Bill Clay - Defensive Analyst - Cowboy Football Support Staff

Bill Clay

Title:
Defensive Analyst

Bill Clay has spent nearly a half-century coaching football and has served as defensive coordinator at seven Division I schools, including Oklahoma State from 2001-04.

He joined the OSU staff as a defensive analyst in February of 2015 after being out of football for three seasons.

During his distinguished career, Clay held the defensive coordinator title at Southern Mississippi, SMU, Temple, Mississippi State, UTEP, UAB and Oklahoma State. Additionally, he served as an assistant at Virginia, Virginia Tech, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Louisiana Tech, Texas A&M, Samford and Blinn College.

Clay is a native of Marianna, Ark., and graduated from the University of Arkansas in 1963. He was a two-year letterman for the Razorbacks.

Personal
Clay and his wife, Marimarlene, have four grown daughters, Christina Long, Kimberly Bennett, Amanda Donohue and Kelly Atwood.

Year By Year
1965-68: Granby HS - Coach
1969-71: Virginia - Assistant Coach
1972: Virginia Tech - Linebackers
1973-74: South Carolina - Linebackers
1976-79: Southern Mississippi - Assistant Coach
1980-81: Southern Mississippi - Defensive Coordinator
1982-86: SMU - Defensive Coordinator
1987: Tampa Bay Buccaneers - Defensive Assistant
1988: Temple - Defensive Coordinator
1989-90: Mississippi State - Assistant Coach
1991-95: Mississippi State - Defensive Coordinator
1996: UTEP - Defensive Coordinator
1997-2000: UAB - Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers
2001-04: Oklahoma State - Defensive Coordinator
2005: Louisiana Tech - Inside Linebackers
2006-07: Texas A&M - Safeties
2008-10: Samford - Linebackers
2011: Blinn College - Defensive Coordinator
2015-pres.: Oklahoma State - Defensive Analyst

Bowl Games
1980   Independence Bowl
1981   Tangerine Bowl
1982   Cotton Bowl
1983   Sun Bowl
1984   Aloha Bowl
1991   Liberty Bowl
1993   Peach Bowl
1994   Peach Bowl
2002   Houston Bowl
2003   Cotton Bowl
2004   Alamo Bowl
2006   Holiday Bowl
2016   Sugar Bowl
2016 Alamo Bowl
2017   Camping World Bowl
2018 Liberty Bowl
2019   Houston Bowl
2020 Cheez-It Bowl
2021    Fiesta Bowl