Bob Stoops

Bob Stoops

Robert Anthony Stoops (born September 9, 1960) is an American football coach. He is currently the interim head football coach at the University of Oklahoma. He previously was their head coach from 1999 through the 2016 season. He led the Oklahoma Sooners to a record of 190–48 over 18 seasons. His 2000 Oklahoma Sooners football team won the 2001 Orange Bowl, which served as the BCS National Championship Game, and earned a consensus national championship. In 2020, Stoops was head coach and general manager for the Dallas Renegades of the XFL.Stoops played college football at the University of Iowa as a defensive back from 1979 to 1982. Prior his tenure at Oklahoma, he held various assistant coaching positions at the University of Iowa, Kent State University, Kansas State University, and the University of Florida. Stoops was awarded the Paul "Bear" Bryant Award in 2000 and the Walter Camp Coach of the Year Award in 2000 and 2003. He has been nicknamed "Big Game Bob" by both supporters and detractors.Stoops was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 2021.

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