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Oklahoma — Coach pay and buyouts

Updated September 15, 2026

Where does your school rank? Oklahoma ranks #8 of 59 in coach pay versus a full professor.

Oklahoma: football coach salary and buyout, plus basketball coach pay. A buyout is what firing the coach would cost, not yearly pay.

Brent Venables pay is $10,000,000.

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