Barry Odom spent nine years as an a sistant football coach at Mi souri and now he's returning to Columbia.Odom, who played linebacker at Mizzou in the late 1990s, spent the last three seasons as the defensive Oakland Athletics Jersey coordinator at Memphis and has accepted the same position at his alma mater, the school announced. Odom replaces Mizzou's former defensive coordinator Dave Steckel, on Dec. 14.MORE: | | "We're really excited to have Barry and his family back at Mizzou, Tony Phillips Jersey " Mi souri coach Gary Pinkel said. "He's done an outstanding job at Memphis these past three years. He's coached with us before, and it's great to see someone profe sionally advance himself and go do such a great job elsewhere. I know he was sought after by several other power five schools recently, so we feel very fortunate to have him Mark McGwire Jersey with us."Odom, an Oklahoma native who attended Ada High School, was part of two bowl teams at Mi souri in 1997 and 1998 and finished his playing career ranked fifth on the Marcus Semien Jersey school's career tackles list."It's always tough to leave a place that's been as good to me as Memphis has, and I can't thank Coach (Justin) Fuente enough for the opportunity Jose Canseco Jersey he provided for me," Odom said. "Being a part of this building proce s for the last three years has made me a better coach, and I'm proud to know that it's in better shape now than what we came into."