TigerNet.com · Oct 29, 2019
The Kansas Pioneer: Venables keeps offensive coordinators up at night
Venables is one of the true innovators in college footballCLEMSON – Brent Venables was born in Salina, Kansas, a pioneering town on the edge of the Great American West, so it’s no wonder he’s a pioneer on the cutting edge of defensive football.
Venables was born in 1970, long after the westbound wagon trains slipped into the history books. Salina established itself as a trading post for westbound immigrants, prospectors bound for Pikes Peak, and area American Indian tribes before the Civil War. The town's growth halted with the outbreak of the Civil War.