NORMAN, OK - NOVEMBER 11: Head Coach Lincoln Riley of the Oklahoma Sooners during warm ups before the game against the TCU Horned Frogs at Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium on November 11, 2017 in Norman, Oklahoma. Oklahoma defeated TCU 38-20. (Photo by Brett Deering/Getty Images)
Bob Stoops is the winningest Oklahoma football coach in the school’s glorious gridiron history, and he is credited with making the Sooners relevant again at the national level after a dismal five-year period preceding his arrival.
Stoops was a savior of Oklahoma football who came along at just the right time and stayed for 18 winning seasons.