Since 2025
Previously head coach at Missouri (2016-19) and UNLV (2023-24, Mountain West Coach of the Year in 2023). Inherited a Purdue program coming off a 5- 19 stretch under Ryan Walters and delivered a 2-10 first season — still winless in Big Ten play across the last two years combined.
Record & context
Lifetime record46–43 college (14–8 high school)
Current program2nd season at Purdue
Years in system—
ATS contextNo single published career ATS figure 2025 finished 2-10 (0-9 Big Ten), Purdue's second straight winless conference season. The defense improved from historically bad (453 ypg allowed in 2024) to still-bad (433 ypg in 2025) — Odom's rebuild is real but still very much in progress.
Previous season2-10 (0-9 Big Ten)
Compensation
Salary$6.0M
SourceCoach salary per Wikipedia/Purdue Exponent (FOIA'd data: $5.37M total 2025 comp; base rises to $6M for 2026 under his 6-yr, $39M deal). Purdue is separately still paying fired coac
Designationreported
Confidence—
Figures are labeled by designation. Estimated values are not official contract terms.