(1970-12-18) December 18, 1970 (age 53) Homestead, Florida, U.S.
Alma mater
Kansas State University (Class of 1992)
Playing career
1989–1990
Garden City CC
1991–1992
Kansas State
Position(s)
Linebacker
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1993–1995
Kansas State (GA)
1996–1998
Kansas State (LB)
1999–2003
Oklahoma (co-DC/LB)
2004–2011
Oklahoma (AHC/DC/LB)
2012–2017
Clemson (DC/LB)
2018–2021
Clemson (AHC/DC/LB)
2022–present
Oklahoma
Head coaching record
Overall
16–10
Bowls
0–2
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
Broyles Award (2016)
Thomas Brent Venables (born December 18, 1970) is an American college football coach who is the head football coach at the University of Oklahoma, a position he has held since the 2022 season. Venables served as the associate head coach, defensive coordinator, and linebackers coach at Clemson University from 2012 to 2021. He was awarded the Broyles Award in 2016.
Venables played football at Kansas State University as a linebacker from 1991 to 1992.
Thomas BrentVenables (born December 18, 1970) is an American college football coach who is the head football coach at the University of Oklahoma, a position...
for the Oklahoma Sooners. They will be led by third-year head coach BrentVenables and will play their home games at Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium...
games at Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium in Norman, Oklahoma. BrentVenables is the head coach and has served since 2022. On July 26, 2021, while...
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job. The head coaching position was filled by former Stoops assistant BrentVenables. Stoops coached the Sooners in the 2021 Alamo Bowl; the Sooners won...
Year honors from at least one organization. The current head coach is BrentVenables, who was hired on December 5, 2021, replacing Lincoln Riley after his...
season for the Oklahoma Sooners. They were led by second-year head coach BrentVenables. They played their home games at Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium...
reception for a touchdown playing under his dad. Under new head coach BrentVenables, Stoops played in all 13 games and made ten starts in the 2022 season...
(1995) John Blake (1996–1998) Bob Stoops (1999–2016) Lincoln Riley (2017–2021) Bob Stoops # (2021) BrentVenables (2022– ) # denotes interim head coach...
the Sooners' new offensive coordinator under newly hired head coach BrentVenables. Lebby’s contract with Oklahoma is for three years and $5.7 million...
During the season Alley contracted COVID-19. Under the recommendation of BrentVenables, Alley was hired by Terry Bowden to be the defensive coordinator for...
coach BrentVenables is introduced". WFAA. December 6, 2021. Retrieved December 8, 2021. "University Of Oklahoma Pulls Out All The Stops In Venables Introduction"...
University Aggies' football team. The Sooners' football Head coach BrentVenables announced the addition of Jerry Schmidt to his staff in a press release...
yards and forcing five turnovers. Ironically, defensive coordinator BrentVenables had held the same position with the Sooners until coming to Clemson...
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claimed the nation's number 1-ranked defense under defensive coordinator BrentVenables in 2014, and the emergence of freshman quarterback Deshaun Watson propelled...
round on each occasion. Following Riley's departure, current head coach BrentVenables was appointed to the position. Through the 2023 season, Oklahoma has...
Examiner-Enterprise. Retrieved 2023-05-06. "Oklahoma spring breakout candidates: BrentVenables and Danny Stutsman could be a formidable pair". Dallas News. 2022-03-23...
Dabo Swinney FBS Assistant of the Year - Dan Brooks Broyles Award - BrentVenables Johnny Unitas Award - Deshaun Watson Davey O'Brien Award - Deshaun Watson...
Atlantic), Del Miller (Missouri State), Nick Quartaro (Fordham), and BrentVenables (Oklahoma) On January 9, 2015, Snyder was announced as an inductee into...
Clemson University as a defensive analyst under defensive coordinator BrentVenables and head coach Dabo Swinney. On December 10, 2021, Roof was hired as...
(QB), Cooper Beebe (OL), Daniel Green (LB), Kobe Savage (S) Oklahoma – BrentVenables (HC) Dillon Gabriel (QB), Drake Stoops (WR), Jonah Laulu (DL), Danny...
Mississippi State Jeff Lebby 1st Missouri Eliah Drinkwitz 5th Oklahoma BrentVenables 3rd Ole Miss Lane Kiffin 5th South Carolina Shane Beamer 4th Tennessee...