| Brent Venables | |
|---|---|
| Sport(s) | Football |
| Current position | |
| Title | Defensive coordinator |
| Team | Oklahoma |
| Annual salary | $440,000[1] |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | December 18, 1970 |
| Place of birth | Salina, Kansas |
| Playing career | |
| 1989–1990 1991–1992 |
Garden City CC Kansas State |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1993–1998 1999–2003 2004–present |
Kansas State (LB) Oklahoma (LB) Oklahoma (DC/LB) |
Thomas Brent Venables (born December 18, 1970) is an American 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]
In 2011, Venables was rumored to be a candidate for the head coaching position at The University of Kansas.[4]
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.