Brent Venables agrees to new six-year contract with Oklahoma

A former Tiger gets a big raise.

Head coach of the Oklahoma Sooners Brent Venables agreed to a new six-year contract that will keep him a Sooner through the 2029 season.

The total value of the deal is $51.6 million, and Venables will earn $8.5 million annually.

“We are proactive about contracts as best we can and we watch the market; we certainly recognize the performance of our coaches, the role they play in leadership, the importance of not just talking about stability and forward thinking and what our program wants to do in pursuit of future success, but demonstrating it,” he said recently Oklahoma athletic director Joe Castiglione Jr.. “I think our move and the signing of coach Venables is a perfect example of that — what he’s been doing since he’s been on campus for two years and while we’re moving into a new league and we are putting the foundations in the right place for us. to be successful going forward and chasing championships, just like all the best teams and the ones we compete with try to do.”

Oklahoma went 10-3 last season and currently has a top-10 recruiting class.

Venables was hired as Oklahoma’s coach in December 2021 after serving as one of Clemson’s most beloved defensive coordinators of all time (2012-21).

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