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Four Oklahoma football coaches make ESPN’s ‘150 Greatest’ list

By Chip Rouse

28 Oct 2000: (L-R) Former Head Coach Barry Switzer of the Oklahoma Sooners stands with the Former Head Coach Tom Osborne of the Nebraska Cornhuskers during the game at the Oklahoma Memorial Stadium in Norman, Oklahoma. The Sooners defeated the Cornhuskers 31-14.Mandatory Credit: Brian Bahr /Allsport
28 Oct 2000: (L-R) Former Head Coach Barry Switzer of the Oklahoma Sooners stands with the Former Head Coach Tom Osborne of the Nebraska Cornhuskers during the game at the Oklahoma Memorial Stadium in Norman, Oklahoma. The Sooners defeated the Cornhuskers 31-14.Mandatory Credit: Brian Bahr /Allsport /
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(Photo by Brett Deering/Getty Images) *** local caption *** Bob Stoops;
(Photo by Brett Deering/Getty Images) *** local caption *** Bob Stoops; /

Bob Stoops took over an Oklahoma football program that had uncharacteristically fallen on desperate times in the late 1990s. In the three years prior to Stoops’ arrival, the Sooners were a collective 12-22 overall and 8-16 in the Big 12 conference. Stoops went 7-5 his first season, and in year two, he led Oklahoma to a perfect 13-0 record and their seventh national championship with a 13-2 win over Florida State.

Under Stoops, Oklahoma compiled a 190-48 record, the most wins by a Sooner head coach, including 14 10-win seasons. His 190 wins is the most by an Oklahoma head coach.

The Sooners played in four BCS National Championships, plus one College Football Playoff (2015) under Stoops.

He coached three Heisman Trophy winners (Jason White, 2003; Sam Bradford, 2008 and
Baker Mayfield (2017) and five Heisman finalists.

Stoops was the only coach in the BCS (Bowl Championship Series) to have won the Rose Bowl, Orange Bowl, Sugar Bowl and Fiesta Bowl while he was head coach at Oklahoma.

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