{"id":669725,"date":"2026-05-28T08:09:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T08:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/669725\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T08:09:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T08:09:09","slug":"roger-denny-explains-ou-mens-golf-coach-ryan-hybls-decision-to-leave-for-georgia-tech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/669725\/","title":{"rendered":"Roger Denny explains OU men’s golf coach Ryan Hybl’s decision to leave for Georgia Tech"},"content":{"rendered":"

MIRAMAR BEACH, Florida \u2014 Roger Denny had to replace his first coach in his OU tenure this past week, when OU men\u2019s golf coach Ryan Hybl surprisingly took the Georgia Tech job<\/a> after 17 years in Norman.<\/p>\n

Hybl has been a staple at OU, helping the Sooners win a national title in 2017 and making the NCAA Championships in 15 consecutive seasons. So when it was announced that Hybl was leaving, it caught some fans by surprise. There were even some rumors that Hybl was possibly leaving because Denny \u2014 who was hired in February \u2014 was cutting his pay. <\/p>\n

That was definitely not the case, according to both Denny and Hybl, who is from Georgia and whose entire immediate family still lives in Georgia. And at SEC Spring Meetings, Denny made that clear. <\/p>\n

\u201cFor the\u00a0record, Ryan Hybl\u2019s salary was never cut, was never suggested that it would be cut,\u201d Denny told SoonerScoop. \u201cI told Ryan repeatedly that if there was anything that could overcome his desire to get closer to his family from a contractual financial program support, whatever it is, I needed to know that. And I was prepared to go get that done, and ultimately, the call to home was compelling.\u201d<\/p>\n

Denny went as far as to say that OU offered Hybl ways to get him closer to family while remaining at OU. Ultimately, it didn\u2019t matter. <\/p>\n

\u201cThere were some things that we were able to offer him that would have made it easier for him to get home and be around his family more frequently,\u201d Denny said. \u201cBut I can tell you, as someone who now lives farther away from my parents than I ever have, and here in two or three weeks will be bringing my kids farther away from their grandparents than they\u2019ve ever been, that\u2019s hard, man. And so, again, contractually, financially, we were prepared to do whatever it took. But the call to home is really, really difficult to beat.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Hybl explains his decision<\/p>\n

Hybl himself backed this up on the Oklahoma Breakdown podcast<\/a> with Gabe Ikard<\/a> and Teddy Lehman.<\/a> He praised Denny for how he handled the situation. <\/p>\n

\u201cOklahoma has been so good to us,\u201d Hybl told Ikard and Lehman.<\/a> \u201cRoger Denny\u2019s been amazing. He is amazing. He\u2019s a great leader. He\u2019s done everything and anything for my family. I\u2019m going to clear that up because I know there\u2019s been a lot of talk out there. That (the rumors of cutting his pay) is the furthest from the truth. Roger has been amazing\u2026 We\u2019ve had really, really good communication.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hybl went on to explain that his reasoning for leaving OU was purely due to wanting to be closer to family. <\/p>\n

Denny announced that\u00a0Jonathan Moore, the program\u2019s associate head coach and director of performance the last three years, will replace Hybl as head coach. Hybl is continuing to coach the Sooners this week in the NCAA Championships. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MIRAMAR BEACH, Florida \u2014 Roger Denny had to replace his first coach in his OU tenure this past…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":669726,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[399,398,396,397,99],"class_list":["post-669725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ncaa-football","tag-football","tag-ncaa","tag-ncaa-football","tag-ncaafootball","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669725","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=669725"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669725\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/669726"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=669725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=669725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=669725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}