WACO, TX- NOVEMBER 20: Running back DeMarco Murray #7 of the Oklahoma Sooners looks for the hole against the Baylor Bears on November 20, 2010 at Floyd Casey Stadium in Waco, Texas. (Photo by Jackson Laizure/Oklahoma/Getty Images)
It is not all that uncommon for teams to hire alumni as assistants, but Oklahoma football is one of the schools leading the way in this endeavor.
Oklahoma currently has five assistant coaches who were former Sooner players: inside receivers coach Cale Gundy, tight ends coach Joe Jon Finley, running backs coach DeMarco Murray, inside linebackers coach Brian Odom and defensive line coach Calvin Thibodeaux.