Alex Grinch, co-defensive coordinator at Ohio State, has been hired as defensive coordinator at Oklahoma by Coach Lincoln Riley. Grinch, a 2017 semi-finalist for the Broyles Award (for the best assistant coach in the nation), will be called on to fix OU’s porous defense. Grinch was the defensive coordinator and second coach at Washington State…
Tulsa football coach Philip Montgomery has promoted linebacker coach Joseph Gillespie to defensive coordinator to replace Bill Young, who is retiring. Gillespie, 47, has coached linebackers for the Hurricane the past four seasons. “I’m excited to have Joe move into the role as defensive coordinator. More than anything, Joe was a key part in our…
Tulsa redshirt freshman Zaven Collins was named to the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA) Freshman All-America team. It’s the second freshman All-America award for the linebacker from Hominy. In December, Collins was named to the USA Today Freshman All-America team. Collins was the lone representative from an American Athletic Conference school named to the…
Kyle Grooms, who has spent the past eight years as director of football operations at The University of Tulsa, has been promoted to the position of associate athletics director for internal operations, said director of athletics Dr. Derrick Gragg. Grooms, a 2008 TU graduate, has been responsible for the football team’s daily operations, practice scheduling…
The 2019 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football season opener against the Michigan State Spartans of the Big Ten Conference has been moved to a Friday night game in Lansing, Michigan. Tulsa and Michigan State will square off at 75,005-seat Spartan Stadium on Friday, August 30. The game time and TV network will be announced at a…
Rickey Dixon, one of the best defensive backs in University of Oklahoma history, is among the 13 players in the 2019 College Football Hall of Fame Class. Dixon, who won the Jim Thorpe Award, was selected from the national ballot of 76 All-America players from the Football Bowl Subdivision, and 100 players from the divisional…
With the new year comes new beginnings. For one pro golfer that means a new job, for some former NFL players that means a new sport, and for some pro football players that means a new league. Web.com Tour player Kyle Thompson, one of the winningest players in the tour’s history, has decided to trade…
Oklahoma State capped a disappointing season with a dramatic 38-33 win over Missouri in Liberty Bowl on New Year’s Eve. OSU ended the year with a winning 7-6 record with the win over Tigers, a former member of the Big 12 Conference who bolted for the Southeastern Conference. Fifth-year senior quarterback Taylor Cornelius tied a…
No. 23 Oklahoma, led by Kristian Doolittle with 16 points and eight rebounds, held off Oklahoma State in Norman Saturday for a 74-64 win in the first round of Bedlam basketball this season. OSU was leading the Big 12 in three-point shooting (39 percent) but managed to hit only six of 26 attempts against the…
In light of the remarkable success he has enjoyed in his first two years as head coach, officials at The University of Oklahoma have offered Coach Lincoln Riley a new contract extension with a higher salary. Riley has agreed but details are not yet public. “We felt it important to extend and amend Lincoln’s contract…