Bob Stoops, head football coach at the University of Oklahoma since 1999, led
the Sooners to victory in the 2005 Holiday Bowl Game. "His leadership
qualities, his skill for the game and, more importantly, the way he develops
players mentally and physically have caused him to turn in what may be his best
performance yet", according to Joseph Catiglione, Athletic Director at Oklahoma
University speaking of the 17-14 upset over 6th ranked Oregon.
Now in his seventh year as head coach for the Sooners, he has a combined record
of 74-16. He won the 2000 National Championship and finished the season
undefeated, made it to the National Championship Game in 2003 and 2004, has
taken his team to six straight bowl games (four of which were BCS bowls) and
has won three Big 12 Conference Championships.
Under Stoops, Oklahoma has produced 21 first-team All Americans, one Heisman
winner (Jason White), three Heisman finalists (Josh Heupel, Adrian Peterson &
Jason White), two Associated Press Players of the Year (Heupel & White), two
Davey O'Brien Award winners (Heupel & White), two Bronko Nagurski Trophy
winners (Roy Williams & Derrick Strait), two Jim Thorpe award winners (Williams
& Strait), two Dick Butkus Award winners (Rocky Calmus & Teddy Lehman), one
Outland Trophy winner (Jammal Brown), one Lombardi Award winner (Tommie
Harris), one Chuck Bednarik Award winner (Lehman), one Maxwell Award winner
(White), one Walter Camp Award winner (Heupel), one Johnny Unitas Golden Arm
Award winner (White) and one Mosi Tatupu Award winner (J.T. Thatcher).
It was while with the University of Florida that the spotlight found Stoops
and made him one of the hottest names in the coaching profession. As Steve
Spurriers' defensive coordinator for the Gators he was part of the 1996
national championship team.
Bob's coaching honors include: 200l Hula Bowl Head Coach, 2000 Associated
Press National Coach of the Year, 2000 Football Writers Association of America
Coach of the Year, 2000 Walter Camp National Coach of the Year, 2000 George
Munger Award (Maxwell Football Club), 2000 Woody Hayes National Coach of the
Year (Touchdown Club of Columbus), 2000 Football News Coach of the Year, 2000
Consessus Big 12 Coach of the Year.
Bob began his coaching career in 1983 as a volunteer in the Hawkeye program
under Hayden Fry. He worked through the ranks until he became co-defensive
coordinator at Kansas State University (1991-1995). With the Wildcats, he
played a key role in their impressive turnaround. During his final four
seasons there, K-State was a 35-12 with three bowl appearances.
Stoops was a four-year starter and two-time All-Big Ten selection at defensive
back at the University of Iowa where he received a B.A. in marketing in 1983.
He is native of Youngstown, Ohio. He and his wife Carol have a daughter
Mackenzie, and twin sons, Isaac and Drake.
