STILLWATER – It’s official: Eric Morris has hired Skyler Cassity from North Texas to be the defensive coordinator at Oklahoma State.
Cassity will join the Oklahoma State following UNT’s appearance in the New Mexico Bowl, which takes place on December 27 on ESPN.
Cassity has spent the past season as the Mean Green DC, as he was hired December 2024 from Sam Houston, where he spent the 2024 season in the same role.
During his lone year in Denton, Cassity’s defense held offenses to just 24.9 points per game, about nine less points per game than in 2024. They allowed just over 370 yards per game, which was good for 64th in the country. That’s down from 460 yards last year.
Cassity was the DC at Abilene Chrisitan in 2022 and 2023, linebackers/nickels/safeties coach at Missouri State in 2020 and 2021, where he coached against the Cowboys.
His first stop of his coaching tenure was a student assistant at Auburn from 2014-16, a grad assistant at Texas State in 2016 and a grad assistant at Texas Tech 2017-19.
He’s the older brother of former OSU player Braden Cassity and the son of former OSU defensive coordinator Mike Cassity.
Skyler Cassity Coaching History
- 2014-16: Auburn, student assistant
- 2016: Texas State, graduate assistant
- 2017-19: Texas Tech, graduate assistant
- 2020-21: Missouri State, linebackers/nickels/safeties
- 2022-23: Abilene Christian, defensive coordinator
- 2024: Sam Houston, defensive coordinator
- 2025: North Texas, defensive coordinator
- 2026: Oklahoma State, defensive coordinator
