COACHING STAFF 2008 SEASON COACHING STAFF THE SOONERS SEASON REVIEW UNIVERSITY 1717 1950* * 1955* * 1956* * 1974* * 1975* * 1985* * 2000 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS HEAD COACH BOB Stoops Head Coach | 10th Season | 97-22 (.815) Record at Oklahoma History is one tough customer at Oklahoma. The Stoops has been characterized as a grounded family man, brilliant big-game coach, relentless recruiter, strong leader and a person with tradition, so rich and so long-standing, is as daunting uncommon perspective. His success emanates from a disciplined style true to his roots in the Steel Valley of Ohio, but he is far from inflexible. as it is impressive. To be among the best at Oklahoma The principles to which he holds are the tried and true axioms of the is to be among the best in college football... sport … mixed with cutting-edge strategy and an appreciation for the calculated risk. Such dramatics are lost on Bob Stoops. The Sooner head coach During his time, OU has produced record-setting passers and receivers, befriended the would-be albatross of OU’s successful past from his first three 1,000-yard rushers, suffocating defense and special teams units day on campus and remains steadfastly focused on tomorrow and the that rank among the most dynamic in the land. The Sooners have been championship it holds. nothing if not versatile. It falls then to long-time observers and experts of the game to define The son of a coach, Stoops was a four-year starter at Iowa. He began his Stoops’ impact. Rarely have the pundits had it so easy. coaching career in 1983 as a volunteer in the Hawkeye program under Hayden Fry, working through the ranks until he became co-defensive That was true again in 2007. Stoops became the first coach in Big 12 coordinator at Kansas State (1991-95). There he played a key role in history to place back-to-back conference titles in his trophy case and was one of the most impressive turnarounds in college football history. one of several teams, in a year of parity, to contend for the national title. Eventually, he left for Florida and a three-year stint as Steve Spurrier’s Many called it Stoops’ best coaching job, a mouthful of compliment defensive coordinator. In 1996, he was part of a national championship considering the star-studded nature of his accomplishments at OU. team. It was with the Gators that the spotlight found Stoops and made him one of the hottest names in the profession. His hiring at Oklahoma Under Stoops, Oklahoma has won 97 games; the 2000 national was one for the ages. championship; spent 87 consecutive weeks in the national rankings; played in nine bowl games, six of the BCS variety; taken part in three national championship games and captured five Big 12 crowns. On a Coaching Accomplishments playing field leveled by scholarship limits and parity, this era stares down • Stoops is 97-22 overall, 4-5 in bowls, 3-4 in January bowls, 2-4 in the Oklahoma standard and does not blink. BCS games, 64-13 vs. the Big 12, 35-9 vs. the Big 12 South, 28-4 vs. the Big 12 North, 5-1 in the Big 12 title game, 33-9 vs. non-conference The achievement is so brilliant that it dulls the memory of what Stoops opponents, 54-2 at home, 27-11 on the road, 15-9 on neutral fields and inherited. When he arrived in Norman, the proud Sooner program was 27-11 vs. ranked opponents. five years removed from a winning record, four from a postseason appearance. Those atypical days of angst are so forgotten now that they • OU has set or tied more than 170 school records under Stoops, not could be mentioned with the Land Rush and Dust Bowl. including bowl bests and marks specific to a particular position (i.e., receptions by a running back). Among those marks under Stoops are passing for a game, season and career; receiving for a game, season and career; and rushing for a season. 7 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS 41 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS 24 BOWL CHAMPIONSHIPS 144 ALL-AMERICANS 64 NATIONAL AWARD WINNERS 18 2008 OKLAHOMA SPRING FOOTBALL GUIDE * SOONERSPORTS.COM HEAD COACH The Stoops File THE STOOPS FAMILY Birthdate . Sept. 9, 1960 2008 SEASON Hometown . Youngstown, Ohio High School . Cardinal Mooney, 1978 College . Iowa, 1983 Family . wife, Carol daughter, Mackenzie twin sons, Isaac and Drake Coaching History 1999-Present . Oklahoma, Head Coach 1996-1998 Florida, Asst. Head Coach, Def. Coor. COACHING STAFF 1991-1995 . Kansas State, Co-Defensive Coordinator 1989-1990 . Kansas State, Defensive Backs 1988 . Kent State, Assistant Coach 1985-1987 . Iowa, Volunteer Coach 1983-1984 . Iowa, Graduate Assistant Coach • Stoops has authored two of the seven longest winning streaks in Oklahoma history. His 2000 and 2001 teams won 20 straight, while the 2002 and 2003 teams reeled off 14 in a row. Those OU Football Then and Now victories all came against I-A opponents. The nine years before and after Bob Stoops’ THE SOONERS • OU won the 2000 national championship, played for two more and captured six Big 12 South arrival ... crowns and five Big 12 titles. Oklahoma has spent 22 weeks at No. 1. Before Since • An OU player has finished among the top seven in the Heisman voting five times: Adrian (1990-98) (1999-2007) Peterson (No. 2 in 2004), Jason White (No. 3 in 2004), Jason White (No. 1 in 2003), Roy Overall Record 54-46-3 97-22-0 Williams (No. 7 in 2001) and Josh Heupel (No. 2 in 2000). Conference Record 31-33-2 64-13-0 Vs. Ranked Opponents 5-29-2 28-11 • OU has had a double-digit lead in 98 of Stoops’ 119 games. No. of Weeks in AP Top 25 51 106 National Titles 0 1 • Oklahoma has played in nine bowl games. Never had an OU coach taken even his first three Conference Titles 0 5 teams to bowls. Prior to Stoops’ arrival, OU had gone four straight years without a bowl, and BCS Games 0 6 had not played in one of what is now a BCS game since the 1988 Orange Bowl (1987 season). SEASON REVIEW Bowl Games 3 9 Stoops, in his second season, led OU to the 2001 Orange Bowl (2000 season). National Award Winners 0 16 Heisman Trophy Winners 0 1 • Under Stoops, OU has produced 24 All-Americans; two AP Players of the Year (Heupel, Heisman Trophy Finalists 0 4 White); two Nagurski Award winners (Williams, Derrick Strait); two Thorpe Award winners All-America Selections 2 24 (Williams, Strait); two Butkus Award winners (Rocky Calmus, Teddy Lehman); one Bednarik All-Conference Selections 19 56 Award winner (Lehman); one Lombardi Award winner (Tommie Harris); one Walter Camp All-Conference Academic 24 49 winner (Josh Heupel); two O’Brien Award winners (Jason White twice); a Maxwell Award winner NFL 1st Round Choices 1 8* (White); a Unitas Award winner (White); an Outland Trophy winner (Jammal Brown) and one NFL Top 5 Round Choices 12 27* Mosi Tatupu Award winner (J.T. Thatcher). Years Among final Top 25 3 8 Years Among final top 10 0 6 • OU has had a Butkus finalist in four of the last seven years and a Lombardi finalist in three of * Information not available at press time. the last six. The Sooners also had finalists for the Biletnikoff, Groza, Guy, Hendricks, Mackey and Doak Walker awards. UNIVERSITY • In 1996 and 1997, his Florida defense scored eight touchdowns. The 1996 Gators won the national championship. • During his final four seasons in Manhattan, Kansas State posted a 35-12 record and played in three bowl games. • He assisted K-State to its first 10-win season with a defense that allowed seven or fewer points in six games, including three shutouts. In 1995, his unit led the nation in total defense (250.8 ypg) with four defensive backs named All-Big Eight. 19 1950 * 1955 * 1956 * 1974 * 1975 * 1985 * 2000 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS HEAD COACH BOB STOOPS Bowl Games as a Coach (20) 2008 Fiesta (BCS) . .Oklahoma 2007 Fiesta (BCS) . .Oklahoma 2005 Holiday . .Oklahoma 2005 Orange (BCS National Championship game) . Oklahoma 2004 Sugar (BCS National Championship game) . .Oklahoma 2003 Rose (BCS) . .Oklahoma 2002 Cotton . Oklahoma 2001 Orange (BCS National Championship game) . Oklahoma 1999 Independence . Oklahoma 1999 Orange (BCS) . Florida 1998 Florida Citrus . Florida 1997 Sugar (National Championship) . Florida 1995 Holiday . Kansas State 1994 Aloha . Kansas State 1993 Copper . Kansas State 1987 Holiday . Iowa 1986 Holiday . Iowa 1985 Rose . Iowa 1984 Freedom . Iowa 1983 Gator . Iowa Bowl Games as a Player (2) 1983 Peach . Iowa 1982 Rose . Iowa Accomplishments as a Player • Four-year starter at defensive back, Iowa, 1979-82 • Honorable Mention All-American, 1982 • Iowa team Most Valuable Player, 1982 • Two-time All-Big Ten selection, 1979, 1982 • Career totals included 205 tackles and 10 interceptions Stoops’ Career Coaching Record Prominent Pupils Year School . .Title . Record . .Bowl • C.J. Ah You (Oklahoma) . Bills 2007 Oklahoma . Head Coach . .11-3 . Fiesta Bowl, lost to West Virginia, (48-28) • Rufus Alexander (Oklahoma) . .Vikings 2006 Oklahoma . Head Coach . .11-3 . Fiesta Bowl, lost to Boise State (43-42, OT) • Mark Bradley (Oklahoma) . Bears 2005 Oklahoma . Head Coach . 8-4 . Holiday Bowl, def. Oregon (17-14) • Jammal Brown (Oklahoma) . Saints 2004 Oklahoma . Head Coach . .12-1 . Orange Bowl, lost to USC (55-19) • Chris Chester (Oklahoma) . Ravens 2003 Oklahoma . Head Coach . .12-2 . Sugar Bowl, lost to LSU (21-14) 2002 Oklahoma . Head Coach . .12-2 . Rose Bowl, def. Washington State (34-14) • Mark Clayton (Oklahoma) . Ravens 2001 Oklahoma .