighters.” Following the French Air Force’s reorganization the airbase was initially put on reserve status before formally being closed down in 2016 the airfield eventually got repurposed for civilian operations now only serving occasional business and general aviation traffic French scenery developer SkyDesigners has now provided military aviation enthusiasts with their first glimpse of its rendition of this historic French airbase Although not providing any details regarding product features the developer claims that the scenery should be available on SimMarket for purchase shortly the developer refrained from providing interested readers with a price just yet Please feel free to check out SkyDesigners’ Facebook post linked here for additional in-sim previews of the scenery we will keep you updated as to when SkyDesigners finally release the product ' + scriptOptions._localizedStrings.webview_notification_text + ' " + scriptOptions._localizedStrings.redirect_overlay_title + " " + scriptOptions._localizedStrings.redirect_overlay_text + " Company will focus on North America market Lennox has agreed to sell its European commercial HVAC and refrigeration business to funds managed by Syntagma Capital The transaction is expected to be completed in Q4 of 2023 the transaction is subject to obtaining the required consent Lennox said in November 2022 that it was seeking "strategic alternatives" for its European business so as to focus on operations in North America The European business accounts for about five percent of Lennox's revenue The European business has locations in Germany and Spain and is comprised of three brands: Lennox The company manufactures and sells HVAC products and systems including package units as well as refrigeration products such as air-cooled condensers "The agreement to sell the European commercial HVAC and refrigeration business will be the best way to bring closure to our portfolio simplification decision announced last year,” said CEO Alok Maskara “Our focus on North America will enable us to better serve our customers and achieve growth acceleration and margin resiliency Our European commercial HVAC and refrigeration businesses have been part of Lennox for many years and I want to thank the talented employees of those businesses for their dedication and contributions." 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