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Oklahoma hires Clemson defensive coordinator Brent Venables as Sooners' new football coach - ESPN
Dec 06, 2021 57 secs
Kirk Herbstreit, Jesse Palmer and Joey Galloway react to Oklahoma's plans to hire Brent Venables as the next head coach.

Clemson defensive coordinator Brent Venables is Oklahoma's new head football coach, the university announced.

"This is an incredibly special opportunity," Venables said in a statement released by Oklahoma, calling the Sooners "one of the winningest and most tradition-rich programs in college football history.".

While at Clemson, Venables was the Broyles Award winner in 2016 as the top assistant coach in college football.

He was the highest-paid assistant coach in college football and received a contract extension prior to this season that took him to $2.5 million annually.

Cincinnati's Luke Fickell was another coach Oklahoma had interest in, but the timing didn't work out for Fickell, whose Bearcats won the AAC championship game Saturday and are headed to the College Football Playoff.

For the third straight time, Oklahoma went the assistant route in hiring its head coach.

Tim Bourret, Clemson's former football communications director who has been a part of Clemson athletics for more than 40 years, tweeted: "Brent Venables has been the most significant assistant coach in any sport in Clemson athletics history."

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