“It's very rewarding when you know you're affecting a young person in a positive way, when you know you're helping influence them in the right direction. Teaching them by example, giving them examples, showing humility and respect and love for your child and wife.”

American former football coach

Bob Stoops is an American former football coach, best known for leading the Oklahoma Sooners from 1999 through the 2016 season, with a brief return on an interim basis for the 2021 Alamo Bowl. He was also a head coach in the XFL, with the Renegades in 2020 and again from 2023 to 2025. At Oklahoma, Stoops compiled a 191 to 48 record and guided the 2000 Sooners to the 2001 Orange Bowl, which served as the BCS National Championship Game and ended in a consensus national title. His Renegades won the XFL Championship in 2023.