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Position: | Inside linebackers coach |
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Born: | Youngstown, Ohio, U.S. | December 13, 1961
Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
Weight: | 182 lb (83 kg) |
Career information | |
High school: | Cardinal Mooney |
College: | Iowa |
Undrafted: | 1985 |
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Michael Joseph Stoops (born December 13, 1961) is an American football coach and former player, who is the inside linebackers coach at the University of Kentucky. Stoops also 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 football coach at the University of Iowa, Kansas State University, and University of Oklahoma. He is the younger brother of Bob Stoops, the former head coach of the Oklahoma Sooners football program, and the older brother of Mark Stoops, head coach of the Kentucky Wildcats football program. He returned to Oklahoma as the defensive coordinator in 2012. He served in the position until he was fired on October 7, 2018. After spending time at the University of Alabama as an analyst, he spent one season as the defensive coordinator of the Florida Atlantic Owls in 2021.