Lincoln Riley went 55-10 at Oklahoma with four ... Riley made a hard shift in 2023 with the firing of longtime defensive coordinator Alex Grinch and the hiring of UCLA's D'Anton Lynn with a ...
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But Stoops was able to live up to the lofty standard established by Switzer, Bud Wilkinson, and Bennie Owen. He had the Sooners on top of the college football world in Year 2 as the 2000 national champs and kept Oklahoma in the title chase for most of his time in charge.