Jacksonville State defensive coordinator Zac Alley is expected to leave and take the same job at Oklahoma, according to multiple reports.

Alley, 29, helped the Gamecocks to a 9-3 record and New Orleans Bowl victory in 2023. He spent two seasons at Jax State after working with head coach Rich Rodriguez on the Louisiana-Monroe staff in 2021.

At Oklahoma, Alley will be reunited with head coach Brent Venables, under whom he worked at Clemson. The Sooners — who join the SEC next season — fired defensive coordinator Ted Roof on Thursday.

Alley was a student assistant and then a graduate assistant for three seasons each at Clemson under Venables, who was then the Tigers’ defensive coordinator. Alley then spent two seasons (2019-2020) on Bryan Harsin’s Boise State staff, first as inside linebackers coach and then as outside linebackers coach and special teams coordinator.