Bob Stoops, or Bobby as he was known when he came to the Hawkeyes was the 1st in a trio of Stoops brothers to don the Black & Gold. Stoops was an effective play maker at Safety for Iowa and currently sits 17th overall with 8 interceptions throughout his career. He also sits 38th overall after compiling 230 tackles in his career. His senior season he was the team captain as a Defensive Back and along with being named team MVP, was chosen 1st Team All-Big Ten.  He immediately went into coaching, beginning as a graduate assistant with Iowa in 1983 and held the same position the following year. In 1985 he became a volunteer coach, holding that position through the duration of the 1987 season. He left for Kent State to become an Assistant Coach from 1988-1989 and then joined the staff at Kansas State, working on the staff of Bill Snyder, a former Hawkeye Offensive Coordinator. From 1989-1990 Stoops was the Defensive Backs coach and then in 1991 he took over as Co-Defensive Coordinator through the 1995 season. He left Kansas State and joined the Florida staff from 1996-1998 as an Assistant Head Coach & Defensive Coordinator.  In 1999 many expected Stoops to be named the next coach of the Iowa Hawkeyes, but Stoops elected to take the Oklahoma Sooners top spot while the Hawkeyes would go on to hire Kirk Ferentz. Stoops won a National Championship in his 2nd season with the Sooners and would also be named the Walter Camp National Coach of the Year, AP National Coach of the Year, the Home Depot Coach of the Year and also win the Paul “Bear” Bryant Award. In 2003 Stoops would again be named the Walter Camp National Coach of the Year and has currently won 7 Big XII Championships. He has compiled a record of 138-34 while at Oklahoma. In 2011 his team was a preseason #1, however they failed to live up to the expectations and ended up heading to the Insight Bowl where they were matched up against Coach Stoops’ alma mater. The results for his #19 2011 Sooner team:

Week 1 vs. Tulsa: Win (47-14)
Week 2: Bye
Week 3 vs. #5 Florida State: Win (23-13)
Week 4 vs. Missouri: Win (38-28)
Week 5 vs. Ball State: Win (62-6)
Week 6 vs. #11 Texas: Win (55-17)
Week 7 vs. Kansas: Win (47-17)
Week 8 vs. Texas Tech: Loss (38-41)
Week 9 vs. #8 Kansas State: Win (58-17)
Week 10 vs. Texas A&M: Win (41-25)
Week 11: Bye
Week 12 vs. #22 Baylor: Loss (38-45)
Week 13 vs. Iowa State: Win (26-6)
Week 14 vs. #3 Oklahoma State: Loss (10-44)