Bob Stoops
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Robert A. "Bob" Stoops (born September 9, 1960 in Youngstown, Ohio) is the head coach of the University of Oklahoma football team.
High school and college
Born in Youngstown, Ohio and a 1978 graduate of Cardinal Mooney High School, Stoops was a four-year starter and two-time All-Big Ten selection at defensive back at the University of Iowa.
Coaching career
After graduating with his marketing degree in 1983, Stoops began his coaching career as a volunteer and graduate assistant in the Iowa Hawkeyes program under Hayden Fry. He was an assistant at Kent State University in 1988, and joined Kansas State University the following year. Stoops was named co-defensive coordinator at Kansas State under Bill Snyder in 1991 and assistant head coach and co-defensive coordinator in 1995. During his tenure on the Wildcats staff, Stoops played a key role in their impressive turnaround, helping take what many considered to be the worst program in Division 1-A to national contention. During his final four seasons there, KSU was 35-12 with three bowl appearances.
He then left for the University of Florida, and landed a three-year stint as Steve Spurrier’s defensive coordinator. Hired after Florida gave up 62 points to Nebraska in the 1995[2] Fiesta Bowl, he was given carte blanche over the Gators defense and was part of the Gators' national championship win over Florida State in the 1996 Sugar Bowl[3]
It was with the Gators that the spotlight found Stoops and made him one of the hottest coaching names in the profession. Stoops' success at Kansas State and Florida launched him to the top of the list of assistant coaches primed for head coaching positions in 1999.
University of Oklahoma
The University of Oklahoma named Stoops their head coach in 1999. Stoops quickly turned the program around, winning seven games and taking the Sooners to their first bowl game in four years.
Now in his eighth year as head coach of the Sooners, Stoops has a combined record of 87-19 the second most wins by any Division 1-A school and the best record of any BCS school during that stretch. He led the Sooners to the 2000 BCS National Championship and finished the season undefeated, outscoring 13 opponents by a combined 481-194. His Oklahoma teams again earned the opportunity to play in the Bowl Championship Series National Championship Game in 2003 and 2004, losing to LSU 21-14 in the 2004 Sugar Bowl, and to USC 55-19 in the 2005 Orange Bowl. Stoops, however, has led his team to eight straight bowl games, five of which were BCS Bowls, including the Big 12's first Rose Bowl victory as the Sooners thrashed Washington State 34-14 in Pasadena on New Years Day 2003.
Under Stoops, the Sooners have won four Big 12 Conference Championships, the most of any Big 12 team. In his nine years as head coach, Stoops is 6-3 against the Texas Longhorns, which includes an impressive 5 game winning streak from 2000-2004, in which his Sooners handed the Longhorns two of their worst defeats in school history, 63-14 and 65-13 respectively (2000, 2003).
On July 11, 2007, Oklahoma was handed down a 2 year probation sentence for a scandal involving QB Rhett Bomar and OL JD Quinn. They were also forced to vacate all wins during the 2005-2006 season, which included a 17-14 win over the University of Oregon in the Holiday Bowl. This drops Stoops' record at OU from 86-19 to 78-19.[4] Oklahoma has stated its intent to appeal the NCAA's findings of a "failure to monitor" the employment of players in the program, as well as a reduction in scholarships and probation lasting until May, 2010. [5] As such until the NCAA has made a decision OU can still count the 8 games as wins.
Boasting a proud tradition that spans several decades and seven national championships in the modern era, the head coach position at Oklahoma is considered one of the premier jobs in all of Division I football. Stoops' performance has made him the frequent subject of head coach searches by several NFL and college teams, which he has repeatedly turned away. He was reportedly the top-paid coach in Division 1-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 beginning in 2007. In his short career at Oklahoma, several of Stoops' assistants have become head coaches at other Division 1-A programs, including brother Mike Stoops (Arizona), Mark Mangino (Kansas), Mike Leach (Texas Tech) and Chuck Long (San Diego State University).
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Personal life
Together with his wife,(a successful Mary Kay National Sales Director), Stoops has a daughter, Mackenzie, and twin sons, Isaac and Drake.
References
- ^ "Million-dollar coaches move into mainstream". USAToday.com. 2006-11-06. Retrieved 2007-09-08.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ "Gatorzone.com - Florida Gators Bowl Record".
- ^ "Gatorzone.com - Florida Gators 1996 Season".
- ^ "NCAA Division I Committee on Infractions Penalizes University of Oklahoma". 2007-07-11. Retrieved 2007-09-07.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ "OU to Appeal NCAA Decision". OU Athletic Department. 2007-07-11. Retrieved 2007-07-11.
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