Bob Stoops
American football player and coach (born 1960)
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- Robert Anthony Stoops (born September 9, 1960) is an American former football coach who 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.
- 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.
- Stoops' Renegades won the XFL Championship in 2023.
- Prior to 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 has been nicknamed "Big Game Bob" by both supporters and detractors.
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WikipediaRobert Anthony Stoops (born September 9, 1960) is an American former football coach who 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. He led the Oklahoma Sooners to a record of 191–48 over his career. 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. Stoops also was a head coach with the XFL, coaching the Renegades in 2020, and from 2023 to 2025. Stoops' Renegades won the XFL Championship in 2023.
Stoops played college football at the University of Iowa as a defensive back from 1979 to 1982. Prior to 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 both 2000 and 2003. Stoops 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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