Editing Bob Stoops (section)

===Oklahoma===

[[File:Bob Stoops Oklahoma Coach.jpg|thumb|right|Stoops paces the sideline in 2006]]

The [[University of Oklahoma]] named Stoops its head coach in 1999. OU won seven games in Stoops' first year, taking the [[Oklahoma Sooners football|Sooners]] to their first bowl game since the 1994 season.
[[File:OklahomaSooners-TulsaGoldenHurricane-2009-Stoops.jpg|thumb|left|Stoops in 2009]]
In his 18 years as head coach of the Sooners, Stoops had a combined record of 190–48 ({{winperc|190|48}}). On November 16, 2013, Stoops notched his 157th win as Oklahoma's head coach with a victory over Iowa State, tying him with [[Barry Switzer]] for the most wins in Sooners history.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.soonersports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=750323&SPID=127245&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=31000&ATCLID=209310574 | title=Sooners Run Through Cyclones | author=Athletics Communications, University of Oklahoma | date=November 16, 2013}}</ref> A week later, on November 23, 2013, he surpassed Switzer's record with a 41–31 victory over Kansas State. Stoops accumulated a home winning streak of 39 consecutive games from 2005 to 2011. The streak was ended on October 22, 2011, when Texas Tech defeated Oklahoma 41–38. He also had the most wins of the decade of any BCS school with 110 (2000–2009). Along with Switzer, [[Bud Wilkinson]] and [[Bennie Owen]], he is one of four coaches to win over 100 games at the University of Oklahoma; no other college football program has had more than three coaches accomplish such a feat. Overall, Oklahoma was 4–6 in BCS games and 9–9 in bowl games under Stoops. Stoops, along with Bill Snyder of Kansas State, were among the first to use the JUCO systems of their respective states to help their programs progress.{{Citation needed|date=February 2023}}

Stoops led the Sooners to the [[2001 Orange Bowl|2000 BCS National Championship]] and finished the season undefeated, outscoring thirteen opponents by a combined 481–194. His Oklahoma teams again earned the opportunity to play in the [[BCS National Championship Game]] in 2004, 2005 and 2009, losing to [[2003 LSU Tigers football team|LSU]], 21–14, in the [[2004 Sugar Bowl]], and to [[2004 USC Trojans football team|USC]], 55–19 in the [[2005 Orange Bowl]], and [[2008 Florida Gators football team|Florida]], 24–14, in the [[2009 BCS National Championship Game]]. Under Stoops, Oklahoma had four BCS National Championship Game appearances, a record shared with [[Florida State Seminoles football|Florida State]].

Stoops' teams finished the season ranked in the Top 10 of the polls for 11 of his 18 seasons, seven times finishing in the top five.

Stoops led his team to bowl games in each of his 18 years at Oklahoma, ten of which were [[Bowl Championship Series]] (BCS) bowls, including the [[Big 12 Conference]]'s first [[Rose Bowl Game|Rose Bowl]] victory as the Sooners upended [[2002 Washington State Cougars football team|Washington State]], 34–14, in the [[2003 Rose Bowl]]. With Oklahoma's victory over [[2013 Alabama Crimson Tide football team|Alabama]] at the [[2014 Sugar Bowl]], Stoops became the first and only coach to win all four BCS bowl games and a BCS National Championship.

Stoops' penchant for winning big games early in his career earned him the nickname "Big Game Bob", From 1999 to 2003, Oklahoma under Stoops was 18–2 (0.900) vs. ranked opponents and 3–1 (0.750) in bowl games, with one national title and three Big 12 titles.<ref name="BigGameBob" />

Late in the 2003 season, however, Bob's brother [[Mike Stoops]] left his position of defensive coordinator and associate head coach at Oklahoma to accept the head coaching job at Arizona. The Sooners promptly lost two games in a row against ranked teams after Mike's departure that season (a 35–7 loss against #13 Kansas State in the Big 12 Title Game, and a 21–14 loss to #3 LSU in the BCS National Title Game). Since then (2004–2016), Stoops' teams went 17–13 vs. ranked opponents, and 3–4 in Bowl Games with no National Titles (although they played for 3 more), and five Big 12 Titles. Stoops' teams did finish with two Heisman Trophy winners during this time, however, and two runners-up.

Under Stoops, the Sooners won ten Big 12 Conference championships, the most of any Big 12 team. Oklahoma is also the only Big 12 team to win back-to-back-to-back Big 12 championships. Stoops posted a 121-29 (.807) conference record during his career, and was named the Big 12 Coach of the Year six times.

In his 18 seasons as Sooners' head coach, Stoops was 11–7 against the [[Texas Longhorns football|Texas Longhorns]] in the [[Red River Rivalry]]. During a five-game winning streak in that rivalry from 2000 to 2004, his Sooners handed the Longhorns two of their worst defeats in school history, 63–14 in 2000<ref>{{cite news | title=Oklahoma vs. Texas | url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/scores100/100281/100281413.htm | work=USA Today | date=October 7, 2000}}</ref> and 65–13 in 2003.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/boxscore?gameId=232840251|title=Oklahoma vs. Texas - Box Score - October 11, 2003 - ESPN}}</ref> Since then, he led the team to additional large-margin wins of 55–17 in 2011<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/boxscore?gameId=312810251|title=Oklahoma vs. Texas - Box Score - October 8, 2011 - ESPN}}</ref> and 63–21 in 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/boxscore?gameId=322870201|title=Texas vs. Oklahoma - Box Score - October 13, 2012 - ESPN}}</ref>

On July 11, 2007, Oklahoma was placed on probation for two years by the NCAA for a rules violation involving quarterback [[Rhett Bomar]] and offensive lineman JD Quinn, whom the university had previously suspended from the team due to the players' efforts to obtain payment for hours not worked.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://oklasoonersblog.blogspot.com/2006/11/bomar-quinn-ineligible-for-remainder.html | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130628192333/http://oklasoonersblog.blogspot.com/2006/11/bomar-quinn-ineligible-for-remainder.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=June 28, 2013 | title=Bomar, Quinn Ineligible for Remainder 2006 and to Pay Money Back | date=November 1, 2006 | agency=Sooner News Wire | website=SoonersBlog.com }}</ref> While the students who violated the rules were reinstated by the NCAA and allowed to play for other schools, the university, which had self-reported the violations, was initially directed to vacate all wins during the 2005–06 season, which included a 17–14 win over the [[University of Oregon]] in the [[Holiday Bowl]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/PressArchive/2007/Infractions/NCAA%2BDivision%2BI%2BCommittee%2Bon%2BInfractions%2BPenalizes%2BUniversity%2Bof%2BOklahoma.html | title=NCAA Division I Committee on Infractions Penalizes University of Oklahoma | date=July 11, 2007 | publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association | access-date=November 10, 2007}}</ref> Oklahoma appealed the NCAA's ruling of a "failure to monitor" the employment of players in the program, as well as a reduction in scholarships and probation lasting until May 2010.<ref name="appeal">{{cite news | title=OU to Appeal NCAA Decision| publisher=OU Athletic Department | date=July 11, 2007 | access-date=July 11, 2007 | url=http://soonersports.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/071107aaa.html| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070713174815/http://www.soonersports.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/071107aaa.html | archive-date=July 13, 2007 }}</ref> On February 22, 2008, the NCAA reversed part of the decision and reinstated the vacated wins.<ref>{{cite news | title=NCAA gives OU back its wins for 2005 season | work=The Oklahoman | date=February 22, 2008 | access-date=February 22, 2008 | url=http://newsok.com/article/3207494/1203698887}}</ref>

Stoops' [[2008 Oklahoma Sooners football team|2008 team]] went down in the history books as the highest scoring team in college football history, scoring a total of 716 points, averaging 51 points per game. Over five consecutive games, the Sooners scored 60 points or more, another record (in the game prior to the streak, the Sooners scored 58 points). After a four-week layoff, the offense was held in check against the nation's best defense of the [[2008 Florida Gators football team|Florida Gators]] in the [[2009 BCS National Championship Game|National Championship game]], scoring only 14 points and committing two turnovers near the Florida goal line. The Sooners were without one of their star offensive playmakers in [[DeMarco Murray]], who sat out with an injury.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://oklasoonersblog.blogspot.com/2008/12/murray-to-miss-bcs-championship.html | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130628192250/http://oklasoonersblog.blogspot.com/2008/12/murray-to-miss-bcs-championship.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=June 28, 2013 | title=Murray to Miss BCS Championship | date=December 16, 2008 | agency=Sooner News Wire | website=SoonesBlog.com }}</ref> However, the Sooners' 2008 defense, which was much maligned during the season for allowing a Stoops'-worst 25 points per game average, held the Florida Gators' high-powered [[Tim Tebow]]-led offense to only 24 points, 21 points below their season average.

Stoops' success at Oklahoma made him the frequent subject of head coach searches by NFL teams and college programs alike, which he repeatedly turned down.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/99945-will-oklahomas-bob-stoops-become-the-denver-broncos-next-head-coach|title=Will Oklahoma's Bob Stoops Become the Denver Broncos Next Head Coach?|author=Ron Knabenbauer|publisher=Bleacher Report, Inc. Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. |access-date=January 26, 2021}}</ref> He was reportedly the top-paid coach in Division I-A football with annual compensation in excess of $3 million until [[Nick Saban]] was signed by the [[University of Alabama]] for $4 million per year in 2007. However, Stoops did receive a "longevity bonus" of $3 million at the end of the 2008 season (his 10th), making his annual salary in 2008 approximately $6.1 million (equivalent to ${{Inflation|US|6.1|2008|r=1}}&nbsp;million in {{Inflation-year|US}}) .<ref>{{cite web | url=http://oklasoonersblog.blogspot.com/2009/01/stoops-cashes-in.html | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130628192630/http://oklasoonersblog.blogspot.com/2009/01/stoops-cashes-in.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=June 28, 2013 | title=Bob Stoops Cashes In | date=January 1, 2009 | agency=Sooner News Wire | website=SoonesBlog.com }}</ref>

In the [[2012 Oklahoma Sooners football team|2012 season]], he led the Sooners back to the top 25 and went to the [[2013 Cotton Bowl Classic|Cotton Bowl]], losing to Heisman Trophy-winning [[Johnny Manziel]] and the [[2012 Texas A&M Aggies football team|Texas A&M Aggies]], 41–13. In his career at Oklahoma, several of Stoops' assistants became head coaches at other Division I-A programs, including his brother [[Mike Stoops]] ([[Arizona Wildcats football|Arizona]]), [[Mark Mangino]] ([[Kansas Jayhawks football|Kansas]]), [[Mike Leach (American football coach)|Mike Leach]] ([[Texas Tech Red Raiders football|Texas Tech]], [[Washington State Cougars football|Washington State]] and [[Mississippi State Bulldogs football|Mississippi State]]), [[Chuck Long]] ([[San Diego State Aztecs football|San Diego State]]), [[Bo Pelini]] ([[Nebraska Cornhuskers football|Nebraska]] and [[Youngstown State Penguins football|Youngstown State]]), [[Kevin Sumlin]] ([[Texas A&M Aggies football|Texas A&M]]), [[Kevin R. Wilson|Kevin Wilson]] ([[Indiana Hoosiers football|Indiana]]), and his eventual successor, [[Lincoln Riley]] ([[USC Trojans football|USC]], [[Oklahoma Sooners football|Oklahoma]]).

Stoops is the only head coach in the BCS era to have won the [[Rose Bowl Game|Rose Bowl]], [[Orange Bowl]], [[Fiesta Bowl]], and [[Sugar Bowl]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.tampabay.com/sports/little-known-qb-lifts-oklahoma-past-bama/2159447/ | title=Little-known QB lifts Oklahoma past 'Bama | date=January 3, 2014 | work=Tampa Bay Times | agency=Times wires}}</ref>

On June 7, 2017, Stoops announced his retirement from college coaching. He was succeeded by [[Lincoln Riley]] as Oklahoma's head football coach.<ref name="auto">{{cite news | title=Bob Stoops retires after 18 seasons with Oklahoma, Lincoln Riley to take over | url=https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/bob-stoops-retires-after-18-seasons-with-oklahoma-lincoln-riley-to-take-over/ | first1=Adam | last1=Silverstein | first2=Ben | last2=Kercheval | work=CBS Sports | date=June 7, 2017 | access-date=November 10, 2018}}</ref>