DeMarco Murray didn’t take the traditional route to get into coaching.
He didn’t toil as a graduate assistant or spend time coaching in the lower rungs of Division I or even in lower levels.
Instead, during the years when others his age who aspired to get into coaching were doing those things, Murray was starring in the NFL.
In seven seasons there, Murray ran for 7,174 yards and 49 touchdowns. Three times he made the Pro Bowl and in 2014 was the Associated Press Offensive Player of the Year and earned All-Pro honors.
Now, a little more than two seasons after playing his last NFL game, Murray is back at his alma mater as OU’s running backs coach, Sooners coach Lincoln Riley announced Monday.