Bob Stoops Robert Anthony " Bob " Stoops ( born September 9 , 1960 ) is the head coach of the University of Oklahoma football team . During the 2000 season , Stoops led the Sooners to an Orange Bowl victory and a national championship . Prior to coaching at Oklahoma , Stoops held various coordinator and position - coach positions at Iowa , Kansas State and Florida . In 2000 , Stoops led his team to three consecutive wins over ranked teams including Texas , Kansas State and Nebraska . Stoops was awarded the 2000 Paul " Bear " Bryant Award and the 2000 and 2003 Walter Camp Coach of the Year . High school and college . Stoops is one of 6 children born to Ron Sr . and Evelyn " Dee Dee " Stoops in Youngstown , Ohio . He is a 1978 graduate of 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 , and 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 . Stoops was a four - year starter , and one - time All - Big Ten selection at defensive back at the University of Iowa . He was also one of the Big Ten ' s Most Valuable Players in 1982 . Coaching career . After graduating with his marketing degree in 1983 , Stoops began his coaching career as a volunteer coach and graduate assistant in the Iowa Hawkeyes program under Hayden Fry . He was an assistant at Kent State University under Dick Crum in 1988 , and joined Kansas State University the following year . Stoops was named co - defensive coordinator at Kansas State under Bill Snyder in 1991 and assistant head coach and co - defensive coordinator in 1995 . During his tenure on the Wildcats staff , Stoops played a key role in their impressive turnaround , helping take what many considered to be the worst program in Division 1 - A to national contention . During his final four seasons there , KSU was 35 – 12 with three bowl appearances . He then left for the University of Florida , and landed a three - year stint as Steve Spurrier ’ s defensive coordinator . Hired after Florida gave up 62 points to Nebraska in the 1996 Fiesta Bowl , he was given full powers over the Gators defense and was part of the Gators ' national championship win over Florida State in the 1997 Sugar Bowl . It was with the Gators that the spotlight found Stoops and made him one of the hottest coaching names in the profession . Stoops ' success at Kansas State and Florida launched him to the top of the list of assistant coaches primed for head coaching positions in 1999 . University of Oklahoma . The University of Oklahoma named Stoops their head coach in 1999 . Stoops quickly turned the program around , winning seven games and taking the Sooners to their first bowl game in four years . Overall , Oklahoma is 3 – 5 in BCS games , but 7 – 6 in bowl games under Stoops . Now in his 13th year as head coach of the Sooners , Stoops has a combined record of 148 – 36 ( ) . He has only lost 4 games in Norman , and 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 has the most wins of the decade of any BCS school with 109 ( 2000 – present ) . Along with Bennie Owen , Bud Wilkinson , and Barry Switzer , he is one of four coaches to win over 100 games at the University of Oklahoma . No other college football program has more than 3 coaches to accomplish such a feat . He led the Sooners to the 2000 BCS National Championship and finished the season undefeated , outscoring 13 opponents by a combined 481 – 194 . His Oklahoma teams again earned the opportunity to play in the Bowl Championship Series National Championship Game in 2004 , 2005 and 2009 , losing to LSU 21 – 14 in the 2004 Sugar Bowl , and to USC 55 – 19 ( a win which USC was later forced to vacate by the NCAA ) in the 2005 Orange Bowl , and University of Florida 24 – 14 in the 2009 BCS Championship . Under Bob Stoops , Oklahoma has 4 BCS National Championship Game appearances , more than any other team in the country . Stoops ' teams have finished the season ranked in the Top 10 of the polls for 9 of 10 seasons , 6 of those 9 being in the Top 5 . Stoops , however , has led his team to 11 straight bowl games , six of which were BCS Bowls , including the Big 12 ' s first Rose Bowl victory as the Sooners upended Washington State 34 – 14 in Pasadena on New Years Day 2003 . Stoops penchant for winning the big games early in his career earned him the nickname " Big Game Bob " , and his teams have only lost a total of four games at home in Norman , Oklahoma . There was a point in time from 1999 – 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 3 Big 12 Titles . 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 2 games in a row against ranked teams after Mike ' s departure that season ( a shocking 35 – 7 loss against # 13 Kansas State in the Big 12 Title Game , and a tough 21 – 14 loss to # 3 LSU in the BCS National Title Game ) . Since that time ( 2004 – present ) , Stoops ' teams have gone 17 – 13 vs . ranked opponents , and 3 – 4 in Bowl Games with no National Titles ( although they played for 3 more ) , and 5 Big 12 Titles . Stoops ' teams did finish with 2 Heisman Trophy winners during this time , however , and 2 runners - up . Under Stoops , the Sooners have won eight Big 12 Conference Championships , the most of any Big 12 team . Oklahoma is also the only team to win back - to - back - to - back Big 12 Championships . In his twelve years as head coach , Stoops is 8 – 5 against the Texas Longhorns , which includes a 5 - game winning streak from 2000 – 2004 , in which his Sooners handed the Longhorns two of their worst defeats in school history , 63 – 14 and 65 – 13 ( 2000 and 2003 , respectively ) . Oklahoma under Stoops ( 1999 – present ) has won 98 Big 12 conference games , the most conference wins of any current Big 12 coach . On July 11 , 2007 , Oklahoma was placed on probation for two years by the NCAA for a rules violation involving QB Rhett Bomar and Offensive Lineman JD Quinn , who the University had previously suspended from the team due to the players ' efforts to obtain payment for hours not worked . 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 – 2006 season , which included a 17 – 14 win over the University of Oregon in the Holiday Bowl . 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 . On February 22 , 2008 , the NCAA reversed part of the decision and reinstated the vacated wins . Stoops ' 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 . There was also a stretch of five consecutive games where the Sooners scored 60 points or more , another record ( in the game prior to the streak , the Sooners scored 58 points ) . After a 4 - week layoff , the offense stagnated against the nation ' s best defense of the Florida Gators in the National Title game , scoring only 14 points and suffering two turnovers by the Florida goal line . The Sooners were without one of their star offensive playmakers in DeMarco Murray , who sat out with an injury . However , the Sooner ' s 2008 defense , which was much maligned during the season for allowing a Stoops ' - worst 25 points per game average , held the Florida Gator ' s high - powered Tim Tebow - led offense to only 24 points , 21 points below their season average . Stoops ' performance at Oklahoma has made him the frequent subject of head coach searches by several NFL teams as well as other college programs , which he has repeatedly turned away . He was reportedly the top - paid coach in Division 1 - 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 beginning in 2007 . However , Stoops did receive a " longevity bonus " of $ 3 , 000 , 000 at the end of the 2008 season ( his 10th ) , making his annual salary in 2008 approx . $ 6 , 100 , 000 . 00 . Contract extensions and revisions for the 2009 season have kept Stoops atop the list of highest paid coach in the nation at $ 4 . 303 million per year , behind USC former coach Pete Carroll ( $ 4 . 386 million ) , and Texas Longhorns coach Mack Brown ( $ 5 million ) . Bob Stoops was rewarded with a new contract extension that could keep him as the coach of top - ranked Oklahoma through 2018 and pay him $ 34 . 5 million over the next seven years . In his career at Oklahoma , several of Stoops ' assistants have become head coaches at other Division 1 - A programs , including brother Mike Stoops ( Arizona ) , Mark Mangino ( Kansas ) , Mike Leach ( Texas Tech ) , Chuck Long ( San Diego State ) , Bo Pelini ( Nebraska ) , Kevin Sumlin ( Texas A & M ) and Kevin Wilson ( Indiana ) . Personal life . Bob Stoops is married to Carol Stoops , a successful Mary Kay National Sales Director . They have three children : a daughter , Mackenzie , and twin sons , Isaac and Drake . Stoops remains close with Steve Spurrier , his mentor from the University of Florida . Stoops has , in the past , called Spurrier the greatest college head coach . Younger brother Mike Stoops is currently the defensive coordinator for the University of Oklahoma and was previously head coach for the University of Arizona . Another brother ( the youngest ) , Mark Stoops , recently became the head coach at the University of Kentucky . Older brother Ron Jr . , is an assistant coach at Youngstown State University in Youngstown , Ohio .