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1) Scandal
2) Health (hopefully not)
3) He's taking the Ohio State basketball job.
Fitz is now third behind Ferentz and Mike Gundy for longest tenured coaches at the BCS/power conference levels for the duration of their times. Gary Patterson and Kyle Whittingham (who both started as mid-majors, to borrow the basketball term), as well as Frank Solich at Ohio, are the only other coaches at their schools as head coaches longer. Fitz is tied with Rick Stockstill at MTSU in FBS.
And I am guessing it is not the OSU BB jobReports are already out that it is NOT health-related.
He owns two homes in Chicago. Can you say bears?
FWIW - Per a comment posted under the ESPN article, his son is expected to play at Northwestern.
Maybe the guy just lost the drive and motivation and decided to hang them up.
Is his kid at NU this coming fall?
Well, I guess Oklahoma is not going to be too good this year. I can't see a coach retiring without cause if they were stocked with a national championship caliber team. Maybe it was the schedule or maybe something he saw in his team, but I would think this is a harbinger of a so-so year (8-4?) at least by Oklahoma standards.
18 years is a long time. I don't know Stoops at all but maybe he is a class act and sees this as a good opportunity to hand his work off at a time when the successor and team he has built, will prosper even in transition.They are a top ten preseason team talent wise. How this changes that I have no idea but they re a very talented team.
He has been making some pretty good money and supposedly has a net worth of $50 million.
Yes, Stoops seems to have a great reputation among his peers (as evidenced by the link below; note another coach who got multiple votes), despite having to deal with a rather unruly booster base.18 years is a long time. I don't know Stoops at all but maybe he is a class act and sees this as a good opportunity to hand his work off at a time when the successor and team he has built, will prosper even in transition.
Maybe, like most of us, he is tired of all the BS and has enough FU money to ride off into the sunset. In Evanston.
So you have heard a rumor about Stoops coming to Evenston to be an assistant coach. I read the same rumor myself on this very message board. Of course I am the one who wrote it, but let's not quibble.
So you have heard a rumor about Stoops coming to Evenston to be an assistant coach. I read the same rumor myself on this very message board. Of course I am the one who wrote it, but let's not quibble.
Florida and "authoritative" do not belong in the same paragraph, let alone sentence.So far, this is the most authoritative source we have on the Stoops rumor! This should tell us something.
Florida and "authoritative" do not belong in the same paragraph, let alone sentence.
How old is Hankwitz? Maybe the rigors of being a DC at NU are within his limits especially if his kids are there, whereas the pressure of being head coach at OU are not.
Maybe he can be an "informal" consultant to the team like Doug Collins has been for hoops.
One can dream, no?
He wants to open a Jimmy Johns.Don't try to change the subject when I've got a good rumor going. Just roll with it. By the way, heard anything more about Stoops?
I think he is going to be the assistant athletic director and staying in Oklahoma.Yeah, that one comes out of nowhere. Strange timing.
I always thought Lincoln Riley would get a shot somewhere, just didn't see it coming this quickly or in this manner.
I think he is going to be the assistant athletic director and staying in Oklahoma.
Its known. Just not through the media. I got a buddy who has a son on the team and stoops told them he is taking an assistant athletic position at the university.
(Edit: admittedly, its odd that they wouldnt have announced him as assistant AD but i just got off the phone and apparently thats what he told the team)
Good find. That makes alot more sense. My info was from a coach to a kid to a father and then to this board. 4th hand. The father or me probably botched it up.Suppose that's what I get for asking a question without actually doing some Googling on my end... the following is indeed in the official announcement on OU's website:
Stoops will remain as special assistant to the athletics director.
http://www.soonersports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=31000&ATCLID=211616668
Seems a little softer than "Assistant Athletic Director" and more of a ceremonial "Special Assistant," but still... my bad.