Rangers coach Steve Buechele to attend son’s Longhorn debut, or else

Ranger bench coach Steve Buechele plans to attend his son Shane’s debut with the Texas Longhorns Sunday night. Manager Jeff Banister is going to make sure of it.

Shane Buechele, who was a two-time all-state quarterback at Arlington Lamar, plays his first game with the Longhorns Sunday night against Notre Dame in Austin. Although the Longhorns haven’t named a starting quarterback, Buechele, who enrolled in January, has split playing time this August with senior Tyrone Swoopes. Both are likely to see action under center.

“If he’s here for the whole game I might fire him,” Banister said. “If he’s still here I might walk out there and tell the umpires to throw him out when I exchange the lineup card. And if they don’t I might yell something and point to him.”

Banister said he’s insisting that Buechele take off for Austin before the Ranger’s 2 p.m. Sunday game with the Astros. Buechele could catch a flight to Seattle for the series with the Mariners out of Austin.

“We miss so much in our families lives and our kids and wives sacrifice so much for us to live inside this world,” Banister said. “I celebrate with our coaches when they have moments like this.”

Banister said it’s not only important for Buechele and his family, but to him and Buechele’s extended Rangers family.

“It’s important to them but it’s also important to all of us, too,” he said. “We do life together in this craziness that we do. He’ll be there. Maybe he’ll have so much adrenaline after the game he’ll run to Seattle.”

This story was originally published September 2, 2016 at 4:53 PM with the headline "Rangers coach Steve Buechele to attend son’s Longhorn debut, or else."