| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Oklahoma |
| Conference | SEC |
| Record | 16–10 |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | December 18, 1970 Homestead, Florida, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Kansas State University (Class of 1992) |
| Playing career | |
| 1989–1990 | Garden City CC |
| 1991–1992 | Kansas State |
| Position(s) | Linebacker |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1993–1995 | Kansas State (GA) |
| 1996–1998 | Kansas State (LB) |
| 1999–2003 | Oklahoma (co-DC/LB) |
| 2004–2011 | Oklahoma (AHC/DC/LB) |
| 2012–2017 | Clemson (DC/LB) |
| 2018–2021 | Clemson (AHC/DC/LB) |
| 2022–present | Oklahoma |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 16–10 |
| Bowls | 0–2 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Awards | |
| Broyles Award (2016) | |
Thomas Brent Venables (born December 18, 1970) is an American college football coach who is the head football coach at the University of Oklahoma, a position he has held since the 2022 season. Venables served as the associate head coach, defensive coordinator, and linebackers coach at Clemson University from 2012 to 2021. He was awarded the Broyles Award in 2016.
Venables played football at Kansas State University as a linebacker from 1991 to 1992.