Texas coach Tom Herman was in the headlines Saturday and it had nothing to do with his 2018 Longhorns squad.

Jeff Snook, Ohio State journalism graduate and author of multiple Buckeyes books, posted to Facebook Saturday that Herman tipped off reporter Brett McMurphy about former Ohio State assistant Zach Smith’s arrest at Florida in 2009 for domestic violence. While Urban Meyer and Smith were at Florida in 2009, Herman was not. He was an Iowa State assistant at the time.

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Snook also reported that Herman assisted Courtney Smith, Zach Smith’s ex-wife who has accused him of domestic abuse on multiple occasions since 2009, financially.

He addressed both reports with Texas media.

Herman’s wife, Michelle, humorously addressed the report on her own Twitter account.

McMurphy tweeted that Tom Herman was not his source.