Coaching Career
Stoops held assistant coaching positions at the University of Iowa, Kansas State University and the University of Oklahoma. With his hiring by Arizona in November 2003, Stoops became the school's youngest coach at hiring (41) since Larry Smith. Upon taking over, he hired his brother, University of Miami defensive backs coach Mark Stoops, as defensive coordinator. Stoops then followed and hired Texas Tech co-offensive coordinator Sonny Dykes after the 2006 season. Dykes, named as winner of the the All-American Football Foundation's Mike Campbell Top Assistant Award and now head coach at Louisiana Tech, has been cited as one of the country's brightest offensive minds and top ten college recruiters by Rivals.com.
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