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Bob Stoops (b. September 6, 1960) has been the head football coach at the University of Oklahoma since 1999.

Hailing from Youngstown, Ohio, Stoops was a four-year starter and two-time All-Big Ten selection at defensive back at the University of Iowa. He began his coaching career in 1983 as a volunteer in the Iowa Hawkeyes program under Hayden Fry. He worked through the ranks until he became co-defensive coordinator at Kansas State University under Bill Snyder from 1991 to 1995.

With the Wildcats, he played a key role in their impressive turnaround, part of the staff that took what many considered to be the worst program in Division 1-A to national contention. During his final four seasons there, K-State was 35-12 with three bowl appearances.

He then left for the University of Florida, landing a three-year stint as Steve Spurrier’s defensive coordinator. In 1996, he was part of the Gators' national championship team. It was with the Gators that the spotlight found Stoops and made him one of the hottest coaching names in the profession.

Now in his seventh year as head coach of the Sooners, he has a combined record of 76-15. He won the 2000 National Championship and finished the season undefeated, made it to the Bowl Championship Series National Championship Game in 2003 and 2004, and has taken his team to six straight bowl games, four of which were BCS Bowls, including the Big 12's first Rose Bowl victory in 2003. Coach Stoops has won three Big 12 Conference Championships. As any college football knows, the Oklahoma Sooners and the Texas Longhorns have an annual rivalry game. For years it was officially called the Red River Shootout. In 2005 SBC, the sponsor of the game, changed the official name to the less violent "Red River Rivalry." In his seven years as head coach, Stoops is 5-2 against the Texas Longhorns, which includes an impressive 5 game winning streak from 2000-2004 in which he and his Sooners handed the Longhorns two of their worst defeats in their history (2000, 2003).

Boasting a proud tradition that spans several decades and seven national championships, the head coach position at Oklahoma is considered one of the premier jobs in all of Division I football. In the esteem of many, Bob Stoops ranks near the top of current college head coaches, impressive considering the length of his career & after the 2000 National Title he was one of the most highly sought after coaches in the country (by both other universities & the NFL), the NFL has cooled on Bob in recent years due in large part to the fact that college coaches havent worked out in the pro league.

Under Stoops, Oklahoma has produced 21 first-team All-Americans, 1 Heisman winner in (Jason White), 3 Heisman finalists in (Josh Heupel, Adrian Peterson & Jason White ), 2 Associated Press Players of the Year (Heupel & White), 2 Davey O'Brien Award winners (Heupel & White), 2 Bronko Nagurski Trophy winners (Roy Williams & Derrick Strait), 2 Jim Thorpe Award winners (Williams & Strait), 2 Dick Butkus Award winners (Rocky Calmus & Teddy Lehman), 1 Outland Trophy winner (Jammal Brown), a Lombardi Award winner (Tommie Harris), a Chuck Bednarik Award winner (Lehman), 1 Maxwell Award winner (White), a Walter Camp Award winner (Heupel), a Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award Winner (White) and a Mosi Tatupu Award winner (J.T. Thatcher).

Together with his wife, Carol, Bob has a daughter, Mackenzie and twin sons, Isaac & Drake.

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Athletes - Bob Stoops

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