The Sooners' head coach admits he was wrong about Heupel after initially not wanting to recruit him.
He began coaching there in 1999 as a co-defensive coordiantor and linebackers coach and held those roles until 2003. For the 2004 season, Venables became the defensive coordinator and was also promoted to associate head coach. He remained with the university until he left for Clemson in 2011.
On Tuesday, Venables reminisced about when he and former Oklahoma offensive coordinator Mike Leach recruited Heupel out of high school. He started by talking about Heupel's first visit to Norman. Venables went on to talk about how much he respects Heupel and what he meant to Oklahoma's program while he was a part of it.
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