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Robert Anthony Stoops (born September 9, 1960) is an American football coach who is the head coach for the Arlington Renegades of the United Football League (UFL). He 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.
Jun 8, 2017 · Oklahoma’s football coach abruptly announced his retirement Wednesday after leading the Sooners to 10 conference championships and a national title in 18 seasons. The 56-year-old Stoops was the longest-tenured active coach in major college football, taking the job at Oklahoma a day before Kirk Ferentz started at Iowa.
- cbrunt@ap.org
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BIO. One of the most successful college football coaches of all time, Bob Stoops joins Reggie Bush, Matt Leinart, Brady Quinn and host Rob Stone on the network’s college football pregame...
- College Football Studio Analyst
Who Is Bob Stoops? Stoops’ coaching career began as a graduate assistant at his alma mater, Iowa, in 1983. He played defensive back for the Hawkeyes, a position he would eventually move on to...
Dec 30, 2021 · Bob Stoops returned to the sidelines as the interim head coach for Oklahoma and led the Sooners to a 47-32 Alamo Bowl victory over Oregon on Wednesday. Stoops coached the Sooners from...
- Jason Kersey
Jul 25, 2022 · Former Oklahoma football coach Bob Stoops was officially announced as the coach of Arlington, Texas’ XFL team, a similar title he held in 2020.
Stoops is the sixth Oklahoma coach to be inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. Prior to his arrival at Oklahoma, the proud Sooner program was five years removed from a winning record and hadn't produced double-digit victories since 1987.
