The Board of Regents approved adjustments to multiple OU football assistant coaches at its meeting on Tuesday.
“We have a great coaching staff,” Oklahoma athletics director Joe Castiglione said. “We want to make sure that the contract terms are aligned with what we intended. As you see there are ones that we put before the board or one-year extensions. Some of our coaches were targets of other universities in the hiring season.
"I don't think we're completely through the hiring season yet because a certain number of NFL teams are still putting their own coaching rosters together."
Here are each of the assistants' contract changes:
Offensive coordinator Jeff Lebby and defensive line coach Todd Bates' contracts were extended to Jan. 31, 2026.
Offensive line coach Bill Bedenbaugh, defensive ends coach Miguel Chavis and cornerbacks coach Jay Valai were extended through Jan. 31, 2025.
Defensive coordinator Ted Roof was not extended, but received a $50,000 raise, which was previously written into his initial contract.
Running backs coach DeMarco Murray’s contract was extended to Jan. 31, 2025. He was given a $100,000 raise and will now make $615,000 per year.
Safeties coach Brandon Hall was extended to Jan. 31, 2025. He received a $50,000 raise and will now make $350,000 per year.
Emmett Jones, who was hired as wide receivers coach on Jan. 10, is under contract until Jan. 31, 2025, and will make $550,000 per year.
“We're very mindful, so we can do as much as we can proactively to not only show confidence but also the fact that we're keeping our eye on the most important things and building our program," Castiglione said. "(Venables) has done a heck of a job with recruiting as you can see. … We’re constantly looking at everything we're doing to try to get better and improve, so we can be in this position to be successful this coming fall.”
