Dabo Swinney is losing another member of his Clemson coaching staff.
Sources confirmed to ESPN on Monday that defensive line coach Todd Bates is following Brent Venables to Oklahoma to be the Sooners' co-defensive coordinator. Venables, Clemson's long-time defensive coordinator, left last month for the Oklahoma head-coaching job.
TigerIllustrated.com was the first to report Bates' move to Oklahoma.
Swinney promoted senior defensive assistant Wes Goodwin to replace Venables as the Tigers' defensive coordinator. Sources told ESPN that Venables was interested in taking Goodwin with him to Oklahoma.
Bates, who was also the Tigers' recruiting coordinator, received a raise and promotion last month to assistant head coach.