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Oklahoma reportedly making major change to Brent Venables’ coaching staff
By Sydney Hunte
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Oklahoma is reportedly moving in a new direction with one of its coaches following a 35-9 home loss to South Carolina in Week 8.
Sooners offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Seth Littrell has been fired, according to On3’s George Stoia. Littrell was an offensive assistant in 2023 before being promoted ahead of the 2024 season after Jeff Lebby was named head coach at Mississippi State.
BREAKING: Oklahoma has fired offensive coordinator Seth Littrell, per @SoonerScoop. https://t.co/u1GbnVxxN5 pic.twitter.com/zBEh8PKEgn
— On3 (@On3sports) October 20, 2024
Prior to joining Oklahoma, Littrell spent 7 seasons as the head coach at North Texas, going 44-44. He was fired before the Mean Green’s bowl game in 2022 despite a 6-6 record and 6-2 mark in Conference USA.
A former Sooners running back under John Blake and Bob Stoops from 1997 to 2000, Litrell’s coaching career began as a graduate assistant at Kansas in 2002 before moving to Texas Tech as its running backs coach.
He spent 3 seasons at Arizona from 2009 to 2011, eventually being named offensive coordinator in his final season in Tucson. After a pair of seasons at both Indiana and North Carolina, he was named head coach at North Texas ahead of the 2016 season.
Littrell returned to his alma mater in 2023. In 2024, as offensive coordinator, Oklahoma has struggled, averaging just 112.1 yards rushing per game and 176.0 yards per game passing — last and second-last in the SEC, respectively. It has also averaged 22.1 points through 7 games, second-worst in the conference.
The Sooners are 4-3, 1-3 in their first season in the SEC. They face Ole Miss in Week 9.
Sydney is an Atlanta-based journalist who has covered everything from SEC and ACC football to MLS, the U.S. men's national soccer team and professional tennis. His work has appeared on such platforms as SB Nation, Cox Media Group and FanSided.
