Brent Venables

Brent Venables
Venables in 2013
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamOklahoma
ConferenceSEC
Record21–14
Biographical details
Born (1970-12-18) December 18, 1970 (age 53)
Homestead, Florida, U.S.
Alma materKansas State University (1992)
Playing career
1989–1990Garden City
1991–1992Kansas State
Position(s)Linebacker
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1993–1995Kansas State (GA)
1996–1998Kansas State (LB)
1999–2003Oklahoma (co-DC/LB)
2004–2011Oklahoma (AHC/DC/LB)
2012–2017Clemson (DC/LB)
2018–2021Clemson (AHC/DC/LB)
2022–presentOklahoma
Head coaching record
Overall21–14 (.600)
Bowls0–2
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
Broyles Award (2016)

Thomas Brent Venables (born December 18, 1970) is an American college football coach who is the head football coach at the University of Oklahoma, a position he has held since the 2022 season. Venables served as the associate head coach, defensive coordinator, and linebackers coach at Clemson University from 2012 to 2021. He was awarded the Broyles Award in 2016.

Venables played football at Kansas State University as a linebacker from 1991 to 1992.