Former Oklahoma Sooners head coach Bob Stoops seemed more than content in retirement. However, a new opportunity has presented itself, and the man responsible for bringing OU’s football program back to national prominence is a head coach once again.
Yesterday, Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk reported that Stoops was expected to be introduced as the head coach/GM of the XFL’s Dallas franchise. On Thursday afternoon, it all became official.
A move to the XFL is definitely odd in many ways, but it makes sense for a few reasons. This doesn’t come with anything close to the amount of stress, pressure or general year-round responsibility that accompanies being a head coach in college football.