Bob Stoops on XFL: Right opportunity at the right time

ARLINGTON, Texas — When Bob Stoops stepped away from coaching in the summer of 2017 after 19 wildly successful seasons at Oklahoma, he didn’t anticipate getting back into coaching.

Now, 20 months later, Stoops is a head coach once again.

Thursday, Stoops was named the coach and general manager of Dallas’ XFL team.

“Everyone wants to define your life ’til the end of your life,” Stoops said in a lounge area at Globe Life Park, surrounded by people who mainly wanted to know why now and why the XFL? “Well, you never know. This wasn’t an option when I stepped away.”

That desire didn’t come back in a flood. Instead, it was a trickle.

“It’s just little by little it happens,” Stoops said. “Heck, can’t…