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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.
奥克拉荷马大学教练 Brent Venebles 同意和学校续约
新合约到期日为 2029 赛季 会让 Venables 的合约总值来到 四千九百六十五万美金
还有不到两周的时间 音速人就会正式加入东南联盟
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.
新合约让平均年薪大约落在 八百二十八万 每年
Venable 今年薪资为 八百十五万美金
去年薪资为 七百零一十万美金
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.
过去作为奥大教练 Bob Stoops 的防守协调和副总教练
也在 2012 - 2021 作为克莱蒙森大学的防守教练时受到总教练市场的青睐
最后奥大终于在 2022 年聘用 Venables 来取代 Lincoln Riley
目前他两季的战绩为 16 - 10 在大十二联盟成绩为 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.