Brent Venables reveals battle with Mike Leach over recruitment of Josh …
WEB2 days ago · Josh Heupel will make his return to Norman this Saturday when his Tennessee team faces Oklahoma, and there will be a familiar face on the other sideline. Brent Venables, who was the defensive coordinator when Heupel played at OU, is now the Sooners head coach.
Tennessee's showdown with Oklahoma marks a full-circle moment …
WEB1 day ago · But the legendary Mike Leach -- Oklahoma's offensive coordinator at the time -- saw enough to pursue Heupel, whose accuracy and poise made him a perfect fit for Leach's system.
Josh Heupel returns to Oklahoma with Tennessee after painful firing
WEB1 day ago · Heupel journeyed through the Football Championship Subdivision and junior college pitstops before Mike Leach recruited Heupel to play quarterback for Stoops and the Sooners.
Josh Heupel responds to Brent Venables story from Oklahoma …
WEB2 days ago · As a player, Josh Heupel wasn’t a sure thing and Brent Venables didn’t see what made him special. Luckily for everyone, then-offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Mike Leach did see the kind of player Heupel could become.
Josh Heupel 'excited' to return to OU as Tennessee football coach
WEB1 day ago · After a short stint coaching tight ends under Mike Stoops at Arizona, Heupel was named OU’s quarterbacks coach. Paul Thompson raves about Heupel’s player-friendly approach and could tell early on he’d be a head coach one day.
Tennessee Coach Josh Heupel Talks Return to Oklahoma
WEB4 days ago · What’s clear now is that Heupel is profoundly grateful that Mike Leach came out to Snow, UT, back in 1998 and somehow became convinced that this scrappy southpaw from South Dakota would...
Josh Heupel’s Oklahoma humbling turned out great for …
WEB2 days ago · Oklahoma quickly returned to 11-win football. Heupel took the humbling and reinvented himself as an offensive football coach. And Tennessee stands to be the big winner. That decision might end up...
'Heartbroken' Josh Heupel issues statement on Mike Leach's …
WEBDec 13, 2022 · On Tuesday, a “heartbroken” Heupel released a statement on the passing of the 61-year-old Leach, the Mississippi State head coach who died of complications from heart disease, according to a statement from the Leach family.
Tennessee coach Josh Heupel comes home to Oklahoma - ESPN
WEB2 days ago · Stoops hired Air Raid guru Mike Leach from Kentucky to call plays. Immediately, Leach went searching for a quarterback.
Josh Heupel glad he didn't experience helmet communication with Mike Leach
WEB2 days ago · Josh Heupel played quarterback for the late Mike Leach far before he was ever roaming the sidelines as the head coach for the now highly-touted Tennessee Volunteers. One major change between...
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