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Oklahoma Sooners Football: Lincoln Riley entering most challenging year of coaching tenure

The Oklahoma Sooners have done so much winning in the last three seasons that it’s easy to overlook how unusual Lincoln Riley’s tenure has been.

He replaced a legendary head coach in a unique transfer of power just weeks before the start of a season. He shook up his coaching staff in the middle of a tumultuous year, rebounding to win a conference title. He helped three different quarterbacks get to New York for the Heisman Trophy ceremony.

Riley is now trying to steer OU through a once-in-a-lifetime pandemic. That is just one of the challenges he is facing in what is shaping up to be his toughest test yet as a head coach.