Sooners Officially Name Tim Kish to Staff

SoonerScoop.com first reported Tyrone Nix's arrival in Norman this weekend. Now it appears Bob Stoops is narrowing the field to replace Brent Venables.

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- Mike Stoops has received a three-year contract that will pay him 600,000 annually to be the defensive coordinator for Oklahoma, and he'll have a familiar face helping him. The university's board of regents voted Tuesday to approve the terms of Stoops' employment, which includes a 245,000 base salary and 355,000 for personal services and fundraising...

Oklahoma Sooners head coach Bob Stoops stuck with the tried and true in hiring a new linebackers coach. OU announced Tuesday that Tim Kish has been hired to join the Sooners staff, following Brent Venables' departure for Clemson last week. Kish, who served as Mike Stoops' defensive coordinator at Arizona, apparently got the nod over Tyrone Nix. It represents a safe hire...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- Mike Stoops has received a three-year contract that will pay him 600,000 annually to be the defensive coordinator for Oklahoma, and he'll have a familiar face helping him. The university's board of regents voted Tuesday to approve the terms of Stoops' employment, which includes a 245,000 base salary and 355,000 for personal services and fundraising...

With National Signing Day quickly approaching, CBR will be giving you a daily roundup of the key developments on the national recruiting scene up until the ink is dry on all those letters of intent. *Daily DGB Update Why not kick things off with the country's consensus No. 1 recruit, wide receiver Dorial Green-Beckham? H/T to SoonerScoop.com ($) for the news that Oklahoma head...

Catoosa is at Wagoner tonight in high school basketball and it was expected to be quite a scene as Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops, his brother and new defensive coordinator Mike Stoops, and recruiting coordinator Cale Gundy were going to come to town to watch and then speak with Oklahoma High School Player of the Year Kevin Peterson to see if they could preserve a commitment he made back in December.

Oklahoma Head Coach Bob Stoops has named Tim Kish the new linebackers coach at the University of Oklahoma. Today's hiring of the former Arizona defensive coordinator is pending approval of the university's board of regents.Kish spent the last eight years at the University of Arizona where he became familiar with the defensive system of Oklahoma defensive coordinator Mike...

Oklahoma Head Coach Bob Stoops has named Tim Kish the new linebackers coach at the University of Oklahoma. Today's hiring of the former Arizona defensive coordinator is pending approval of the university's board of regents.Kish spent the last eight years at the University of Arizona where he became familiar with the defensive system of Oklahoma defensive coordinator Mike...

It's been too long. Who's up for some links? *The nation's consensus No. 1 recruit, wide receiver Dorial Green-Beckham out of Springfield, Mo., hosted Oklahoma Sooners head coach Bob Stoops and co-offensive coordinator Jay Norvell Monday night. Although conventional wisdom holds that OU is out of the running for DGB's signature next week, I guess the fact that Stoops...

Early narratives for the coming year. • Thesis. After 16 years as respectable, middle-class members of the Big 12, Missouri and Texas A&M;s defection to the SEC will prove to be a lateral move. • Point. Given some of the projections of doom for the Tigers and Aggies in their new league, you'd think they'd given up a chance to burn path of destruction through the old...