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Bob Stoops Retiring as Oklahoma Sooners Football Coach

Oklahoma Sooners head coach Bob Stoops is retiring, with plans to tell his team later today, per a report from NewsOK's Barry Tramel.

Carey Murdock of WWLS in Norman, Oklahoma, later confirmed Tramel's report after a discussion with Stoops:

Spoke with Bob Stoops. He confirms he is retiring as OU head coach. Team meeting to take pllace at 2:30. As first reported by @BerryTramel

— Carey Murdock (@CareyWWLS) June 7, 2017

Stoops, a Youngstown native, boasts a career record of 190–48 in 18 seasons as a head coach, all of them with the Sooners.