Bob Stoops was the head football coach at the University of Oklahoma from 1999 through the 2016 season, and on an interim basis during the 2021 Alamo Bowl.
26 Facts About Bob Stoops
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Since 2020, Bob Stoops has been a head coach with the XFL, coaching the Renegades in 2020 and has been re-signed for 2023.
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Bob Stoops played college football at the University of Iowa as a defensive back from 1979 to 1982.
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Bob Stoops was awarded the Paul "Bear" Bryant Award in 2000 and the Walter Camp Coach of the Year Award in both 2000 and 2003.
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Bob Stoops was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 2021.
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Bob Stoops is a 1978 graduate of Cardinal Mooney High School, where his father was the long-time defensive coordinator of the football team.
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Bob Stoops was placed in an ambulance following the game and died en route to the hospital.
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Bob Stoops was named co-defensive coordinator at Kansas State under Bill Snyder in 1991 and assistant head coach and co-defensive coordinator in 1995.
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Bob Stoops then left for the University of Florida, serving three years as Steve Spurrier's defensive coordinator.
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On November 16,2013, Bob Stoops notched his 157th win as Oklahoma's head coach with a victory over Iowa State, tying him with Barry Switzer for the most wins in Sooners history.
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Bob Stoops accumulated a home winning streak of 39 consecutive games from 2005 to 2011.
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Bob Stoops had the most wins of the decade of any BCS school with 110.
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Under Bob Stoops, Oklahoma had four BCS National Championship Game appearances, a record shared with Florida State.
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Bob Stoops' teams finished the season ranked in the Top 10 of the polls for 11 of his 18 seasons, seven times finishing in the top five.
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Late in the 2003 season Bob's brother Mike Stoops left his position of defensive coordinator and associate head coach at Oklahoma to accept the head coaching job at Arizona.
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Bob Stoops' teams did finish with two Heisman Trophy winners during this time and two runners-up.
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Bob Stoops was reportedly the top-paid coach in Division I-A football with annual compensation in excess of $3 million until Nick Saban was signed by the University of Alabama for $4 million per year in 2007.
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However, Bob Stoops did receive a "longevity bonus" of $3 million at the end of the 2008 season, making his annual salary in 2008 approximately $6.1 million.
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Bob Stoops is the only head coach in the BCS era to have won the Rose Bowl, Orange Bowl, Fiesta Bowl, and Sugar Bowl.
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On June 7,2017, Bob Stoops announced his retirement from college coaching.
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Bob Stoops was succeeded by Lincoln Riley as Oklahoma's head football coach.
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Bob Stoops served in this role until the league ceased operations on April 14,2020 due to bankruptcy stemming from the COVID-19 outbreak.
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On November 28,2021, Bob Stoops was named interim head coach for Oklahoma's bowl game after Lincoln Riley took the USC Trojans head coaching job.
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Bob Stoops is married to Carol Bob Stoops, a Mary Kay National Sales Director.
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Bob Stoops currently serves as inside linebackers coach for the football program of University of Kentucky.
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Bob Stoops remains close with Steve Spurrier, his mentor from the University of Florida.