Late last week, I received a tip via The Ogle Mole Network claiming that Rhett Bomar—the infamous OU football quarterback turned Big Red Sports & Imports ghost employee—will be making a grand return to the state as offensive coordinator for the Westmoore Jaguars football team.
The Westmoore Jaguars football X-account seemed to confirm the news, albeit briefly, with this now-deleted post on Friday night:
Yep, keep stacking, folks! Rhett Bomar is returning to the state where it all… uhm… ended, and will be leading the Westmoore Jags to glory… and/or free test drives on the Mile of Cars in Norman!
I guess the main question here—outside of whether Rhett will run the vaunted Chuck Long offense—is why Westmoore deleted the fiery tweet.
One possibility is that they jumped the gun, and the contract hasn’t been finalized.
Another, more likely reason, could be the pushback and comments the post received, especially after people learned Bomar was apparently let go from his previous high school coaching job after being arrested for two DUIs—his second and third overall—in 2024.
Yes, that’s correct. TWO DUIs.
Both arrests took place in Conroe, Texas. The first was on January 6th, and the second on August 23rd. Here are the details of each:
Here's his mugshot from the August arrest:
Yikes! Let’s hope Bomar isn’t driving the bus home after next year’s smackdown at Tulsa Union. And if he does, someone might want to check his Gatorade!
Obviously, some Westmoore parents, students, and teachers aren’t too happy with the school naming a professional drunk driver to the coaching staff. I guess you can’t blame them.
Even if he’s the second coming of Knute Rockne, he's probably not the best guy to lead, mentor, and coach impressionable teenagers. It would be like DHS hiring Adrian Peterson to lead child protective services!
"Whatever Patrick. People deserve unlimited second chances. Especially if they played OU football."
I don't disagree, but there had to be better-qualified candidates out there who can both coach football and qualify for car insurance, right? You know, stand-up, classy guys like Coach Koons from Ringling or Coach Myers from Kingfisher.
I talked to my Mole about Westmoore’s decision to hire Bomar, and they believe it was made primarily because Westmoore Athletic “Facilitator” Chad Mashburn and head football coach David White are a couple of OU fanboys who would rather do a favor for an old Sooner jock than what’s right for their student-athletes.
That would make sense.
The OU Fanboy Coterie has never had a problem ignoring the transgressions of former athletes. In fact, it always seems to go out of its way to try and revitalize, rehabilitate, and redefine the careers of troubled Sooner stars who brought shame to the program.
I actually touched on this back when Rhett was arrested for his first DUI in 2011:
I wonder if Bomar will ever experience an OU renaissance like Charles Thompson or Marcus Dupree? Who knows, maybe The Sports Animal will hire him as a fill-in host, or ESPN will produce a 30 for 30 documentary called "The Best That Never Was... Really Working at the Car Dealership." If any of that happens, let’s just hope that Big Red Sports and Imports hires him as a spokesman. I think everyone would appreciate that.
Obviously, the next step in the 2025 Rhett Bomar Redemption Tour is for the local OU homer media to plan along.
Any day now, expect Bomar to go on that podcast With Joe C. Junior and the Stoops twin, and then after that, Jenni Carlson to release a 1,000-word fluffy feature in The Oklahoman about his redemptive road to recovery after hitting rock bottom.
Anyway, it’ll be interesting to see how this hire works out, and/or if Southmoore hires Paul Thompson as their new offensive coordinator in an attempt to upstage their rival.
Best case scenario: Rhett Bomar turns both his life and the Westmoore football program around and gets a part-time summer job selling cars at Big Red Sports and Imports.
Worst case scenario: Rhett gets more DUIs than the school does victories.
I guess we’ll continue to monitor this and see what happens. If you have any tips about local high schools hiring infamous ex-jocks who’d have trouble passing a background check, hit us up on the TLO Tip Line.
Stay with The Lost Ogle. We’ll keep you advised.
