Brent Venables
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| Brent Venables | ||
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| Title | Defensive coordinator | |
| College | Oklahoma | |
| Sport | Football | |
| Born | December 18, 1970 | |
| Place of birth |  Salina, KS |
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| Annual salary | $260,000[1] | |
| Career highlights | ||
| Playing career | ||
| 1989-1990 1991-1992 |
Garden City CC Kansas State |
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| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | ||
| 1999-present | Oklahoma (DC) | |
Thomas Brent Venables (born December 18, 1970) is a college football coach. He is currently the associate head coach, defensive coordinator and linebackers coach for the University of Oklahoma Sooners football team. In 2006, he was one of five finalists for the prestigious Broyles Award for the nation's top assistant coach.[2] He coached with Oklahoma head coach Bob Stoops at Kansas State University and was brought to Oklahoma by Stoops.[3]
As a player he played at Kansas State under coach Bill Snyder. He would later become an assistant on Bill Snyder's staff at Kansas State.
[edit] References
- ^ Oklahoma State Payroll Database. TulsaWorld.com. Retrieved on 2007-09-11.
- ^ 2006 Finalists. BroylesAward.com. Retrieved on 2007-09-18.
- ^ Haskin, Kevin. "Going separate ways", Topeka Capital-Journal, 1999-07-27. Retrieved on 2007-09-18.
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| Persondata | |
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| NAME | Venables, Brent |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Venables, Thomas Brent |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Football coach |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1970-12-18 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Salina, Kansas |
| DATE OF DEATH | |
| PLACE OF DEATH | |
