EP306 S.O.U.L. MISSION | JOSH NORMAN | PLAYER DEVELOPMENT UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA
IN A WORLD OF ENTITLED, ELITE COLLEGIATE STUDENT-ATHLETES, MANY OF WHOM ARE CONSUMED BY THE NEXT POTENTIAL NIL DEAL, IT IS REFRESHING TO KNOW THERE ARE UNIVERSITIES THAT VALUE DEVELOPING YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN TO BE CONTRIBUTING MEMBERS OF SOCIETY, BEYOND THEIR RESPECTIVE SPORTS.OUR CONVERSATION
\nTODAY IS WITH JOSH NORMAN WHO IS A DIRECTOR OF PLAYER DEVELOPMENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA. OU HEAD COACH, BRENT VENABLES, ARRIVED ON CAMPUS IN 2021 AND CAST A VISION FOR DEVELOPING MEN OF CHARACTER, INTEGRITY, AND VALUES THAT SERVE OTHERS. HE CREATED WHAT'S CALLED S.O.U.L. MISSION (SERVING OUR UNCOMMON LEGACY) WHICH IS A PROGRAM FOR ATHLETES TO LEARN LIFE SKILLS AND SERVE THEIR COMMUNITY.\n
\nA key member of Oklahoma's 2000 national championship team, Josh Norman was hired as a SOUL Mission director in February 2022. Norman was a running back (1998-2000) and wide receiver (2001) for the Sooners, helping transform OU into one of the country's most successful programs under head coach Bob Stoops. OU went a combined 24-2 over his final two seasons (13-0 in 2000 and 11-2 in 2001). He served as a team captain his senior year.
\nA Midland, Texas, native, Norman embarked on a coaching journey in 2007 when he became a junior high offensive coordinator at Community Christian School in Norman. Two years later he was hired as Community Christian's head high school football coach and led the Royals to a 23-0 record and back-to-back state championships in his two seasons. In 2009 he was named the NCSAA National Coach of the Year.
\nNorman departed CCS to focus his time in the music ministry before returning to coaching in 2014 at NCAA Division II Southern Nazarene University. He stayed there for two seasons before returning to his hometown to serve as Midland Trinity High School's offensive coordinator, strength and conditioning coach, and head track and field coach. After two years there Norman was hired as defensive coordinator at John Marshall High School in Oklahoma City, where he coached for one season.
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