After an extensive coordinator search that saw Oklahoma weave through potential candidates like Jim Knowles, the Sooners finally have their new defensive play caller: head coach Brent Venables.

Head coach Brent Venables officially announced the hires of Nate Dreiling and Wes Goodwin to the defensive staff on Saturday.

So now we know. Brent Venables will be Oklahoma’s defensive coordinator in 2025. There are a multitude of reasons why that’s a good thing for OU football, and a few reasons to fear it might ...

Oklahoma head coach Brent Venables announced last week that he will handle the defensive play-calling duties in 2025. After the Sooners lost out on the Jim Knowles sweepstakes to fill their vacant ...

Oklahoma head coach Brent Venables entered this offseason knowing that he could very well be coaching for his job in 2025. The Sooners slogged to a 6-7 record this past season, their second in ...

Oklahoma head coach Brent Venables will handle defensive playcalling responsibilities for the Sooners in 2025, he announced in a statement Saturday, assuming full control of the program's defense ...

Brent Venables announced on Saturday that he will assume defensive play-calling duties for Oklahoma in 2025. The Sooners’ head coach’s decision comes following the departure of defensive ...

Goodwin will reunite with Oklahoma coach Brent Venables, who was the defensive coordinator at Clemson from 2012 through 2021. Goodwin worked as a defensive analyst and senior defensive assistant ...

This past offseason brought significant changes as several teams switched conferences and the College Football Playoff expanded from four to 12 teams. The teams that moved to new conferences aimed ...

Despite a second 6-7 season in three years under head coach Brent Venables, the Oklahoma Sooners and their fans are still holding onto some hope that the 2025 season will be different. The second ...