The OU Network

The OU network runs worldwide and is proudly recognized as the alma mater to many famous leaders and executives, including:

• Clay Bennett, Chairman and CEO of the Oklahoma City Thunder
  
• Dari Nowkhah, Sports Broadcaster
  
• Olivia Munn, Actress
  
• JC Watts, Politician
  
• Reese Travis, CEO of Orange Leaf
  
• Stacey Dales, Reporter
  
• Ed Harris, Actor and Director
  
• Randall Stephenson, Chairman and CEO of AT&T
  
• Spencer Tillman, Sports Broadcaster
  
• Mark Clayton, Founder of Livv Headphones
  

Part of our robust network is Sooners Helping Sooners, a corporation designed to help OU student-athletes secure jobs post-competition. Their mission is to positively impact the lives of former University of Oklahoma student-athletes and their families by providing opportunities for personal development, education and rewarding career paths.

Notable Alumni

COLLEGE OF BUSINESS

• Randall Stephenson, Chairman and CEO, AT&T, Inc
• Clay Bennett, Chairman and CEO for NBA’s Oklahoma City Thunder; President of Dorchester Capital
• W.R. Howell, Retired Chairman and CEO JC Penney Corporation 
• Robert McCall, Former Texaco Vice President
• Pat Bowlen, Former Owner and CEO for NFL’s Denver Broncos
• Sam Hinkie, Former General Manager and President of Basketball Operations for the Philadelphia 76ers
• Harry W. Bass, Sr., American Oilman and Philanthropist
• Michael F. Price, Mutual Fund Investor & Philanthropist
• Scott Meacham, Former State Treasurer of Oklahoma

COLLEGE OF JOURNALISM AND MASS COMMUNICATION

• Dari Nowkhah, Lead Anchor at SEC Network
• Olivia Munn, Actress in XMen: Apocalypse, Magic Mike, The Lego Ninjago Movie, (and more)
• Bill Hancock, Executive Director of the College Football Playoff
• Jake Basden, Vice President/Head of Publicity & Corporate Communications for Big Machine Label Group in Nashville (clients include Taylor Swift, Tim McGraw and Rascal Flatts)
• Roger Frizzell, Senior Vice President and Chief Communications Officer for Carnival Cruise Lines
• Mike Boettcher, CNN and ABC News Correspondent
• J.C. Watts, Former OU and Canadian Football Player. Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1995-2003
• Ed Turner, Former CNN Executive Vice President and Producer of the “CBS Morning News” Show
• Hailey Branson-Potts, Reporter at The Los Angeles Times
• Baxter Holmes, Senior NBA Writer, ESPN
• Cadie Thompson, Deputy Executive Editor of Business at Business Insider
• Tony Hillerman, Author of the Navajo Tribal Police mystery novels, The Fly on the Wall, Finding Moon, (and more)
• Spencer Tillman, NFL Network & ESPN Sports Analyst, Former Professional Football Player; National Champion, Super Bowl Champion San Francisco 49ers
• Larry Merchant, Former Sportswriter, Longtime Commentator for HBO Sports Presentations of HBO World Championship Boxing
• Ross Porter, Former Play by Play Broadcaster for the Los Angeles Dodgers
• Jari Askins, Former Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma
• Mick Cornett, Former Mayor of Oklahoma City

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

• Archie W. Dunham, Former Oil and Gas CEO, ConocoPhillips
• Lawrence G. Rawl, Former Chairman and CEO of Exxon
• Curtis W. Mewbourne, Founder of Mewbourne Oil Company, one of the most successful privately owned oil and gas producers in America
• Bob Faith, Founder, Chairman and CEO of Greystar Real Estate Partners
• Ronnie Irani, President and CEO of RKI Exploration & Production
• Michael Miller, Co-Founder of Advanced Financial Solutions
• Robert Purgason, CEO of Kayne Anderson Acquisition Corporation
• Pam Tucker, Co-Founder and CEO of Utility Composites Inc.
• Jon Bayless, President and CEO of Xtera Communications
• Charles Schusterman, Oil and Gas Businessman
• Owen K. Garriott, Skylab 3 and STS-9 Astronaut
• Fred Haise, Apollo 13 Astronaut
• Shannon Lucid, NASA Astronaut
• David Walters, Former Governor of Oklahoma (D)

COLLEGE OF EDUCATION

• Sharen Jester Turney, Former President and CEO of Victoria’s Secret
• Jennifer Berry, Miss America 2006 & Philanthropist
• Joe Castiglione, Vice President for Intercollegiate Athletic Programs at the University of Oklahoma
• Pam Deering, Superintendent of the Midwest City-Del City School District, Commissioner to the Interstate Compact for Educational Opportunity for Military Children, and current President of the National Council for Impacted Schools 

COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES

• Stacey Dales, Former WNBA Player and ESPN Analyst, Current NFL Network Reporter
• Dusty Dvoracek, Fox Sports and ESPN Analyst
• Mark Clayton, Former Professional Football Player, Founder of Livv Headphones
• Joe Harroz, President of University of Oklahoma
• Tim Headington, Owner and CEO of Headington Oil, Filmwriter, and Former Talent Agent (represented Brittany Spears, Justin Timberlake, Boys to Men, and more)
• Caroline Ikard, Assistant Vice President of Operations and Technology Services at American Fidelity and Granddaughter of Tom Love, Founder of Love’s Travel Stops
• Mickey Liddell, Producer and CEO of LD Entertainment
• Rick Bayless, Nationally Renowned Chef
• Carl Albert, Former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives (D-OK)
• Brad Henry, Former Governor of Oklahoma (D)
• N. Bird Runningwater, Senior Program Director of Native American and Indigenous Programs for the Sundance Institute
• Sterlin Harjo, Filmmaker of Four Sheets to the Wind, Barking Water, This May Be the Last Time
• Nancy Bates, Senior Researcher for Survey Methodology at the US Census Bureau

COLLEGE OF FINE ARTS

• Nate Parker, Actor in The Secret Life of Bees, The Birth of a Nation, Little Miss Sunshine, and more
• Laura Spencer, Actress in Pride and Prejudice, Bones, 2 Broke Girls, Heartland, The Big Bang Theory, and more
• Rance Howard, Actor in Apollo 13, Independence Day, Frost/Nixon, Gunsmoke, Bonanza, and more
• Iqbal Theba, Actor in Glee, Married With Children, The West Wing, Two and a Half Men, and more
• Kellie Coffey, Country Music Singer
• Max Weitzenhoffer, Independent Producer of New York and London Theatre Productions; Former Chairman of OU Board of Regents
• Amy Nicholson, Freelance Theater Critic, Formerly of LA Weekly
• Joe McCasland, Television Editor for shows including South of Nowhere, Swamp People, Whale Wars, The Curse of Oak Island, and more
• Kevin James, Radio Show Host and Lawyer
• Olinka Hrdy, Artist known for her murals and utilitarian objects like place mats, textiles, radios, wallpaper and scarves
• Jason Rider, Freelance Stylist, Former Men's Fashion Associate at The New York Times

 
COLLEGE OF LAW

• Joi Gordon, CEO of Dress For Success
• Fred Harris, Oklahoma Senator from 1956-64; U.S. Senator from 1964-73
• Jess Larson, U.S. Air Force Major General and First Administrator of the General Services Administration
• David Boren, Former Governor of Oklahoma and U.S. Senator
• Frank Keating, Former Governor of Oklahoma
• Noma Gurich, Justice of the Supreme Court of Oklahoma
• Jim Gallogly, Formerly Highest Paid Oil & Gas CEO in America, ConocoPhillips, ChevronPhillips and Phillips Petroleum, LyondellBasell
• Kelly Priegnitz, Chief Compliance Officer for Trilogy Health Services
• Steven W. Taylor, Justice of the Supreme Court of Oklahoma, J.D., 1974
• James R. Winchester, Justice of the Supreme Court of Oklahoma, B. A., 1974
• Tom Colbert, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Oklahoma
• Jeremy Fitzpatrick, Vice President of Land, Legal, and Business Development for Valorem Energy

 
COLLEGE OF PHARMACY

• Rob Standridge, Oklahoma State Senator (R)
• Jim George, Author of several Christian books, God’s Man of Influence, A Couple After God’s Own Heart, The Bare Bones Bible Facts series, and more

 
COLLEGE OF PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY

• Benton Clark, Chief Scientist of Flight Systems for Lockheed Martin Astronautics

COLLEGE OF METEOROLOGY

• Gary England, Chief Meteorologist for CBS
• Paul M. Markowski, American Meteorologist and Leading Expert on Tornadogenesis
• Charles A. Doswell III, American Meteorologist and Prolific Severe Convective Storms Researcher.
• Howard Bruce Bluestein, Severe Weather Research Meteorologist 
• Erik Nels Rasmussen American Meteorologist and Leading Expert on Mesoscale Meteorology,
• Neil Burgher Ward, American Meteorologist and First Scientific Storm Chaser

PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES

• Baker Mayfield, Professional Football Player, Heisman Trophy Winner
• Kyler Murray, Professional Football Player, Heisman Trophy Winner
• Blake Griffin, 1st Pick in the 2009 NBA Draft to the Los Angeles Clippers
• Sam Bradford, Professional Football Player, Heisman Winner
• Buddy Hield, 6th pick in the 2016 NBA draft by the New Orleans Pelicans
• Trae Young, Professional Basketball Player for The Atlanta Hawks
• Adrian Peterson, Professional Football Player
• Gerald McCoy, Football Player
• Brian Bosworth, Former Professional Football Player
• Jermaine Gresham, Football Player
• Tommie Harris, Former Professional Football Player,
• Lee Roy Selmon, Former Professional Football Player and NFL Hall of Fame Member
• Jason White, Former Football Player, Heisman Trophy Winner
• Roy Williams, Former Professional Football Player
• Trent Williams, Football Player
• Steve Owens, Former Professional Football Player, Heisman Trophy winner
• Bart Conner, Former Gold Medal Gymnast
• Jason Bartlett, Baseball Player
• Mookie Blaylock, Former Professional Basketball Player
• Greg Dobbs, Baseball Player
• Kelly Garrison-Funderburk, Former All-American Gymnast and 1988 USA Olympian
• Todd Hamilton, Professional Golfer, won The Open Championship in 2004
• Jonathan Horton, Former All-American Gymnast and USA Olympian
• Keith Jackson, Former Professional Football Player
• Anthony Kim, Professional Golfer
• Joe Simpson, Former Professional Baseball Player and Media Broadcaster
• Billy Sims, Former Professional Football Player
• Burch Smith, Major League Baseball Player
• Jack Swagger, Professional wrestler in the Independent Circuit, former WWE World Heavyweight Champion and WWE United States Champion
• Wayman Tisdale, Former Professional Basketball Player
• Joe Washington, Former Professional Football Player
• Tommy McDonald, Former Professional Football Player and NFL Hall of Fame Member