Former North Texas head coach and Oklahoma offensive coordinator Seth Littrell will join Josh Heupel's Tennessee staff, according to a report Tuesday from VolQuest.
Littrell and Heupel are former teammates at Oklahoma from 1999-00; Heupel played quarterback for the 2000 national champions while Littrell played fullback.
Another data point the two share: they were both fired from the offensive coordinator spot by their alma mater. Heupel was let go by Bob Stoops after the 2014 season, while Littrell was fired by Brent Venables in October. Heupel played an indirect role in Littrell's firing; in September, Tennessee's defense limited Oklahoma to 222 yards and forced the benching of QB1 Jackson Arnold in a 25-15 Volunteers win that wasn't as close as the final score. Littrell was let go three games later*.
That's water under the bridge now, as Littrell will help another former Sooner -- quarterback Joey Halzle -- in directing the Tennessee offense.
Prior to Oklahoma, Littrell won 44 games in seven seasons as the head coach at North Texas and coordinated offenses at Arizona, Indiana and North Carolina.
Tennessee will look to build upon a 10-3, CFP-qualifying season in 2025, and Nov. 1 will certainly be a circled date within the Vols' offensive staff room. That's when Oklahoma comes to Neyland Stadium.
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* - Both were also replaced by Texans who were nearly the same age. Stoops replaced Heupel with 31-year-old, Muleshoe, Texas, native Lincoln Riley, while Venables replaced Littrell with 30-year-old Canadian, Texas, native Ben Arbuckle. Muleshoe and Canadian are 200 miles apart and met in the playoffs in November.