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Of the 13 position coaches leading the Cowboys in Mike Gundy’s 21st season, only special teams coach Sean Snyder is back after last season.
Theron Aych- wide receivers
Cooper Bassett- offensive line
Andrew Mitchell- offensive line
Kevin Johns- quarterbacks
Cory Patterson- running backs
DJ Tialavea- tight ends
Todd Grantham- defensive coordinator/outside linebackers
Greg Brown- safeties
Kap Dede- linebackers
Jules Montinar- cornerbacks
Ryan Osborn- defensive line
Sean Snyder- special teams/punters/kickers
FBS experience at this position or higher: Offensive coordinator: TCU (2021), Kansas (2017-18), TCU (2014-16), Houston (2013)
Fun fact No. 1: Meacham blocked for both Barry Sanders and Thurman Thomas.
Fun fact No. 2: His long-standing relationship with incoming TCU transfer quarterback Hauss Hejny is a big reason the Cowboys got him out of the portal.
FBS experience at this position or higher: Wide receivers UTEP (2021), Arizona (2017-20) UTEP (2016)
Fun fact No. 1: Served as an offensive coordinator at lower levels multiple times, most recently at Tennessee State in 2022 and 2023.
Fun fact No. 2: Coached tight end Delanie Walker in college. Walker was a sixth-round NFL Draft pick in the 2006 Draft, who caught 520 passes for 6,132 yards and 36 touchdowns before his retirement.
FBS experience at this position or higher: Co-offensive coordinator Utah State (2024); Offensive line Utah State (2023-24), Sam Houston State (2022)
Fun fact No. 1: Utah State’s offense ranked seventh nationally in yards per game in 2024 (467.7).
Fun fact No. 2: The Tuttle, Oklahoma native was a senior captain at Oklahoma State.
Connection to OSU: Offensive lineman (2008-09), worked on staffs with Meacham at Houston and TCU (twice)
FBS experience at this position or higher: Offensive line New Mexico State (2022-24)
Fun fact No. 1: Added the title of assistant head coach and run game coordinator in 2024.
Fun fact No. 2: Was the head coach of Snow College in 2019 and 2020. There, he helped fundraise for a $7 million football facility.
Fun fact No. 1: Formed an early relationship with new Cowboy quarterback Hauss Hejny during his time at Duke. Johns was the first coach to get Hejny to commit.
Fun fact No. 2: During his five games helping the Sooners, they increased their scoring by 5.3 points per game, offensive yardage by more than 80 yards per game and rushed for an additional 102 yards per game.
Fun fact No. 1: Coached current Cincinnati Bengal Chase Brown to become a Doak Walker Award finalist in 2022 after he rushed for 1,643 yards.
Fun fact No. 2: Coached Deion Burks to second team All-Big Ten honors in 2023 before he transferred to the Sooners in 2024 when he paced the team in receiving touchdowns (three) and receiving yards per game (49) despite playing only five games.
Fun fact No. 1: This is a big change for Tialavea, who was a three-year captain for Utah State as a defensive lineman and tight end (2010-13). His coaching career began there as a grad assistant in 2020 and he’s been there until now.
Fun fact No. 1: Grantham has 13 years of experience in the NFL, highlighted by a three-year stint as the Cleveland Browns defensive coordinator from 2005-07. He also recently coached the New Orleans Saints defensive line for most of the last two seasons.
Fun fact No. 2: Grantham spent the 2022 season as an analyst under former Alabama coach Nick Saban.
FBS experience at this position or higher: Defensive coordinator Charlotte (2022), Colorado (2011-12); Co-Defensive coordinator Arizona (2010); Secondary position coach Purdue (2019-20), Auburn (2017-18), Missouri (2016), Louisville (2014-15), Alabama (2013), Colorado (2006-09 and 1991-93) Purdue (1989-90), Wyoming (1987-8)
Fun fact No. 1: Coached three Jim Thorpe Award winners (best defensive back) including Louisville’s Gerod Holliman (2014).
Fun fact No. 2: Coached in the NFL for 15 total years, most recently in New Orleans from 2002-05.
FBS experience at this position or higher: Linebackers Western Kentucky (2024), Charlotte (2022), Colorado State (2020-21)
Fun fact No. 1: Earned his Ph.D. in Administration in Higher Education in 2012 from Auburn which isn’t a surprise considering he was a semifinalist for the Willam V. Campbell Trophy, nicknamed the academic Heisman in 2006.
FBS experience at this position or higher: Defensive pass game coordinator/cornerbacks East Carolina (2023-24); cornerbacks Temple (2022), Florida (2021), South Florida (2020), Texas State (2016-18)
Fun fact No. 1: Worked as a grad assistant coaching Alabama’s defense under Nick Saban and Kirby Smart from 2012-13. Reunited with Smart as a defensive quality control coach in 2019.
FBS experience at this position or higher: Defensive coordinator Charlotte (2023-24)
Fun fact No. 1: While Osborn lacks experience at the FBS level, he did a two-year crash course with the Harbaugh brothers, working as a defensive analyst at Michigan in 2021 before joining the Baltimore Ravens as a defensive line/outside linebackers assistant in 2022.
Connection to OSU: He is the only returning position coach from 2024.
FBS experience at this position or higher: Special assistant to the head coach Kansas (2023); Special teams coordinator Illinois (2022), USC (2020-21), Kansas State (2011-18).
Fun fact No. 1: His dad is former Kansas State head coach Bill Snyder.
Everything you need to know about Oklahoma State's 12 new position coaches and one returnee
- Jan 16, 2025 Updated Jan 17, 2025
Of the 13 position coaches leading the Cowboys in Mike Gundy’s 21st season, only special teams coach Sean Snyder is back after last season.
Mike Gundy’s 2025 coaching staff:
Doug Meacham- offensive coordinator/inside receiversTheron Aych- wide receivers
Cooper Bassett- offensive line
Andrew Mitchell- offensive line
Kevin Johns- quarterbacks
Cory Patterson- running backs
DJ Tialavea- tight ends
Todd Grantham- defensive coordinator/outside linebackers
Greg Brown- safeties
Kap Dede- linebackers
Jules Montinar- cornerbacks
Ryan Osborn- defensive line
Sean Snyder- special teams/punters/kickers
Doug Meacham- offensive coordinator/inside receivers
Connection to OSU: Three-year offensive line starter during college (1984-87), tight ends/inside receivers (2005-12), passing game coordinator (2008-09)FBS experience at this position or higher: Offensive coordinator: TCU (2021), Kansas (2017-18), TCU (2014-16), Houston (2013)
Fun fact No. 1: Meacham blocked for both Barry Sanders and Thurman Thomas.
Fun fact No. 2: His long-standing relationship with incoming TCU transfer quarterback Hauss Hejny is a big reason the Cowboys got him out of the portal.
Theron Aych- wide receivers
FBS experience at this position or higher: Wide receivers UTEP (2021), Arizona (2017-20) UTEP (2016)
Fun fact No. 1: Served as an offensive coordinator at lower levels multiple times, most recently at Tennessee State in 2022 and 2023.
Fun fact No. 2: Coached tight end Delanie Walker in college. Walker was a sixth-round NFL Draft pick in the 2006 Draft, who caught 520 passes for 6,132 yards and 36 touchdowns before his retirement.
Cooper Bassett- offensive line
Connection to OSU: Tight end/defensive lineman (2009-12)FBS experience at this position or higher: Co-offensive coordinator Utah State (2024); Offensive line Utah State (2023-24), Sam Houston State (2022)
Fun fact No. 1: Utah State’s offense ranked seventh nationally in yards per game in 2024 (467.7).
Fun fact No. 2: The Tuttle, Oklahoma native was a senior captain at Oklahoma State.
Andrew Mitchell- offensive line
Connection to OSU: Offensive lineman (2008-09), worked on staffs with Meacham at Houston and TCU (twice)
FBS experience at this position or higher: Offensive line New Mexico State (2022-24)
Fun fact No. 1: Added the title of assistant head coach and run game coordinator in 2024.
Fun fact No. 2: Was the head coach of Snow College in 2019 and 2020. There, he helped fundraise for a $7 million football facility.
Kevin Johns- quarterbacks
FBS experience at this position or higher: Co-offensive coordinator/QBs Oklahoma (Late 2024), Indiana 2011-13; Offensive coordinator/QBs Duke (2022-23), Memphis (2019-21), Western Michigan (2017), Indiana (2014-16), Offensive coordinator without QB title Texas Tech (2018)Fun fact No. 1: Formed an early relationship with new Cowboy quarterback Hauss Hejny during his time at Duke. Johns was the first coach to get Hejny to commit.
Fun fact No. 2: During his five games helping the Sooners, they increased their scoring by 5.3 points per game, offensive yardage by more than 80 yards per game and rushed for an additional 102 yards per game.
Cory Patterson- running backs
FBS experience at this position or higher: Associate head coach/receivers Pudue (2023-23); Running backs Illinois (2021-22)Fun fact No. 1: Coached current Cincinnati Bengal Chase Brown to become a Doak Walker Award finalist in 2022 after he rushed for 1,643 yards.
Fun fact No. 2: Coached Deion Burks to second team All-Big Ten honors in 2023 before he transferred to the Sooners in 2024 when he paced the team in receiving touchdowns (three) and receiving yards per game (49) despite playing only five games.
DJ Tialavea- tight ends
FBS experience at this position or higher: Utah State tight ends (2021-24)Fun fact No. 1: This is a big change for Tialavea, who was a three-year captain for Utah State as a defensive lineman and tight end (2010-13). His coaching career began there as a grad assistant in 2020 and he’s been there until now.
Todd Grantham- defensive coordinator/outside linebackers
FBS experience at this position or higher: Defensive coordinator Florida (2018-21), Mississippi State (2017), Louisville (2014-16), Georgia (2010-13)Fun fact No. 1: Grantham has 13 years of experience in the NFL, highlighted by a three-year stint as the Cleveland Browns defensive coordinator from 2005-07. He also recently coached the New Orleans Saints defensive line for most of the last two seasons.
Fun fact No. 2: Grantham spent the 2022 season as an analyst under former Alabama coach Nick Saban.
Greg Brown- safeties
Connection to OSU: Brown was a defensive analyst on staff last season at Oklahoma State. He also coached the defensive backs under Grantham at Louisville (2014-15).FBS experience at this position or higher: Defensive coordinator Charlotte (2022), Colorado (2011-12); Co-Defensive coordinator Arizona (2010); Secondary position coach Purdue (2019-20), Auburn (2017-18), Missouri (2016), Louisville (2014-15), Alabama (2013), Colorado (2006-09 and 1991-93) Purdue (1989-90), Wyoming (1987-8)
Fun fact No. 1: Coached three Jim Thorpe Award winners (best defensive back) including Louisville’s Gerod Holliman (2014).
Fun fact No. 2: Coached in the NFL for 15 total years, most recently in New Orleans from 2002-05.
Kap Dede- linebackers
Connection to OSU: Served as defensive analyst on Grantham’s staffs at Louisville (2015-16), Mississippi State (2017) and Florida (2018).FBS experience at this position or higher: Linebackers Western Kentucky (2024), Charlotte (2022), Colorado State (2020-21)
Fun fact No. 1: Earned his Ph.D. in Administration in Higher Education in 2012 from Auburn which isn’t a surprise considering he was a semifinalist for the Willam V. Campbell Trophy, nicknamed the academic Heisman in 2006.
Jules Montinar- cornerbacks
Connection to OSU: Grantham’s cornerbacks coach at Florida (2021)FBS experience at this position or higher: Defensive pass game coordinator/cornerbacks East Carolina (2023-24); cornerbacks Temple (2022), Florida (2021), South Florida (2020), Texas State (2016-18)
Fun fact No. 1: Worked as a grad assistant coaching Alabama’s defense under Nick Saban and Kirby Smart from 2012-13. Reunited with Smart as a defensive quality control coach in 2019.
Ryan Osborn- defensive line
Connection to OSU: Worked as a graduate assistant on Grantham’s staffs at Mississippi State (2017) and Florida (2018).FBS experience at this position or higher: Defensive coordinator Charlotte (2023-24)
Fun fact No. 1: While Osborn lacks experience at the FBS level, he did a two-year crash course with the Harbaugh brothers, working as a defensive analyst at Michigan in 2021 before joining the Baltimore Ravens as a defensive line/outside linebackers assistant in 2022.
Sean Snyder- special teams/punters/kickers
Connection to OSU: He is the only returning position coach from 2024.
FBS experience at this position or higher: Special assistant to the head coach Kansas (2023); Special teams coordinator Illinois (2022), USC (2020-21), Kansas State (2011-18).
Fun fact No. 1: His dad is former Kansas State head coach Bill Snyder.
