Mike Stoops

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Mike Stoops

Title Head coach
College Arizona
Sport Football
Team record 17-29
Born December 31, 1961 (1961-12-31) (age 46)
Place of birth Flag of the United States Youngstown, Ohio
Career highlights
Overall 17-29
Coaching stats
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Playing career
1982-84 Iowa
Position Defensive Back
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1986–1991
1992–1998
1999–2003
2004–present		 Iowa (asst.)
Kansas State (asst.)
Oklahoma (asst.)
Arizona

Michael J. Stoops (born December 31, 1961) is the head football coach at the University of Arizona, his first head coaching position. He previously served as the assistant coach at the University of Iowa, Kansas State University and the University of Oklahoma. He is the younger brother of Oklahoma head coach, Bob Stoops. He has been in a coaching capacity for over 18 years. As a head coach he has emphasized the importance of defense. His current record as a head coach is 12-22.

Stoops attended Cardinal Mooney HS in Youngstown, Ohio before playing for the University of Iowa Hawkeyes (1983-1986).

Stoops' limited professional football playing career saw him play as a replacement player with the 1987 Chicago Bears during the NFL Strike. He played safety in three games with the Bears that year.

Earlier in the summer of 1987, Stoops would become one of the original 80 Arena Football League players when he suited up for the Pittsburgh Gladiators. Stoops was a key member of the Gladiators that season who went onto play in the inaugural ArenaBowl (losing to Denver 45-16).

In the six-game AFL regular season, Stoops caught 22 passes, scored 3 TD's, made 15 tackles and recorded an interception playing both WR and DB positions.

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[edit] Coaching career

Mike Stoops' first coaching job was with the Rice Owls.

He has also held assistant coaching positions at University of Iowa, Kansas State University and University of Oklahoma. On his hiring by Arizona in November 2003, Stoops became the school's youngest coach at hiring (41) since Larry Smith [1]. Upon taking over, he hired his brother, Miami defensive backs coach Mark Stoops, as defensive coordinator and New York Jets wide receivers coach Mike Canales as offensive coordinator. Canales was replaced by Texas Tech co-offensive coordinator Sonny Dykes after the 2006 season.

[edit] Highlights

In 2004, his first year, Stoops guided his team to an improved 3-8 record, including a victory over No. 20 Arizona State.

In 2005, the Wildcats defeated No. 7 UCLA at home 52-24.

In 2006, Stoops led the Wildcats to an improved 6-6 record, the first non-losing season for the school since 1998 when the Wildcats went 12-1 under Dick Tomey. The team also defeated No. 8 California at home 24-20.

In 2007, his Wildcats defeated then No. 2 Oregon Ducks 34-24 in Tucson on Nov 15th, it was Stoops 4th win over a ranked team in 4 years, all in the month of November.

[edit] On the hot seat

After going 6-6 in 2006, the Wildcats lost 3 of their first four games in 2007, including a 29-27 loss at home to New Mexico. In that game, Stoops gained a 15-yard unsportsmanlike conduct penalty for his behavior on the sideline, which led directly to a New Mexico touchdown.

Following a 21-20 home loss to Stanford, dropping the team to 2-6, local media began speculating as to whether or not Stoops would be fired.[2][3] However, recent statements by the Athletic Director and University President indicate Stoops will return for an additional season.[4]

Preceded by
Mike Hankwitz		 University of Arizona Head Football Coach
2004–present		 Succeeded by
Current

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ Arizona hires Oklahoma's Mike Stoops USA Today, November 29, 2003
  2. ^ As year careens downhill, expect some heads to roll by Greg Hansen, Arizona Daily Star, October 21, 2007
  3. ^ Dark days for Wildcats football by Anthony Gimino, The Arizona Republic, October 23, 2007
  4. ^ Prevenas, Nick. "Resurgent Wildcats sticking with Stoops", Green Valley News, 2007-11-08. Retrieved on 2007-11-15. 
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NAME Stoops, Mike
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Stoops, Michael J.
SHORT DESCRIPTION Football player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH December 31, 1961
PLACE OF BIRTH Youngstown, Ohio
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH