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Bob Stoops, Patty Gasso earn their place in Oklahoma Sports HOF

The two winningest coaches in Oklahoma athletics history, Stoops and Gasso between them have produced 22 Big 12 champions and five national champions in football and softball. On Monday, the two longtime Sooner coaches — Gasso is still coaching, 2019-20 will be her 26th season at OU, while Stoops retired in 2017 after 18 seasons on the Sooner sidelines –in deservedly took their place in the Oklahoma Hall of Fame.

The resumes of these two superstar coaches is as impressive as anyone in college coaching, both past and present.

Stoops returned Oklahoma football not just to respectability, but to greatness

Stoops took over an OU football program in 1999 that had lost its way, having suffered through four consecutive losing seasons.