| Bob Stoops | ||
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| Title | Head Coach | |
| College | Oklahoma | |
| Sport | Football | |
| Team record | 97-22 | |
| Born | September 9, 1960 | |
| Place of birth | ||
| Annual salary | $3,450,000/year[1] | |
| Career highlights | ||
| Overall | 97-22 | |
| Bowls | 4-5 | |
| Coaching stats | ||
| College Football DataWarehouse | ||
| Championships | ||
| 2000 National Championship,
2000/2002/2004/2006/2007 Big 12 Championship |
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| Awards | ||
| 2000 Walter Camp Nat'l COY 2000 Paul "Bear" Bryant Award 2000 Home Depot COY 2000 AP Nat'l COY 2003 Walter Camp Nat'l COY |
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| Playing career | ||
| 1979-1982 | Iowa | |
| Position | DB | |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | ||
| 1989-1990 1991-1995 1996-1998 1999-present |
Kansas State (DB coach) Kansas State (Co-DC) Florida (DC) Oklahoma |
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Robert Anthony Stoops (born September 9, 1960 in Youngstown, Ohio) is the head coach of the University of Oklahoma football team. For the coaching strategy game see NFL Head Coach. A head coach is a professional who is responsible for the overall actions of This is a list of American institutions of Higher education in the United States and abroad sorted by region University of Oklahoma, abbreviated OU, is a Coeducational public Research university located in the U American football, known in the United States and Canada simply as football, is a competitive Team sport known for mixing strategy with Events 1000 - Battle of Svolder, Viking Age. 1379 - Treaty of Neuberg, splitting the Austrian Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Youngstown is a city in the US state of Ohio and the County seat of Mahoning County. The United States dollar ( sign: $; code: USD) is the unit of Currency of the United States; it has also been The Walter Camp Coach of the Year Award is given annually to the collegiate American football head coach The Paul 'Bear' Bryant Award is an award that has been given annually since 1986 to NCAA College football 's national coach The Home Depot Coach of the Year Award is given annually to College football 's top head coach The University of Iowa, is a major teaching service and Research university located on a campus in Iowa City Iowa, on the banks of the Iowa River In American football and Canadian football, defensive backs are the players on the defensive team who take positions somewhat back from the line of scrimmage they For the coaching strategy game see NFL Head Coach. A head coach is a professional who is responsible for the overall actions of Kansas State University, commonly shortened to K-State, is an institution of higher learning located in Manhattan, Kansas, in the United States In American football and Canadian football, defensive backs are the players on the defensive team who take positions somewhat back from the line of scrimmage they A defensive coordinator typically refers to a coach on an American football team who is in charge of the defense. The University of Florida ( Florida or UF) is a public land-grant, sea-grant, space-grant major Research University of Oklahoma, abbreviated OU, is a Coeducational public Research university located in the U Events 1000 - Battle of Svolder, Viking Age. 1379 - Treaty of Neuberg, splitting the Austrian Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Youngstown is a city in the US state of Ohio and the County seat of Mahoning County. Ohio ( is a Midwestern state of the United States. As part of the Great Lakes region, Ohio has long been a cultural and geographical crossroads For the coaching strategy game see NFL Head Coach. A head coach is a professional who is responsible for the overall actions of University of Oklahoma, abbreviated OU, is a Coeducational public Research university located in the U During the 2000 season, Stoops led the Sooners to an Orange Bowl victory and a National Championship. The Orange Bowl is an annual College football game that is usually played the first week in January in the Miami Florida metro area in the United States
Prior to coaching at Oklahoma, Stoops held various coordinator and position-coach positions at Iowa, Kansas State and Florida. The University of Iowa, is a major teaching service and Research university located on a campus in Iowa City Iowa, on the banks of the Iowa River Kansas State University, commonly shortened to K-State, is an institution of higher learning located in Manhattan, Kansas, in the United States The University of Florida ( Florida or UF) is a public land-grant, sea-grant, space-grant major Research In 2000, Stoops led his team to three consecutive wins over ranked teams including Texas, Kansas State and Nebraska. The University of Nebraska is the public University system in the state of Nebraska, USA. [2][3][4] Stoops was awarded the 2000 Paul "Bear" Bryant Award and the 2000 and 2003 Walter Camp Coach of the Year for "Coach of the Year. The Paul 'Bear' Bryant Award is an award that has been given annually since 1986 to NCAA College football 's national coach The Walter Camp Coach of the Year Award is given annually to the collegiate American football head coach "[5] Stoops is one of the highest paid coaches in the sport. [6]
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Stoops was one of six children born to Ron and Dee Stoops in Youngstown, Ohio. He is a 1978 graduate of Cardinal Mooney High School where his father coached all four of his sons. Cardinal Mooney High School is a Coeducational Catholic high school located in Youngstown, Ohio. During a game in 1988, Ron Stoops began experiencing chest pains. He was placed in an ambulance following the game and died en route to the hospital. [7][8] Stoops was a four-year starter and two-time All-Big Ten selection at defensive back at the University of Iowa. In American football and Canadian football, defensive backs are the players on the defensive team who take positions somewhat back from the line of scrimmage they The University of Iowa, is a major teaching service and Research university located on a campus in Iowa City Iowa, on the banks of the Iowa River
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. The Iowa Hawkeyes are the athletics teams that represent the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. John Hayden Fry (born February 28, 1929) was a National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I-A College football coach from 1962 to He was an assistant at Kent State University in 1988, and joined Kansas State University the following year. Kent State University (also known as Kent, Kent State, or KSU) is one of America’s largest university systems the third largest university Kansas State University, commonly shortened to K-State, is an institution of higher learning located in Manhattan, Kansas, in the United States Stoops was named co-defensive coordinator at Kansas State under Bill Snyder in 1991 and assistant head coach and co-defensive coordinator in 1995. A defensive coordinator typically refers to a coach on an American football team who is in charge of the defense. Bill Snyder (born October 7, 1939, in Saint Joseph Missouri) is the former head football coach at Kansas State University, holding 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. The University of Florida ( Florida or UF) is a public land-grant, sea-grant, space-grant major Research Stephen Orr Spurrier (born April 20, 1945 in Miami Beach Florida) is a former American football player and currently the head coach Hired after Florida gave up 62 points to Nebraska in the 1995[9] 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[10]
It was with the Gators that the spotlight found Stoops and made him one of the hottest coaching names in the profession. The Florida Gators are the athletic teams that collectively represent the University of Florida in Gainesville Florida. 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.
The University of Oklahoma named Stoops their head coach in 1999. Bob Stoops is the current Head coach of the Oklahoma Sooners football team which represents the University of Oklahoma in the NCAA University of Oklahoma, abbreviated OU, is a Coeducational public Research university located in the U Stoops quickly turned the program around, winning seven games and taking the Sooners to their first bowl game in four years.
Now in his tenth year as head coach of the Sooners, Stoops has a combined record of 97-22 - the most wins by any Division 1-Football Bowl Subdivision school and the best record of any BCS school during that stretch. Division I (or D-I) is the highest level of intercollegiate athletics sanctioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association in the United States 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. The Bowl Championship Series ( BCS) is a selection system designed to give the top two teams in the NCAA FBS Bowl Subdivision System an opportunity to compete in a "national Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, generally known as Louisiana State University or LSU, is a public, Coeducational The 2004 Sugar Bowl, the BCS title game for the 2003 college football season was played on January 4 2004 at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans Louisiana The University of Southern California (commonly referred to as USC, SC, Southern California, and incorrectly The 2005 Orange Bowl represented the BCS National Championship Game of the 2004 season and was played on January 4, 2005 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 upended Washington State 34-14 in Pasadena on New Years Day 2003. The Bowl Championship Series ( BCS) is a selection system designed to give the top two teams in the NCAA FBS Bowl Subdivision System an opportunity to compete in a "national The Big 12 Conference is a college athletic conference of twelve schools located mostly in the central United States. The Rose Bowl Game is an annual American College football Bowl game, usually played on January 1 ( New Year's Day) at the Rose Washington State University ( WSU) is an American public Research university in Pullman, Washington. Stoops penchant for winning the big games early in his career earned him the nickname "Big Game Bob", however his record in the past 4 BCS games (2004 Sugar Bowl, 2005 Orange Bowl, 2007 Fiesta Bowl, and 2008 Fiesta Bowl) is 0-4. [11] Under Stoops, the Sooners have won five Big 12 Conference Championships, the most of any Big 12 team. The Big 12 Conference is a college athletic conference of twelve schools located mostly in the central United States. Oklahoma is also the only team to win back-to-back Big 12 Championships. 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). Texas Longhorns athletics programs include the extramural and intramural sports teams of The University of Texas at Austin.
On July 11, 2007, Oklahoma was placed on probation for two years by the NCAA for a rules violation involving QB Rhett Bomar and OL JD Quinn, who the University had previously suspended from the team due to the players' efforts to obtain payment for hours not worked. Rhett Matthew Bomar (born July 2, 1985 in Groesbeck Texas) is an American football Quarterback who is currently enrolled While the students who violated the rules were reinstated by the NCAA and allowed to play for other schools, the University, which had self-reported the violations, was initially directed to vacate all wins during the 2005-2006 season, which included a 17-14 win over the University of Oregon in the Holiday Bowl. The University of Oregon (UO is a public, Coeducational Research university in Eugene Oregon, United States. The Holiday Bowl is a post-season NCAA -sanctioned Division I-A College football Bowl game that has been played annually at Qualcomm Stadium [12] Oklahoma appealed the NCAA's ruling 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. [13] On February 22, 2008, the NCAA reversed the decision and reinstated the vacated wins. Events 1495 - King Charles VIII of France enters Naples to claim the city's throne 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common [14]
Stoops' performance at Oklahoma has made him the frequent subject of head coach searches by several NFL teams as well as other college programs, 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. Nicholas Lou "Nick" Saban (born October 31, 1951, in Fairmont, West Virginia) is an American College football coach and 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), Chuck Long (San Diego State), Bo Pelini (Nebraska) and Kevin Sumlin (Houston). Michael J Stoops (born December 31, 1961) is the head football coach at the University of Arizona, his first head coaching position The Arizona Wildcats football team is the football team of the University of Arizona, located in Tucson, Arizona, United States Mark Thomas Mangino (born in New Castle Pennsylvania) is the Head coach of the Kansas Jayhawks College football team which he has coached The Kansas Jayhawks football program is the intercollegiate Michael C Leach (born in Susanville California) is the current Head coach of the Texas Tech Red Raiders football team The Texas Tech Red Raiders football program is a College football team that represents Texas Tech University (variously "Tech" or "TTU" Chuck Long (born February 18, 1963 in Wheaton Illinois) is the head football coach at San Diego State University. The San Diego State Aztecs are the collegiate athletics and sports teams for San Diego State University (SDSU. Mark “Bo” Pelini (born December 13, 1967) is the head football coach at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. The Nebraska Cornhuskers represent the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in College football. The Houston Cougars football program is an NCAA Division I FBS football team that represents the University of Houston.
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl | Coaches# | AP° | ||
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| Oklahoma Sooners (Big 12 Conference) (1999 — present) | |||||||||
| 1999 | Oklahoma | 7–5 | 5–3 | T–2nd (South) | L 25–27 Independence | ||||
| 2000 | Oklahoma | 13–0 | 8–0 | 1st (South) | W 13–2 Orange † | 1 | 1 | ||
| 2001 | Oklahoma | 11–2 | 6–2 | 2nd (South) | W 10–3 Cotton | 6 | 6 | ||
| 2002 | Oklahoma | 12–2 | 6–2 | T–1st (South) | W 34–14 Rose † | 5 | 5 | ||
| 2003 | Oklahoma | 12–2 | 8–0 | 1st (South) | L 14–21 Sugar † | 3 | 3 | ||
| 2004 | Oklahoma | 12–1 | 8–0 | 1st (South) | L 19–55 Orange † | 3 | 3 | ||
| 2005 | Oklahoma | 8–4 | 6–2 | 2nd (South) | W 17–14 Holiday | 22 | 22 | ||
| 2006 | Oklahoma | 11–3 | 7–1 | 1st (South) | L 43–42OT Fiesta † | 11 | 11 | ||
| 2007 | Oklahoma | 11–3 | 6–2 | 1st (South) | L 48-28 Fiesta † | 8 | 8 | ||
| Oklahoma: | 97–22 | 60–12 | |||||||
| Total: | 97–22 | ||||||||
| National Championship Conference Title Conference Division Title | |||||||||
| †Indicates BCS bowl game. The Big 12 Conference is a college athletic conference of twelve schools located mostly in the central United States. The 1999 NCAA Division I-A football season saw Florida State named national champions defeating Virginia Tech in the Sugar Bowl Bob Stoops is the current Head coach of the Oklahoma Sooners football team which represents the University of Oklahoma in the NCAA The Independence Bowl is a post-season NCAA -sanctioned Division I College football Bowl game that is played annually at Independence Stadium The 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season ended with fans singing Oklahoma! as the Sooners claimed the first national championship The 2000 Oklahoma Sooners football team represented the University of Oklahoma in the College football season of 2000-2001. The Orange Bowl is an annual College football game that is usually played the first week in January in the Miami Florida metro area in the United States The 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season saw the hurricane winds blow again as the University of Miami, the team of the 80s returned Bob Stoops is the current Head coach of the Oklahoma Sooners football team which represents the University of Oklahoma in the NCAA The Cotton Bowl Classic is a United States College football Bowl game played annually since 1937 at the self-named stadium in Dallas Texas The 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season bucked the trend of boring national title games providing a game that lived up to the hype Bob Stoops is the current Head coach of the Oklahoma Sooners football team which represents the University of Oklahoma in the NCAA The Rose Bowl Game is an annual American College football Bowl game, usually played on January 1 ( New Year's Day) at the Rose The 2003 NCAA Division I-A football season ended with an abundance of controversy Bob Stoops is the current Head coach of the Oklahoma Sooners football team which represents the University of Oklahoma in the NCAA The Sugar Bowl is an annual American College football Bowl game played in the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans Louisiana. The 2004 NCAA Division I-A football season ended with several undefeated teams vying for a spot in the national title game Bob Stoops is the current Head coach of the Oklahoma Sooners football team which represents the University of Oklahoma in the NCAA The 2005 NCAA Division I-A football season ended with the least amount of controversy surrounding the Bowl Championship Series (BCS Bob Stoops is the current Head coach of the Oklahoma Sooners football team which represents the University of Oklahoma in the NCAA The Holiday Bowl is a post-season NCAA -sanctioned Division I-A College football Bowl game that has been played annually at Qualcomm Stadium The 2006 NCAA Division I FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision football season, or the College football season began on August 31 The 2006 Oklahoma Sooners football team (variously "Oklahoma" "OU" or the "Sooners" represented the University of Oklahoma in the College The 2007 Tostitos Fiesta Bowl was a College football Bowl game sponsored by Tostitos. The 2007 NCAA Division I FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision football season, or the College football season began on August The 2007 Oklahoma Sooners football team (variously "Oklahoma" "OU" or The 2008 Tostitos Fiesta Bowl was a College football Bowl game sponsored by Tostitos. #Rankings from final Coaches Poll of the season. The USA Today Coaches' Poll is the current name for a weekly ranking of the top 25 NCAA Division I-A College football and Division I °Rankings from final AP Poll of the season. |
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He is married to Carol Stoops, a successful Mary Kay National Sales Director. Mary Kay is a brand of skin care cosmetics and color Cosmetics sold by Mary Kay Inc [15] They have three children: a daughter, Mackenzie, and twin sons, Isaac and Drake.
| Preceded by John Blake |
Oklahoma Sooners Head Coaches 1999–Current |
Succeeded by Current |
| Preceded by Frank Beamer |
Paul "Bear" Bryant Award 2000 |
Succeeded by Larry Coker |
| Preceded by Frank Beamer (VT) Kirk Ferentz (Iowa) |
Walter Camp Coach of the Year 2000 2003 |
Succeeded by Ralph Friedgen (Maryland) Tommy Tuberville (Auburn) |
| Persondata | |
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| NAME | Stoops, Bob |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Stoops, Bobby; Stoops, Robert |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | American Football player and coach |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 6, 1960 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Youngstown, Ohio |
| DATE OF DEATH | |
| PLACE OF DEATH | |