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OU prepares coaches for the bigger things

By Jim Donnan
Special to ESPN.com

Wednesday, November 24, 2004

When I took the job as offensive coordinator at Oklahoma in 1985 I was immediately impressed with the OU tradition and how much the former players stayed involved. Upon my arrival in the office, head coach Barry Switzer mentioned to me how the job not only held a lot for the future but had a tremendous past as well. Being in such a high-profile coordinator job helps an assistant prepare to become a head coach and deal with all the things that come with taking over a program, such as radio show ...

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