Barry Odom wasted little time forming his coaching staff for the 2016-17 season.
In a span of five days, Missouri football found its newest offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach in Josh Heupel, named DeMontie Cross its defensive coordinator and linebackers coach and added Chris Wilson to man the defensive line.
Heupel was named offensive coordinator Dec. 17, making him the first of Odom’s hires. Heupel comes from Utah State, where he held the same position during the 2015 season. Before taking over Utah State, Heupel was the co-offensive coordinator at Oklahoma from 2011 to 2014.
“I’m really pleased to have someone the caliber of Josh Heupel join our staff,” Odom said.