ASSISTANT COACHES CALE GUNDY
director of recruiting/Running Backs | 16th Season
7 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
44 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS
28 BOWL CHAMPIONSHIPS
154 ALL-AMERICANS
65 NATIONAL AWARD WINNERS
Coaching Accomplishments
• Enters his 16th season as OU’s running backs coach, giving him the seccond-longest active tenure at one BCS school in that capacity behind only Oregon’s Gary Campbell (31st season). • Former OU quarterback owns a distinguished pedigree of performers who have excelled in the NFL ranks, including 2012 NFL MVP and six-time Pro Bowler Adrian Peterson, as well as DeMarco Murray, who earned a Pro Bowl berth following the 2013 campaign.
The Gundy File Hometown . . . . . . . . . . . Midwest City, Okla. High School . . . . . . . . . . Midwest City, 1990 College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oklahoma, 1994 Family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . wife, Kristi son, Kennedy Cale daughter, Caitlin Rae
Coaching History 2005-present . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oklahoma Director of Recruiting, RBs 1999-04 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oklahoma Running Backs 1996-98 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . UAB Running Backs 1995 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . UAB Quarterbacks 1994 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oklahoma Student Assistant Coach
Bowls Coached (16) 2014 Sugar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oklahoma 2013 Cotton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oklahoma 2011 Insight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oklahoma 2011 Fiesta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oklahoma 2009 Sun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oklahoma 2009 BCS National Champ. . . . . . . . . . Oklahoma 2008 Fiesta ���������������������������������������Oklahoma 2007 Fiesta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oklahoma 2005 Holiday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oklahoma 2005 Orange . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oklahoma 2004 Sugar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oklahoma 2003 Rose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oklahoma 2002 Cotton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oklahoma 2001 Orange . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oklahoma 1999 Independence . . . . . . . . . . . Oklahoma 1994 Copper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oklahoma
• Thanks in large part to his running backs in 2013, the Sooners registered their best rushing season (223.9 ypg) since 1991, an improvement of 62.5 ypg from 2012. OU averaged 5.2 yards per carry in 2013 and boasted eight games with 200 or more rushing yards. The Sooners also led the Big 12 in time of possession (32:18). • Big plays were a staple of OU ground game in 2013 as the Sooners racked up 90 runs of 10+ yards, 24 more than just one year earlier. Brennan Clay ranked third in the Big 12, averaging 6.6 yards per carry, led OU with 25 runs of 10+ yards and registered a career-high 200 rushing yards in a 41-31 win at Kansas State (11/23/13). • JUCO transfer Damien Williams earned All-Big 12 Second Team honors under Gundy in 2012, while walk-on Dominique Whaley led OU in rushing in 2011 with three 100-yard outings in seven games. • In 2010, Murray broke Steve Owens’ 41-year-old OU record for career TDs (65), Joe Washington’s 35-year-old mark for all-purpose yards (6,718) and OU’s single-season mark for catches by a running back (71). Murray’s 1,571 career receiving yards are also an Oklahoma RB record. • Chris Brown and Murray become the first OU players on the same roster to eclipse 40 career TDs during the 2009 season. They also became the sixth pair in OU annals to rush for over 2,000 career yards. • In 2008, OU had two 1,000-yard rushers in Murray and Brown. OU rushed for 205.5 ypg and averaged 4.8 yards per carry. The 2007 season saw three different backs eclipse the 500-yard mark, led by Allen Patrick with 1,097. Murray was a Freshman All-American. • In 2005, coached his third 1,000-yard rusher and saw two different backs log 100-yard games for second-straight season. • In 2004, Adrian Peterson set the NCAA freshman rushing record with 1,925 yards, the best single-season mark in Oklahoma history. • Adept at securing the ball, Gundy’s 2004 backs logged 48 receptions for 377 yards and rarely lost a fumble (OU lost only nine as a team).
• Coached 2003 OU backs to 1,896 yards. The backfield hauled in 54 passes for three TDs. Oklahoma’s running backs were charged with just two fumbles lost. • No OU running back lost a fumble under Gundy’s watch in 2002. • Coached Quentin Griffin, who ranks as the second-leading rusher in OU history with 3,756 yards. In 2002, he gained 1,884 yards (No. 6 NCAA/134.6 ypg). Griffin became the Sooners’ first 1,000-yard rusher since 1998 and also finished his career with 169 receptions for 1,571 yards, then the highest totals by a running back in OU history. • In 2000, OU backs produced 32 rushing TDs, up from 15 in 1999. First team All-Big 12 honoree Griffin scored 16 of those, including six against Texas to set a Sooner record.
Accomplishments as a Player
• Held virtually all of OU’s single-game, single-season and career passing records prior to the arrivals of Josh Heupel, Jason White, Sam Bradford and Landry Jones under head coach Bob Stoops. • Paced the Sooners to a 31-13-2 record in his four seasons, earning All-Big Eight First Team honors as a senior. • One of only five OU quarterbacks to throw for more than 4,000 yards (Jones, Bradford, Heupel, White). • Big Eight Offensive Newcomer of the Year in 1990 with marks for completions (54), attempts (109) and yards (904).
Prominent Pupils
• Brennan Clay (Oklahoma), Broncos • Roy Finch (Oklahoma), Patriots • Damien Williams (Oklahoma), Dolphins All-Big 12 Second Team • DeMarco Murray (Oklahoma), Cowboys One-time Pro Bowler All-Big 12 • Allen Patrick (Oklahoma) • Adrian Peterson (Oklahoma), Vikings Consensus All-American; highest finishing freshman (second) in the history of the Heisman Trophy at the time. 2012 National Football League MVP • Quentin Griffin (Oklahoma) All-Big 12 First Team; All-America Second Team • Mossis Madu (Oklahoma)
Bowls Played (2) 1993 John Hancock . . . . . . . . . . . . Oklahoma 1991 Gator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oklahoma
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