"OU football: Would Brent Venables consider Kansas State?
Posted by berrytramelon January 17, 2012M at 12:25 pm The wait continues for Brent Venables to decide between staying at OU or going to Clemson as defensive coordinator. But here’s a new possibility. What if Venables could return to Kansas State?
Venables played and coached at K-State, and about a decade ago, LHC Bill Snyder tried to get Venables to return as defensive coordinator, reportedly with the promise that Venables would take over the program when Snyder left. Those coach-in-waiting situations can be dicey, as we’ve seen on a variety of fronts, and Venables decided to stay at OU.
But now things are different. Venables has run his own defense for seven seasons, with Mike Stoops the head coach at Arizona. Now Mike Stoops is returning as co-defensive coordinator, and Venables obviously feels slighted, to some degree.
And the KSU defensive coordinator job could be coming open. Chris Cosh is reportedly in line to become defensive coordinator at South Florida. You can read about it here.
Would Snyder be interested in Venables again? Either as defensive coordinator or with the promise of eventually replacing Snyder?
Like I said, we’ve got a lot more evidence now on how head coach-designates work out. Often they don’t. Will Muschamp at Texas, James Franklin at Maryland, Danny Hope at Purdue (still employed, but struggling). But sometimes they do. Oregon’s Chip Kelly, Florida State’s Jimbo Fisher, Wisconsin’s Bret Bielema.
Would Kansas State be interested in a succession plan. Be interested in a guy who cut his teeth in Kansas? Grew up in Salina, played junior college ball at Garden City, played and coached in Manhattan? Venables might have burned a few planks in the bridge a decade ago, but maybe those wounds have healed.
KSU tried life without LHC Bill Snyder or a Snyder protege’. The Wildcats didn’t like it under Ron Prince. Didn’t like it a bit. Maybe Kansas State becomes an option for Venables".
