Brent Venables announced the first major hires of his tenure as head coach of the Oklahoma Sooners Friday. As expected, Ole Miss offensive coordinator Jeff Lebby is returning to his alma mater to fill the same role at OU. Not so expected: the well-traveled Ted Roof is taking over as defensive coordinator.
Hiring Lebby to oversee the OU offense has been one of the worst-kept secrets in college football for more than a week. He already started recruiting for the Sooners in the last few days and said his goodbyes to the Rebels earlier this week.