Editing Bob Stoops (section)

==High school and college==
Stoops is one of six children born to Ron Sr. and Evelyn "Dee Dee" Stoops in [[Youngstown, Ohio]]. He is a 1978 graduate of [[Cardinal Mooney High School (Youngstown, Ohio)|Cardinal Mooney High School]], where his father was the long-time defensive coordinator of the football team. Bob and his three brothers (Ron Jr., [[Mike Stoops|Mike]], and [[Mark Stoops|Mark]]) were all coached by Ron Sr. at Mooney. During a game in 1988 against the team coached by Ron Jr., Ron Sr. began experiencing chest pains. He was placed in an ambulance following the game and died en route to the hospital.<ref>{{cite news | title=College Football Preview 2004; A Family of Coaches Has Followed Its Leader | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/29/sports/college-football-preview-2004-a-family-of-coaches-has-followed-its-leader.html | work=[[The New York Times]] | date=August 29, 2004 | access-date=October 18, 2007 | first=Pete | last=Thamel |author-link=Pete Thamel }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | title=Legend in the making/ National title vaults Stoops into Sooner elite | url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4191/is_20010828/ai_n9990550 | publisher=[[The Colorado Springs Gazette]] | date=August 28, 2001 | access-date=October 18, 2007 | first=John | last=Branch}}</ref>

While at Iowa, Stoops was a four-year starter, and one-time [[List of All-Big Ten Conference football teams|All-Big Ten]] selection at [[defensive back]] at the [[University of Iowa]]. He was named Team MVP in 1982.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/big10/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/2007bigtenfbguide.pdf|title=2007 Big Ten Media Guide|pages=93, 100|access-date=July 11, 2008|archive-date=October 26, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181026093428/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/big10/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/2007bigtenfbguide.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>