Robert Anthony Stoops is an American 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.
Bob Stoops led the Oklahoma Sooners to a record of 191–48 over his career.
Bob 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.
Bob Stoops was awarded the Paul “Bear” Bryant Award in 2000 and the Walter Camp Coach of the Year Award in 2000 and 2003.
Bob Stoop’s 2000 Oklahoma Sooners football team won the 2001 Orange Bowl, which served as the BCS National Championship Game, and earned a consensus national championship.
Bob Stoops has been nicknamed “Big Game Bob” by both supporters and detractors.
In 2021, Bob Stoops was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach.
Meet Drake Stoops, Isaac Stoops, And Mackenzie Stoops
Bob Stoops is married to Carol Stoops. Mary Stoops is a Mary Kay National Sales Director and they have three children: a daughter, Mackenzie Stoops, who attends the University of Oklahoma, and twin sons, Isaac Stoops and Drake Stoops.
Drake Stoops plays wide receiver for the Oklahoma Sooners.
