6 days ago · Brent Venables’ 2025 coaching staff is complete. Oklahoma’s head coach filled his on-field opening as expected on Saturday by hiring new Arkansas State defensive coordinator Nate Dreiling ...

Jan 31, 2025 · Oklahoma is closing in on a deal with Nate Dreiling to join the program's coaching staff, sources tell OUInsider.com. Dreiling is expected to be the Sooners' new linebackers coach, per sources, while the expectation is that Brent Venables will …

Feb 1, 2025 · Head Coach Brent Venables has kept quiet about his pursuits for the coaching staff, but it seems the cat’s out of the bag now as the Oklahoma Sooners finally have a new defensive coordinator with Nate Dreiling. If you don’t instantly recognize the name, you’re not alone.

Jan 31, 2025 · Oklahoma had been looking for a new defensive coordinator and linebackers coach since Dec. 27 when Venables’ 31-year-old protege Zac Alley stunningly left the position to take the same job at ...

Jan 31, 2025 · OU football is still searching for its next defensive coordinator and linebackers coach.. Sooners athletic director Joe Castiglione said Thursday following the university's Board of Regents meeting that the process is "going well." "I think it's very close," Castiglione said. Oklahoma missed out on hiring former Ohio State defensive coordinator Jim Knowles, who agreed to a deal to become Penn ...

Dec 29, 2024 · Defensive tackles coach Todd Bates is one of the Sooners’ three defensive coaches with a co-defensive coordinator title, and he’s coached with Venables before moving to Oklahoma.

Jan 13, 2024 · NORMAN — University of Oklahoma head football coach Brent Venables announced the hiring of Zac Alley as co-defensive coordinator and linebackers coach Saturday.

Jan 13, 2024 · What was reported more than a week ago is no official as the University of Oklahoma announced the hiring of Zac Alley as Sooners co-defensive coordinator and linebackers coach. Alley comes to...

Jan 28, 2025 · NORMAN — One month has passed since Zac Alley abruptly left his post as Oklahoma's defensive coordinator after just one season to take on the defensive coordinator title at West Virginia, and...

6 days ago · 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 not work.