Bob Stoops
Followed John Blake. Bob Stoops took Oklahoma from Power Program II to Blue Blood.
Career arc
His real stature score, season by season, across every program he’s coached — so a stretch that stays in one tier the whole way can still climb or sink on the line, not just flatten out. Node color marks the tier reached. Which program a stretch belongs to is carried by the shaded lane behind it.
Reached Blue Blood in his 2nd career season — faster than 53% of the 100 FBS coaches who have ever reached Blue Blood (rank #42 of 100 by seasons-to-arrival).
Style position and drift
Where each stint’s offense sat between run-first and pass-first, and how far it moved from one season to the next. The band is that stint’s real season-to-season range, not a fixed-width box.
Season-to-season pass-rate range for all 258 FBS coaching stints with at least three covered seasons, 2014–2025.
The big-game ledger
How he does in the games that matter most — rivalry record, performance broken out by real opponent tier, one-score games, and his toughest historical matchup.
25–11 against his rivals.
Coaching career
3rd-best Oklahoma tenure of 15 by the numbers.
Outperforms his recruiting talent on offense and underperforms his recruiting talent on defense.
Followed John Blake (1996–1998) · succeeded by Brent Venables (2022–2026).
| Season | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | Trend |
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| Record & result | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Record | 7–5 | 13–0 | 11–2 | 12–2 | 12–2 | 12–1 | 8–4 | 11–3 | 11–3 | 12–2 | 8–5 | 12–2 | 10–3 | 10–3 | 11–2 | 8–5 | 11–2 | 11–2 | 12–2 | 12–2 | 12–2 | 9–2 | 1–0 | |
| Postseason | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | L bowl | CFP loss | W bowl | L bowl | L bowl | L bowl | W bowl | W bowl | |
| Recruiting rank | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | #14 | #15 | #19 | #8 | #9 | #6 | #11 | #11 | |
| Style — pass rate | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pass rate | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 40.9 | 43.3 | 40.1 | 44.2 | 43.2 | 40.3 | 46.4 | 47.4 | |
| Coordinators | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| OC | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Jay Norvell / Josh Heupel | Lincoln Riley | Lincoln Riley | Bill Bedenbaugh / Cale Gundy | Bill Bedenbaugh / Cale Gundy | Bill Bedenbaugh / Cale Gundy | Bill Bedenbaugh / Cale Gundy | Bill Bedenbaugh / Cale Gundy | |
| DC | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Mike Stoops | Mike Stoops | Mike Stoops | Mike Stoops | Mike Stoops | Alex Grinch | Alex Grinch | Alex Grinch | |
| Outcome — opponent-adjusted efficiency percentile | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Offense | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 60 | 82 | 99 | 100 | 100 | 97 | 88 | 89 | |
| Defense | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 58 | 82 | 43 | 49 | 4 | 44 | 70 | 53 | |
| Tendencies — play-by-play, neutral script (2021+ only) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1st-down pass% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 36.6 | 40.0 | 32.4 | 41.5 | 37.4 | 34.9 | 37.5 | 42.6 | |
| Red-zone pass% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 26.9 | 43.4 | 32.5 | 43.2 | 35.7 | 37.4 | 40.7 | 44.1 | |
| 4th-down go%opp. territory | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 30.0 | 35.0 | 21.7 | 40.5 | 43.8 | 28.6 | 19.4 | 29.7 | |
A typical amount of portal roster-building.
Brings in smaller-than-position-typical players than most.
Recruits older, more experienced transfers than most.
114 NFL Draft picks: Jermaine Fazande (1999), De'Mond Parker (1999), Kelly Gregg (1999), Stockar McDougle (2000), William Bartee (2000), Torrance Marshall (2001), Josh Heupel (2001), Roy Williams (2002) + 106 more