Bob Stoops retakes Oklahoma football helm

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NORMAN, Okla. — Bob Stoops is taking clasp of the University of Oklahoma shot programme again pursuing head manager Lincoln Riley's departure Sunday.

OU President Joseph Harroz Jr. and Athletics Director Joe Castiglione announced Stoops arsenic the program's interim manager headed into the postseason.

“First and foremost, I’m a programme feline and immoderate I tin bash to assistance OU and to enactment the players, of people I’m gladsome to bash it," Stoops said successful a connection Sunday.

"I’ll bash everything I tin to assistance them decorativeness the play successful a beardown and palmy mode and I look guardant to that. Lincoln did a large occupation successful his 5 years arsenic caput manager present and I admit each helium did for this program. I’ll ever admit the adjacent relationship we’ve had and volition proceed to have. I privation the champion for him, Caitlin and their family.”

The squad (10-2) is eligible for a vessel crippled quality but is improbable to vie successful the College Football Playoff pursuing their nonaccomplishment connected Saturday to Oklahoma State (11-1).

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Stoops, 61, served arsenic the Sooners' caput manager from 1999 until his ain astonishing announcement successful 2016 erstwhile helium retired from coaching. Riley served arsenic violative coordinator nether Stoops starting successful 2015 earlier taking implicit pursuing his retirement.

Stoops spent 1 play coaching successful the XFL earlier becoming an expert for Fox's assemblage shot coverage.

In his clip successful complaint astatine OU, helium led the Sooners to a nationalist title triumph successful 2000, and nationalist title appearances successful 2004, 2005 and 2009. They won 10 Big 12 Conference championships nether Stoops.

He's a 2021 College Football Hall of Fame inductee.

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