The Oklahoma Sooners are a little over three weeks away from kicking off the 2025 season. OU will host Illinois State in Week 1 in Norman on August 30th, a tune up game against an FCS opponent, before a gigantic matchup the following Saturday against Michigan, also at home.
The team is currently in fall camp, the final stage of the offseason to get ready for a critical year for the program. After a disappointing 2024 season that saw the Sooners go 6-7 overall and 2-6 in the SEC in their first year in the league, there’s pressure from all sides to improve in a big way this year.
This offseason has been one of change. Of the 127 players that Oklahoma ended last season with, only 65 have returned for this season. The Sooners lost 62 players since late-November and added 46 players to the roster this offseason, leaving them with 111 total players.
A new general manager in Jim Nagy, a new front office, and the announcement of longtime athletic director Joe Castiglione’s impending retirement have also contributed to the number of changes this offseason at the Switzer Center.
The changes have extended to the coaching staff as well. The 2025 season comes with new play-callers on both sides of the ball, new position coaches, and more pressure on returning coaches to perform at a higher level than what we saw last year.
Today, we’ll take a look at each member of Oklahoma’s primary coaching staff. For this article’s purposes, we’ll exclude administrators, front office staff and support staff, including coaching analysts. We’ll be diving into each of OU’s coordinators and position coaches to learn a bit more about each of them as we head into the 2025 season.
Brent Venables, Head Coach
Brent Venables is entering Year 4 as Oklahoma’s head coach, facing a make-or-break season. After a 6-7 season in 2022 was followed by a 10-3 campaign…
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Publish date : 2025-08-09 13:08:00
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