NORMAN, Okla. (KOKH) - The football coaching staff at the University of Oklahoma is coming into focus.
Head coach Brent Venables named Jeff Lebby as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach and Ted Roof as defensive coordinator and linebackers coach.
Lebby, a former Sooners offensive lineman and student assistant, returns to Norman after serving as an offensive coordinator at Ole Miss.
"We're thrilled to welcome to our staff maybe the hottest offensive coordinator in college football," said Venables, who was introduced as head coach on Monday. "The more thoroughly we scouted Jeff, the more we became convinced that he has the character and ability we need and want at OU."
Roof was a defensive analyst at Clemson this past season. The college football coaching veteran won a national championship as defensive coordinator at Auburn in 2010.
"Ted is one of the most experienced coordinators and one of the best teachers in all of college football, and he's done it in some of the premier conferences in the sport – the SEC, Big Ten and ACC," Venables said. "He has a tremendous wealth of knowledge and experience, most of which has been in the southeastern part of the country where he is very well connected
Venables also announced that he is retaining Cale Gundy, Bill Bedenbaugh, DeMarco Murray, and Joe Jon Finley on the Sooners' coaching staff.
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