UPDATED JANUARY 15 AT 9:48 P.M. ET: Oklahoma confirmed Tuesday night that Brian Odom has indeed left his head coach brother’s football program at Missouri to return “home” to Norman as the Sooners’ inside linebackers coach.
The younger Odom played his college football for the Sooners, and spent the past two seasons as the outside linebackers coach for his Barry Odom at Mizzou.
Welcome back home @CoachBOdom!
— Oklahoma Football (@OU_Football) January 16, 2019
Brian Odom, a member of OU's 2000 national championship team, hired as inside linebackers coach. #OUDNA
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New Oklahoma defensive coordinator Alex Grinch reportedly has his first major hire in Missouri outside linebackers coach Brian Odom.
Yes, that would be the younger brother of Missouri head coach Barry Odom.
The news was first reported by Power Mizzou and has since been confirmed by a number of Oklahoma outlets.
While it obviously doesn’t compare to the one he’s leaving, the younger Odom does have a prior relationship with Grinch. The pair worked together at Washington State from 2015-16, a stint that helped Grinch get the Ohio State (and later Oklahoma) jobs, and Odom get his first full-time job at Mizzou.
Grinch first targeted Odom for the position last week, but Odom turned him down. A week later and the offer apparently became even more appetizing compared to the $300,000 Odom earned at Mizzou. We’ll see how sweet when his new Oklahoma contract is approved.
