Brent Venables Gets a New Contract
By: Staff Report June 21, 2024

A former Clemson assistant is reportedly getting a new contract at his current school.

Oklahoma head football coach Brent Venables and the Sooners have agreed to a new six-year contract, per ESPN’s Pete Thamel.

The deal, which still requires board approval, includes a substantial raise for Venables and extends him by two years, according to Thamel.

In his first two years at Oklahoma, Venables has gone 16-10 overall, including a 10-8 mark in the Big 12. The Sooners finished the 2023 season with a 10-3 record (7-2 Big 12) and lost to Arizona in the Alamo Bowl, following Venables’ first season as Oklahoma’s head coach in 2022 when his team went 6-7 (3-6 Big 12) and lost to Florida State in the Cheez-It Bowl.

Now, Venables and the Sooners are about to embark on their first season in the SEC in 2024, coinciding with the first season of the expanded 12-team College Football Playoff format.

A former 13-year Oklahoma assistant coach who won a national championship with the Sooners and two more with Clemson during his 10-year stint as defensive coordinator, Venables was named OU’s 23rd head football coach Dec. 5, 2021.

The 53-year-old served as co-defensive coordinator and linebackers coach at Oklahoma from 1999-2003 and as associate head coach, defensive coordinator and linebackers coach from 2004-11 under former head coach Bob Stoops. Venables has coached in eight national championship games between his time at OU and Clemson, winning titles with the Sooners in 2000 and Tigers in 2016 and 2018.

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