Mike Stoops
Mike Stoops
Michael Jaffrey Stoopsis an American football coach and former player. He is currently the defensive coordinator at the University of Oklahoma. Stoops served as the head football coach at the University of Arizona from 2003 until his firing during the 2011 season. He previously served as an assistant coach at the University of Iowa, Kansas State University, and Oklahoma. He is the younger brother of Bob Stoops, the head coach of the Oklahoma Sooners football program, and the older brother...
improvement strides throughout tremendous
I really like Willie's improvement. He has made tremendous strides throughout this spring. We have to keep getting better.
game good happy running team
I'm happy with our performance, but turnovers and our running game was unsuccessful. And we are not a good enough team to make those mistakes.
limiting package
Being better is what we have to look at. Are we better with limiting him or going with our package with Richard?
good liked players three threw
I liked the way they all threw the ball. They've come a long way. We feel like we have three really good players there.
among best consider gets stick sure teams winning yards
The best measuring stick is if the teams win. If a team gets a lot of yards but they don't win, I'm not sure you can consider them among the best. To me, winning is the best measuring stick.
expect last percent
That is on their own. They know what we expect from them. We have had 100 percent participation last summer, we expect the same.
ahead ended further game guys last lined opposed percent run springs stuff time year
As opposed to the last two springs I feel like being here two years we are much further ahead than any time. The first year you are getting guys lined up. I feel like we can go out there and run about 80-90 percent of our stuff we ended up with last year. We are further ahead of the game than during any of our time here.
finally game good guy last produced quality starting stepped third
It was good to see in the last game where B.J. finally stepped up. B.J. is a guy I think has not produced the way we thought he would. Hopefully, he has matured, and going into this third year, is starting to give us some quality depth.
against believe best both compete competition good kids push time
This is the one time where we want to push our kids and make them compete against each other. I believe competition is good for both sides. We just believe this is the best way to improve.
best growing personnel stanford team
They're doing the best they can with the personnel they've got. Stanford is a team that you can see growing with confidence.
anywhere hoping kinda third
They're all kinda bunched together. I'm hoping they can all go anywhere from the third (round) to sixth.
backup defensive ends fun middle playing
It's not fun playing with your two backup defensive ends and your fourth-string middle linebacker.
plays surprising
It's not surprising to me. He made plays in camp. Why wouldn't he make them in the game?
attitude complete ethic hard player practices works
Dane works hard and practices hard; it's important to him. He's what you want. He's a very complete player. He understands the game. It's his attitude and work ethic that make him the player he is.