Brian Odom was born on July 2,1981 and is an American football coach who is the linebackers coach for the Washington Huskies.
19 Facts About Brian Odom
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Brian Odom was previously the co-defensive coordinator and linebackers coach for the USC Trojans from 2021 to 2023 and Linebackers coach for the North Texas Mean Green in 2024.
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Brian Odom first played college football at Oklahoma for two seasons where he was redshirted during the 2000 season when the team became national champions.
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Brian Odom lettered in 2001 playing primarily on special teams.
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Brian Odom would transfer to play at Southeastern Oklahoma State where he was a three year starting tailback from 2002 to 2004.
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Brian Odom earned the first team all-Lone Star Conference honor as a senior in 2004 and would graduate and earn his bachelor degree that same year.
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Brian Odom started his coaching career as an administrative and defensive graduate assistant for Missouri in the first half of 2005.
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Brian Odom then spent seven years as the assistant director of performance enhancement for Arizona from 2005 to 2006 and as an associate director of performance enhancement from 2007 to 2011.
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Brian Odom spent three years as the co-director of sports performance at Houston from 2012 to 2014.
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Brian Odom was a defensive quality control assistant at Washington State from 2015 to 2016.
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On February 3,2017, Brian Odom returned to Missouri and was hired as the outside linebackers coach.
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Brian Odom spent two years in that position from 2017 to 2018.
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On January 16,2019, Brian Odom was hired as the inside linebackers coach at Oklahoma.
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Brian Odom spent three years in this position from 2019 to 2021 and served as the interim defensive coordinator at the end of 2021.
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On January 10,2022, Brian Odom was hired as the inside linebackers coach and associate head coach for defense at USC as part of Lincoln Riley's new coaching staff.
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Brian Odom served as the interim co-defensive coordinator for three games in 2023.
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On February 20,2024, Brian Odom was named as the linebackers coach at North Texas.
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On November 16,2024, Brian Odom was named interim defensive coordinator for the North Texas Mean Green, upon the firing of Matt Caponi.
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Brian Odom is the younger brother of current Purdue head coach, Barry Brian Odom.