Updated 05-May-2020.
Mondo shtuff from around the internet, all about BOB STOOPS!
My botty best at summarizing from Wikipedia: Robert Anthony Stoops (born September 9, 1960) is an American football coach . he was the head football coach at the University of Oklahoma from 1999 until he announced his retirement June 7, 2017 . Stoops led the Sooners to “Big Game Bob” is a 1978 graduate of Cardinal Mooney high school . his father was the long-time defensive coordinator of the football team . Stoops was named Iowa’s Team MVP in 1982 . he was an assistant at Kent State University under Dick Crum in 1988 . joined the coaching staff at Kansas State the following year . 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 . Stoops won seven games in his first year, taking the Sooners to their first bowl game Stoops accumulated a home winning streak of 39 consecutive games from 2005 to 2011 . streak ended on October 22, 2011 when Texas Tech defeated Oklahoma 41–38 . he also had the most wins of the decade of any BCS Stoops led the Sooners to the 2000 BCS national championship . he finished the season undefeated, outscoring 13 opponents by a combined 481–194 . under Stoops, Oklahoma had four B Stoops led his team to bowl games in each of his 17 years at Oklahoma . from 1999 to 2003, Oklahoma under Stoops was 18–2 (0.900) vs. ranked opponents and 3–1 (0.750 since then (2004–2016), Stoops’ teams went 17–13 vs. ranked opponents . under Stoops, the Sooners won ten Big 12 Conference championships . Oklahoma is the only team to win back in his 18 seasons as Sooners’ head coach, Stoops was 11–7 against the Texas Longhorns . he led the team to additional large-margin wins of 55–17 in 2011 and 63–21 the NCAA reversed part of the decision and reinstated the vacated wins . the 2008 team went down in the history books as the highest scoring team in college football history . after a four-week layoff, the offense Stoops was reportedly the top-paid coach in Division 1-A football . he received a “longevity bonus” of $3 million at the end of the 2008 season . Stoops is the only head coach in Stoops served in this role until the closing of the league on April 14th due to bankruptcy stemming from the COVID-19 outbreak . they have three children: a daughter, Mackenzie, who now attends the