- Steve Sarkisian, the top coach of the College of Texas soccer workforce, has welcomed a child boy along with his spouse, Loreal Sarkisian
- Loreal introduced the information through Instagram, alongside maternity shoot images, on April 4
- “He’s arrived, and our hearts are so full of affection and gratitude,” she wrote in her Instagram caption
Steve and Loreal Sarkisian have welcomed a child boy!
The College of Texas head soccer coach, 51, and the private stylist introduced on Friday, April 4, that they’ve welcomed a son collectively, as Loreal shared images from a maternity shoot on Instagram.
“He’s arrived, and our hearts are so full of affection and gratitude! Embracing these first days quietly resting, adjusting, and soaking in each little second has been wonderful! Thanks in your love and for respecting this candy time of privateness 💙,” Loreal, 39, captioned the images. “XOLO 🤍.”
The images function Loreal — identified to followers as “The First Woman of Texas Longhorn Soccer” — exhibiting off her child bump, with the third snap exhibiting Steve kissing her brow as he positioned a hand on her abdomen.
“💙💙💙,” he commented beneath the submit.
Loreal Sarkisian/ Instagram
The arrival of their son marks the pair’s first little one collectively. Steve additionally shares two daughters and a son — Taylor, Ashley and Brady — along with his former spouse, Stephanie. Brady joined UT’s soccer workforce as a linebacker in 2023.
As for the Longhorns coach and Loreal, the couple each labored on the College of Southern California earlier than tying the knot on June 29, 2020 — when Steve was the offensive coordinator on the College of Alabama on the time.
Whereas they introduced on Instagram in July 2024 that that they had break up and had been submitting for divorce, per Sports Illustrated, each Steve and Loreal have apparently reconciled. Loreal started posting with Steve once more in December 2024 and supporting him throughout residence video games in Texas — the place the stylist has earned a fame for her fashionable gameday seems.
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The newborn information comes simply months after Steve signed a contract extension with the Longhorns, including one 12 months to a deal that now has him on board by way of 2031, in keeping with Houston’s Chron. He was initially named the thirty first head coach of the Texas Longhorns in January 2021, following his stints at USC and the College of Washington.
Loreal beforehand opened as much as WFAA earlier this 12 months about supporting her husband’s craft, explaining that “it issues to him.”
“I respect it and I admire that, figuring out how onerous he works at it day in and time out and what it really means to him and particularly the journey he’s been on to at the present time personally and professionally,” she stated.
The stylist, whose purchasers embody celebrities and CEOs, added in the identical interview that she’s additionally acquired to see his private fashion evolve. “I’m comfortable for him,” she advised WFAA. “Typically he’s carried out it for himself with a teeny little bit of assist. I strive to not take an excessive amount of credit score as a result of he can gown.”
She added, “He has some fashion. He has some style. I imply, clearly, he acquired my consideration.”
