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 Odell James
Odell James
Position:
Director of Player Personnel
Alma Mater:
Baylor, 2001

02/03/2012

Briles Announces Changes to Offensive Staff

Fourth-year staffer to Jeff Lebby promoted to assistant coach.

Odell James is in his ninth season on Baylor's operations staff and his fifth working with Colin Shillinglaw and head coach Art Briles. Previous to that he spent four seasons (2004-07) as assistant director of football operations and assistant strength coach.

James, a Houston native and four-year Baylor football letterman (1997- 2000), joined the Baylor staff from Waco's O & K Sports, a company he founded in August 2002. Prior to that, he spent one academic year (2001- 02) as a teacher and coach in the Waco Independent School District. James served as the seventh grade basketball coach at Waco's St. Louis Catholic Middle School during the 2000-01 season, guiding the team to a district championship, while also working as a personal fitness assistant at Baylor's McLane Student Life Center.

One of the nation's most highly recruited quarterbacks as a senior at Houston's Aldine MacArthur High School, earning Bluechip and Super Prep All-America honors in his final year, James played three seasons at quarterback for the Bears before moving to free safety his senior year. He received his bachelor's degree in speech communication and sociology from Baylor in August 2001 and a master's degree in Sports Leadership from Duquesne University in December 2010.

James serves as the CEO of O & K Sports, Inc. a non-profit organization committed to providing athletic, educational, personal development and spiritual growth opportunities for young student-athletes. He and his wife, Dr. Kai'Iah James, have five children -- Alexis, Gabrielle, Solomon, David and Jett.

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