The Oklahoma Sooners are not off to the hot start they would have hoped for in the first half of the 2024 college football season. In the Sooners’ first season in the SEC, the program is 4-2 entering Week 8 and had an unimaginably ugly first half against South Carolina, going into halftime down 32-3.
Head Coach Brent Venables joined the program in December of 2021 and earned a contract extension and raise in pay in the 2024 offseason. The newest deal has him tied to the program through the 2029 season and has a total value of $51.6 million.
If things continue to sour for the Sooners throughout the 2024 season, the call from fans to make a change at the head coaching position will grow, and the Oklahoma Athletics Department may feel pressured to appease the fans.
How much is Oklahoma football head coach Brent Venables’ contract buyout in 2024?
It’s a whopping $44,808,333 to part ways with the head coach.
Massive contract buyouts are not uncommon in college football. Numerous programs have committed to paying former coaches copious amounts of money to have them leave their positions. the Auburn Tigers, Texas A&M Aggies and LSU Tigers know a thing or two about that.
Nothing is certain with Venables and Oklahoma, perhaps they manage to turn things around. However, that massive number will loom over their heads in the meantime.