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Oklahoma taps Stoops to help with Riley’s depleted staff

By CLIFF BRUNT - Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 8, 2018, file photo, Oklahoma football coach Lincoln Riley, left, poses with Oklahoma quarterback Kyler Murray, winner of the Heisman Trophy, in New York. Oklahoma coach Lincoln Riley has been to the College Football Playoff twice and coached two Heisman winners since taking over as Oklahoma's coach 18 months ago. With all that success already at age 35, the school will have to battle to hold NFL teams at bay.(AP Photo/Craig Ruttle, File)

NFL could come calling for Oklahoma coach Lincoln Riley

By CLIFF BRUNT - Associated Press

David Boren, president of the University of Oklahoma, is taken away by medical personnel and security during the unveiling of a statue of former head football coach Bob Stoops in Norman, Okla., Saturday, April 14, 2018. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

Oklahoma President Boren has minor stroke at Stoops ceremony

By CLIFF BRUNT - Associated Press

This Dec. 2, 2017 photo shows Oklahoma head coach Lincoln Riley making a call from the sideline in the second half of the Big 12 Conference championship NCAA college football game against TCU in Arlington, Texas. The SEC has run roughshod over most of college football in recent years, but not over Oklahoma. The Sooners beat Alabama in the Sugar Bowl after the 2013 season and Auburn in the Sugar Bowl after the 2016 season, with a couple of wins over Tennessee sandwiched in between. The rivalry Bob Stoops started continues with new coach Lincoln Riley and Oklahoma's matchup with Georgia in the Rose Bowl. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

Oklahoma’s rivalry with SEC continues with new coach Riley

By CLIFF BRUNT - Associated Press

In this Saturday, Sept. 2, 2017, photo, Oklahoma head coach Lincoln Riley looks out at the stands before an NCAA college football game against UTEP in Norman, Okla. Riley is just 33 years old, and the schedule doesn't care. Two games into his head coaching career, he'll take the fifth-ranked Sooners into Columbus to face No. 2 Ohio State. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

Oklahoma coach Riley, 34, gets first big test at Ohio State

By CLIFF BRUNT - Associated Press

Looking back at Bob Stoops’ OU football coaching career

By CODY STAVENHAGEN - Associated Press

Oklahoma head coach Lincoln Riley takes his seat on the dais before speaking to reporters during the Big 12 NCAA college football media day in Frisco, Texas, Monday, July 17, 2017. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

Riley’s ‘whirlwind’ to youngest FBS head coach with Sooners

By STEPHEN HAWKINS - Associated Press

Lincoln Riley speaks at a news conference after being named football coach at Oklahoma in Norman, Okla., Wednesday, June 7, 2017. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

Lincoln Riley, 33, takes over as Oklahoma’s football coach

By CLIFF BRUNT - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 11, 2014, file photo, an Oklahoma cheerleader flies in the air before an NCAA college football game between Texas and Oklahoma at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas. For the sake of the Big 12, new Oklahoma coach Lincoln Riley and new Texas coach Tom Herman better live up to the hype. Following a season in which Big 12 football bottomed out, and with speculation about the long-term viability of the conference a constant talking point, its flagship programs are now both in transition. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)

Red River revival with Herman, Riley can turn around Big 12

By RALPH D. RUSSO - Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 7, 2002, file photo, Oklahoma players carry off coach Bob Stoops after winning the Big 12 championship with a 29-7 win over Colorado, in Houston. Stoops has decided to retire as Oklahoma’s football coach after 18 seasons that included the 2000 national championship and 10 Big 12 Conference titles. (AP Photo/Brett Coomer, File)

Stoops: From ‘Big Game Bob’ to Sooners’ winningest coach

By JOEDY McCREARY - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 9, 2004, file photo, Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops celebrates the Sooners 12-0 win over Texas, in Dallas. Stoops has decided to retire as Oklahoma’s football coach after 18 seasons that included the 2000 national championship and 10 Big 12 Conference titles.(AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez, File)

Sooner surprise: Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops retires at 56

By CLIFF BRUNT - Associated Press

Oklahoma football coach Bob Stoops talks about the upcoming spring football season Monday, March 20, 2017, in Norman, Okla. Baker Mayfield will practice this spring as Oklahoma assesses the fallout from the star quarterback's arrest in Arkansas last month, Stoops said. (Jim Beckel/The Oklahoman via AP)

Bob Stoops, Oklahoma football coach, retiring after 18 seasons

By Cliff Brunt - Associated Press

FILE- In this Dec. 10, 2016, file photo, Oklahoma's Baker Mayfield answers questions during a news conference before attending the Heisman Trophy award ceremony in New York. Mayfield will practice this spring as Oklahoma assesses the fallout from the star quarterback's arrest in Arkansas last month, coach Bob Stoops said Monday, March 20, 2017. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, File)

Oklahoma QB Mayfield faces uncertainty after arrest

By CLIFF BRUNT - Associated Press

QB Baker Mayfield will practice with Sooners this spring

By MURRAY EVANS - Associated Press

Oklahoma football player Joe Mixon walks to the podium after passing head coach Bob Stoops as he speaks out for the first time since the release of a 2014 video showing him striking Amelia Molitor, at a press conference in Norman, Okla., Friday, Dec. 23, 2016. (Steve Sisney/The Oklahoman via AP)

Oklahoma’s Joe Mixon tearfully apologizes for punching woman

By CLIFF BRUNT - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 15, 2016 file photo, Oklahoma running back Joe Mixon (25) stretches before an NCAA college football game between Kansas State and Oklahoma in Norman, Okla. A video showing Oklahoma running back Mixon punching a female student was released to The Associated Press on Friday, Dec. 16, 2016. The Oklahoma Supreme Court ordered the release last week of a video that the Oklahoma Association of Broadcasters sued to obtain. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File)

Stoops: RB Mixon would be off Sooners had punch been in 2016

By CLIFF BRUNT - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 10, 2016, file photo, Oklahoma running back Joe Mixon (25) carries during an NCAA college football game against Louisiana Monroe, in Norman, Okla. Mixon will be back Saturday for the Sooners, too. The Big 12’s No. 2 rusher was suspended for last Thursday’s win over Iowa State after having an issue with a parking attendant.(AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File)

RBs Perine, Mixon set to return for No. 9 Sooners vs Baylor

By CLIFF BRUNT - Associated Press

Oklahoma’s potent offense back to work against lowly Kansas

By JOHN TRANCHINA - Associated Press

Oklahoma's Joe Mixon (25) catches a touchdown pass in front of Texas Tech Jah'Shawn Johnson (7) during an NCAA college football game Saturday, Oct. 22, 2016, in Lubbock, Texas. (Brad Tollefson /Lubbock Avalanche-Journal via AP)

Oklahoma’s Stoops edgy about defensive coordinator/brother

By CLIFF BRUNT - Associated Press

Oklahoma running back Samaje Perine (32) dives into the end zone in front of Kansas State defensive back Dante Barnett (22) for a touchdown in the first quarter of an NCAA college football game in Norman, Okla., Saturday, Oct. 15, 2016. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

No. 16 Oklahoma loses injured RB Perine for at least 2 games

By MURRAY EVANS - Associated Press