Report: Oklahoma Expected to Hire Jeff Lebby as Offensive Coordinator
New Oklahoma head coach Brent Venables is close to hiring Ole Miss assistant coach Jeff Lebby as his offensive coordinator.
That’s according to SI All-American’s John Garcia, who spoke with a quarterback recruit scheduled to visit Ole Miss who has changed his plans based on Lebby's situation.
Lebby was reported as Venables’ “top choice” Sunday on Twitter by ESPN’s Chris Low.
According to SI All-American, Jacurri Brown — a quarterback from Lowndes High School in Valdosta, GA — was scheduled to take a visit to Ole Miss, where he’s been recruited heavily by Lebby. Now, however, that visit is off.
Garcia also mentioned UCF transfer Dillon Gabriel, who played under Lebby and Josh Heupel at Central Florida and was also planning to make a visit to Oxford.
Venables replaced Lincoln Riley at the OU helm and flew to Norman on Sunday night, and on Monday morning he was greeted by some 3,000 OU fans at a pep rally inside the Everest Training Center.
Lebby, 37, first came to OU as a prized offensive line prospect but never played for the Sooners due to a back injury. He instead spent four years on Bob Stoops’ coaching staff, and has since emerged as one of the most productive offensive coordinators in college football at Ole Miss under Lane Kiffin.
Over the last three seasons in Oxford, Lebby’s offenses have averaged an SEC record 562 yards per game, 555 yards per game and this year 506.7 yards per game, ranking fourth nationally in 2021.
Lebby graduated from OU in 2007 and is married to the former Staley Briles, Art Briles’ daughter. Lebby was at Baylor under his father-in-law during the school’s years-long sexual assault and rape scandals that cost Briles, the Baylor president and the athletic director their jobs.
