Barry Odom

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Barry Stephen Odom (born November 26, 1976) is an American college football coach and former player. He is the head football coach at Purdue University, a position he has held since the 2025 season. Odom served as the head coach at the University of Missouri from 2016 to 2019 and the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) from 2023 to 2024. He played football as a linebacker at Missouri from 1996 to 1999. Odom was born in Lawton, Oklahoma. After graduation from high school in 1996, Odom enrolled at the Missouri and played linebacker for the Tigers, starting for four seasons. As a junior, he the [1998 Missouri Tigers football team]] to the Insight.com Bowl, and was a third-team All-Big 12 Conference selection. Odom began his coaching career in 2000 as an assistant at Ada High School in Ada, Oklahoma before being named the head coach at Rock Bridge High School in Columbia, Missouri the following year. In 2003, he returned to the Missouri, and worked in a variety of roles before being named...

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