Completed Event: Football versus Illinois State on August 30, 2025 , Win , 35, to, 3
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University of Oklahoma Athletics
Football
Littrell, Seth
Seth Littrell
- Title:
- Offensive Coordinator / Quarterbacks
Coaching Notes and Accomplishments
• Named Oklahoma's offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach on Nov. 29, 2023.
• Spent the 2023 season as an offensive analyst for the Sooners and served as offensive coordinator for the Alamo Bowl, guiding OU to 562 yards of total offense (361 passing yards and 201 rushing yards).
• Served the 2016-22 seasons as head coach at North Texas, where he led the Mean Green to six bowl games and two Conference USA Championship appearances. He became the first UNT head coach to make bowl trips in each of his first three seasons and the first to produce consecutive nine-win campaigns since 1977-78.
• Ranks fourth all-time at North Texas in career victories (44) and his 6.3 wins per season stands as second-best average in program history.
• His units at North Texas ranked among the top three in Conference USA in total offense, passing offense and scoring offense for four consecutive seasons (2017-20), and led C-USA in rushing offense during the 2020 and '21 seasons.
• When Littrell took over play-calling duties in 2020, the Mean Green ranked eighth nationally in total offense (513.2 ypg) and 23rd in scoring (34.4 ppg). In all, his squads produced four of the seven highest-scoring offenses in school history. Quarterback Mason Fine (2016-19) set school records for career passing yards (12,505) and touchdowns (93).
• Prior to North Texas, he served as assistant head coach and offensive coordinator at North Carolina from 2014-15. In 2015, he guided an offense that ranked 11th nationally in scoring, second in yards per play (7.5) and third in yards per rush (6.0), and that set school records for points and touchdowns as the Tar Heels won the ACC Coastal Division. His 2014 unit established school records for passing yards and passing touchdowns.
• Spent the 2012 and '13 seasons as offensive coordinator and tight ends/fullbacks coach at Indiana, with his 2013 unit ranking ninth nationally in total offense (508.5 ypg), 17th in passing offense (306.7 ypg) and 30th in rushing offense (201.8 ypg). The Hoosiers were one of only three teams to average more than 300 passing yards and 200 rushing yards per game that season. In 2012, Indiana led the Big Ten and ranked 17th in the country in passing offense (311.2 ypg) and ranked second in the conference in total offense (442.0 ypg) and scoring offense (30.8 ppg).
• Prior to Indiana, Littrell spent three seasons at Arizona (2009-11), where he coached running backs and tight ends/H-backs. He was promoted to co-offensive coordinator in 2010 and offensive coordinator in 2011. His 2011 unit ranked third nationally in passing offense (370.8 ypg) and 15th in total offense (465.2 ypg). He coached three 2011 NFL Draft selections: quarterback Nick Foles, tight end Rob Gronkowski and wide receiver Juron Criner.
• Began his coaching career as a graduate assistant under Mark Mangino at Kansas (2002-04) before serving as running backs coach under Mike Leach at Texas Tech (2005-08).
As a Player
• The Muskogee, Okla., product was a fullback at Oklahoma from 1997-00 and served as a captain on OU's 2000 national championship team.
• Littrell, whose father Jim was also an OU fullback and who won national titles in 1974 and '75, earned his bachelor's degree in communications from OU in 2001.
• Named Oklahoma's offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach on Nov. 29, 2023.
• Spent the 2023 season as an offensive analyst for the Sooners and served as offensive coordinator for the Alamo Bowl, guiding OU to 562 yards of total offense (361 passing yards and 201 rushing yards).
• Served the 2016-22 seasons as head coach at North Texas, where he led the Mean Green to six bowl games and two Conference USA Championship appearances. He became the first UNT head coach to make bowl trips in each of his first three seasons and the first to produce consecutive nine-win campaigns since 1977-78.
• Ranks fourth all-time at North Texas in career victories (44) and his 6.3 wins per season stands as second-best average in program history.
• His units at North Texas ranked among the top three in Conference USA in total offense, passing offense and scoring offense for four consecutive seasons (2017-20), and led C-USA in rushing offense during the 2020 and '21 seasons.
• When Littrell took over play-calling duties in 2020, the Mean Green ranked eighth nationally in total offense (513.2 ypg) and 23rd in scoring (34.4 ppg). In all, his squads produced four of the seven highest-scoring offenses in school history. Quarterback Mason Fine (2016-19) set school records for career passing yards (12,505) and touchdowns (93).
• Prior to North Texas, he served as assistant head coach and offensive coordinator at North Carolina from 2014-15. In 2015, he guided an offense that ranked 11th nationally in scoring, second in yards per play (7.5) and third in yards per rush (6.0), and that set school records for points and touchdowns as the Tar Heels won the ACC Coastal Division. His 2014 unit established school records for passing yards and passing touchdowns.
• Spent the 2012 and '13 seasons as offensive coordinator and tight ends/fullbacks coach at Indiana, with his 2013 unit ranking ninth nationally in total offense (508.5 ypg), 17th in passing offense (306.7 ypg) and 30th in rushing offense (201.8 ypg). The Hoosiers were one of only three teams to average more than 300 passing yards and 200 rushing yards per game that season. In 2012, Indiana led the Big Ten and ranked 17th in the country in passing offense (311.2 ypg) and ranked second in the conference in total offense (442.0 ypg) and scoring offense (30.8 ppg).
• Prior to Indiana, Littrell spent three seasons at Arizona (2009-11), where he coached running backs and tight ends/H-backs. He was promoted to co-offensive coordinator in 2010 and offensive coordinator in 2011. His 2011 unit ranked third nationally in passing offense (370.8 ypg) and 15th in total offense (465.2 ypg). He coached three 2011 NFL Draft selections: quarterback Nick Foles, tight end Rob Gronkowski and wide receiver Juron Criner.
• Began his coaching career as a graduate assistant under Mark Mangino at Kansas (2002-04) before serving as running backs coach under Mike Leach at Texas Tech (2005-08).
As a Player
• The Muskogee, Okla., product was a fullback at Oklahoma from 1997-00 and served as a captain on OU's 2000 national championship team.
• Littrell, whose father Jim was also an OU fullback and who won national titles in 1974 and '75, earned his bachelor's degree in communications from OU in 2001.
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