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Brent Venables releases statement following firing of Seth Littrell as Oklahoma OC
By Sydney Hunte
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Brent Venables opted to part ways with Seth Littrell after Week 8 as Oklahoma fell to South Carolina 35-9 in Norman.
“Seth is an all-time great Sooner,” the Sooners head coach said in a statement of his now-former offensive coordinator. “He has a deep love for this university and football program, and has poured his heart and soul into both. Despite that, our performance as an offense this season has not at all lived up to the OU standard and I felt a change was necessary now.”
Oklahoma ranked at the bottom or near the bottom of the SEC in all major offensive categories in 2024, a stark reversal from 2023 when it ranked as one of the Big 12’s top offenses.
With Littrell, a former Sooners running back in the late 1990s and early 2000s, no longer in the fold, Venables appointed Joe Jon Finley, a current co-offensive coordinator, as play caller, while senior analyst Kevin Downs will coach quarterbacks and take on a co-OC role himself.
“I’m confident Joe Jon, Kevin and the rest of the offensive staff will work tirelessly to put our players in positions to succeed and make us more effective on that side of the ball,” Venables said.
The Sooners are 4-3 and have disappointed in their first SEC season, sitting at 1-3 in the conference.
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.
