Brent Venables Resume

[MeanGreenDan]

Buddy of mine in Norman says the radio blowhards are saying word around OU is that Venables has been offered the UNT head coaching job, and it is his if he wants it.

Anyone else heard anything, or is this typical cocky Sooner talk?

[MizzouTigers]

Buddy of mine in Norman says the radio blowhards are saying word around OU is that Venables has been offered the UNT head coaching job, and it is his if he wants it.

Anyone else heard anything, or is this typical cocky Sooner talk?

Why would Venebles take a pay cut just to be a head coach?

[cl_1_2008]

His current salary is $260,000. He would not be taking a paycut. That being said, I still want Canales.

[MCMLXXX]

I am on board with that, and while we are at it bring Cale Gundy on as OC and recruiting coordinator.

[MDH]

Buddy of mine in Norman says the radio blowhards are saying word around OU is that Venables has been offered the UNT head coaching job, and it is his if he wants it.

Anyone else heard anything, or is this typical cocky Sooner talk?

Ya, Holt told me that today as well....caught me off-gaurd.

Edited November 16, 2010 by mdh0192

[Mean Green 93-98]

His current salary is $260,000. He would not be taking a paycut. That being said, I still want Canales.

Didn't he just get a pretty huge raise? Still, I think UNT's HC pay will beat it.

As far as whether there's any truth to this, I have no idea.

[untbowler]

hmmm not bad

[Cr1028]

You gotta be kidding me, OU has gone O-fer in BCS bowls since Venables took over for Mike Stoops. Argh. I would take the DC from Nebraska or A&M over Venables.

[Monkeypox]

Exciting name, to be sure.

[cl_1_2008]

Didn't he just get a pretty huge raise? Still, I think UNT's HC pay will beat it.

As far as whether there's any truth to this, I have no idea.

Yes, I apologize, his base salary is $235,000, plus $205,000 in "additional and outside income from unrestricted funds" for personal services.

[Green92]

I can live with this.

[shaft]

You gotta be kidding me, OU has gone O-fer in BCS bowls since Venables took over for Mike Stoops.

Maybe we should worry about going .500 before we worry about BCS bowls.

[NT03]

I didn't hear the show , but my friend from OU says that they never said UNT offered.

Also says that it's just OU's radio guys looking down on UNT saying that It's his if he wants it , meaning that they don't believe UNT could possibly get anyone better... Just someone's view who is a Sooner

[NTerock]

I hope this is only a rumor...

[Coach Andy Mac]

http://www.soonersports.com/school-bio/brent_venables.html

[Got5onIt]

hmmmm, so did he throw his name in the hat? Not all that impressed.......

[Mean Green 93-98]

I didn't hear the show , but my friend from OU says that they never said UNT offered.

Also says that it's just OU's radio guys looking down on UNT saying that It's his if he wants it , meaning that they don't believe UNT could possibly get anyone better... Just someone's view who is a Sooner

Thank you for setting the record straight.

This thread probably needs to have its title changed, if not be deleted altogether.

[Got5onIt]

thank god. title needs to be edited.......

[meangreen]

well, even if this isn't true, I wouldn't be surprised if it eventually happened. He was pretty close to being offered the Clemson HC job a couple years back. He has had success at OU. So sure why not? I'd be down with that

[Got5onIt]

My OU buddy, who played under Switzer I might add, says alot of alums/fans want him gone and Stoops to "revamp" his coaching staff. Says Stoops is too loyal to his buddies and it's hurting him much like Mack Brown...

[NT03]

Thank you for setting the record straight.

This thread probably needs to have its title changed, if not be deleted altogether.

Well I didn't hear the show , but I trust my friend. He's been to every OU home game / bowl game in the past 6 years so I gotta take his word for it. Also OU's bye week was the week before Dodge got fired , so I don't see where Venables would even have the time for a face to face interview. Again , I didn't listen to the show ( why on earth would I listen to Sooner talk!!) , but this sounds reasonable.

I'm not saying he is out of the picture in any way , because OU does want to get rid of him and his name has been mentioned before amongst the whispers. I just find it hard to believe that RV has only offered this guy and no one else and is not still interviewing candidates

Edited November 16, 2010 by NT03

[Mean Green 93-98]

Well I didn't hear the show , but I trust my friend. He's been to every OU home game / bowl game in the past 6 years so I gotta take his word for it. Also OU's bye week was the week before Dodge got fired , so I don't see where Venables would even have the time for a face to face interview. Again , I didn't listen to the show ( why on earth would I listen to Sooner talk!!) , but this sounds resonable.

Much more reasonable. We may have our new HC named by the K-State game, but this would be way early.

[eulessismore]

Much more reasonable. We may have our new HC named by the K-State game, but this would be way early.

Brent Venables? I hope it's not true; not necessarily because of him (although I'm not thrilled by him). I don't see why we need to have it done by the K-State game. I think it was KingDL1 who said give it till the first week of December, if necessary, to give ourselves the chance of making the best choice. I don't know if there's anything magical about that, but I believe the regular season ends on Dec. 4, making it easier for currently employed coaches to travel for an interview, and also the high school teams are into playoffs by then, allowing for evaluation of prospects under more stressful conditions.

[VideoEagle]

Get his agent on the phone and find out if he's interested. The guy is know to be able to recruit. While his BCS bowl record is awful, his regular season record is great and he knows how to game plan against a wide variety of competition. As for salary, a lot of people take a cut to be the boss. I think we will be competitive in salary.

The more people we interview the better our chances of finding the right guy.

[Huff]

If we are going to hire a coach who is currently a coordinator, let's hire the one who is currently our interim head coach.