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Todd Bates (American football)
American football player and coach (born 1983) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Todd Bates (born March 12, 1983) is an American football coach and former defensive end who is currently the co-defensive coordinator and defensive tackles coach at the University of Oklahoma. He previously served as the defensive tackles coach and recruiting coordinator at Clemson University from 2018 to 2021
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![]() Bates with Clemson in 2021. | |
Current position | |
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Title | Co-defensive coordinator & defensive tackles coach |
Team | Oklahoma |
Conference | SEC |
Annual salary | $700,000 |
Biographical details | |
Born | (1983-03-12) March 12, 1983 (age 41) Heflin, Alabama, U.S. |
Playing career | |
2001–2004 | Alabama |
2005–2006 | Tennessee Titans |
Position(s) | Defensive end |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
2007 | Talladega HS (assistant) |
2008–2011 | Oxford HS (AL) (assistant) |
2011–2012 | Idaho State (DL) |
2013 | East Central CC (DL) |
2014–2016 | Jacksonville State (DL) |
2017 | Clemson (DL) |
2018–2019 | Clemson (DT) |
2020–2021 | Clemson (DT/RC) |
2022–present | Oklahoma (co-DC/DT) |
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Bates has established himself as one of top college football recruiters in the country, winning the Rivals Recruiter of the Year award in 2019.[1]