Steve Sarkisian wife Loreal Sarkisian married the Texas Longhorns head coach in 2020, announced plans to divorce in 2024, and later reconciled with him. The couple have since had a son, Amays.
If you have read that the divorce was announced in 2025, that date is wrong, and the arithmetic that proves it is simple.
Who is Loreal Sarkisian?
Loreal Sarkisian is the wife of Steve Sarkisian and one of the most visible figures around Texas football, where she is known as the first lady of the program. She married him in 2020. He was offensive coordinator at Alabama then, before he took the Texas job.
Her public profile runs largely through fashion. She wears white to the first game of every season. She did it again for Texas’s opening win over Texas State, while also juggling New York Fashion Week, Sports Illustrated reported. She has described her gameday outfits as largely unplanned, telling one interviewer she rarely knows what she will wear until about a day before kickoff.
From a 2020 wedding to a reconciliation
| When | What happened |
|---|---|
| 2020 | Married, while Sarkisian was Alabama’s offensive coordinator |
| 2024 | Announced on Instagram that they would jointly file for divorce |
| Afterwards | Reconciled and resumed appearing together publicly |
| Later | Announced the arrival of their son, Amays, on social media |
The divorce announcement was a joint statement. “After many heartfelt conversations, we have decided to amicably part ways and jointly file for divorce,” the couple wrote on Instagram, as reported by 247Sports.
Steve Sarkisian wife divorce: why it was 2024, not 2025
Steve and Loreal Sarkisian announced their divorce plans in 2024, and a widely read version of the story gives the wrong year for it.
The Houston Chronicle reported at the time that the couple announced their plans “after four years of marriage.” They married in 2020. Four years after 2020 is 2024, and Yahoo’s coverage places the announcement in 2024 as well. A Sports Illustrated piece instead says the couple “reconciled after jointly filing for divorce in the summer of 2025.” That cannot be squared with a four-year marriage that began in 2020.
It matters because the reconciliation and the birth of their son only make sense in the right order, and a reader working from the 2025 date will get the sequence backwards.
Are they back together?
Yes. Steve and Loreal Sarkisian reconciled after the 2024 announcement and did not go through with the divorce. Yahoo described the pair as having “made it abundantly clear” that they were back together, and they have appeared together publicly around Texas games since, including walking off the field together after a win over Kentucky.
The clearest signal came later, when the head coach and his wife announced the arrival of their newborn son on social media, ESPN reported. They named him Amays.
Common questions
Is Steve Sarkisian wife Loreal still married to him?
Yes. They announced plans to divorce in 2024 but reconciled, and remain married. They have since had a son together.
Who is the father of Loreal Sarkisian’s baby?
Steve Sarkisian. The couple announced the arrival of their son, Amays, together on social media, as ESPN reported. There is no reporting that suggests otherwise.
When did Steve Sarkisian marry Loreal?
In 2020, while he was working as Alabama’s offensive coordinator, before he became head coach at Texas.
