For nine seasons, Barry Odom looked up at Dave Steckel on Gary Pinkel’s Mizzou Football organizational chart.
- When Steckel was the Tigers’ linebackers coach, Odom was a GA, then director of recruiting, then director of football operations.
- When Steckel got promoted to defensive coordinator, Odom got promoted to safeties coach.
- When Stec left to take over the Missouri State program, Odom took his office.
When he worked at Memphis, Odom was on the opposite sideline of his younger brother in games against Houston, where Brian Odom was a strength coach.