&sq=&lang=&file=File:Todd_Bates.jpg) Bates with Clemson in 2021. | |
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Co-defensive coordinator & defensive tackles coach |
| Team | Oklahoma |
| Conference | SEC |
| Annual salary | $700,000 |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | March 12, 1983 Heflin, Alabama, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 2001–2004 | Alabama |
| 2005–2006 | Tennessee Titans |
| Position(s) | Defensive end |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2007 | Talladega HS (assistant) |
| 2008–2011 | Oxford HS (AL) (assistant) |
| 2011–2012 | Idaho State (DL) |
| 2013 | East Central CC (DL) |
| 2014–2016 | Jacksonville State (DL) |
| 2017 | Clemson (DL) |
| 2018–2019 | Clemson (DT) |
| 2020–2021 | Clemson (DT/RC) |
| 2022–present | Oklahoma (co-DC/DT) |
Todd Bates (born March 12, 1983) is an American football coach and former defensive end who is currently the co-defensive coordinator and defensive tackles coach at the University of Oklahoma. He previously served as the defensive tackles coach and recruiting coordinator at Clemson University from 2018 to 2021
Bates has established himself as one of top college football recruiters in the country, winning the Rivals Recruiter of the Year award in 2019.[1]
- ^ "Clemson assistant Todd Bates is Rivals' Recruiter of the Year". Rivals. Retrieved June 14, 2021.