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Oklahoma and coach Brent Venables have agreed to a six-year contract
extension through the 2029 season that bumps Venables' total pay to $49.65
million, according to 247Sports. The Sooners are less than two weeks away
from officially joining the SEC in all sports on July 1 ahead of the 2024
season.
奧克拉荷馬大學教練 Brent Venebles 同意和學校續約
新合約到期日為 2029 賽季 會讓 Venables 的合約總值來到 四千九百六十五萬美金
還有不到兩週的時間 音速人就會正式加入東南聯盟
The average annual value of Venables' new deal hovers around $8.28 million.
He will make $8.15 million in 2024 after earning $7.1 million a year ago.
新合約讓平均年薪大約落在 八百二十八萬 每年
Venable 今年薪資為 八百十五萬美金
去年薪資為 七百零一十萬美金
Venables, a former defensive coordinator and associate head coach at Oklahoma
under Bob Stoops, was in the third year of a six-year contract paying him a
fully guaranteed $43.5 million. He became a hot name in the coaching market
while serving as defensive coordinator at Clemson from 2012-21, and Venables
finally made the jump up in 2022 by returning to the Sooners to replace
Lincoln Riley. He is 16-10 through two seasons with the Sooners, including a
10-8 record in Big 12 play.
過去作為奧大教練 Bob Stoops 的防守協調和副總教練
也在 2012 - 2021 作為克萊蒙森大學的防守教練時受到總教練市場的青睞
最後奧大終於在 2022 年聘用 Venables 來取代 Lincoln Riley
目前他兩季的戰績為 16 - 10 在大十二聯盟成績為 10 - 8
Oklahoma struggled to a 6-7 record in Venables' first season, its lowest win
total since 1998, but bounced back in 2023 by winning 10 games and finishing
No. 15 in the final AP Top 25. The Sooners are 0-2 in two bowl appearances
under Venables, who was No. 34 in CBS Sports' ranking of the Power Four
coaches entering the 2024 season.
Key to that turnaround has been Oklahoma's continued improvement on the
defensive side of the ball. The Sooners finished eighth in the Big 12 in
scoring defense while allowing 29.6 points per game in 2022 but improved that
figure to 22.3 in 2023, which ranked fourth among conference teams.
Venables has emphasized defense via recruiting, both through the transfer
portal and from the high school ranks. The Sooners have signed three
five-star prospects under Venables; two play along the defensive line of
scrimmage. They're also the first five-star defenders to sign with Oklahoma
since 2018.
Eight of Oklahoma's 17 transfer additions ahead of the 2023 season where
either defensive linemen or linebackers. The Sooners signed a pair of
four-star front seven players during the 2024 transfer cycle in edge rusher
Caiden Woullard (Miami (OH)) and defensive lineman Damonic Williams (TCU).
That approach to building from the ground up should benefit Venables and
Oklahoma as they move to the SEC given the conference's noted physicality and
the presence of programs like Georgia, which pump out NFL-caliber linemen on
a year-to-year basis.