Keyword
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
Scoreboard
Schedules | Bowls
Rankings
Standings
Statistics
Transactions
Injuries
Message Board
Teams
Recruiting
CONFERENCES


SHOP@ESPN.COM
NikeTown
TeamStore
SPORT SECTIONS
Monday, December 3
 
Stoops says he's 'fortunate' to be at OU

Associated Press

OKLAHOMA CITY -- Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops said Monday he has not been contacted about the head coaching vacancy at Notre Dame but stopped short of saying he would not consider it.

"When you answer you're phone, somebody's always on the other line," Stoops said Monday in the weekly Big 12 coaches' conference call with the media. "It's hard not to talk to them."

But Stoops also said he already has the best coaching job in the country. The No. 11 Sooners (10-2) won the national championship last season.

"I've got a great administration backing us up, so I believe Oklahoma is one of the best places in America to coach or play college football, and I feel fortunate that I have the job I have," he said.

Bob Davie was fired at Notre Dame on Sunday, a day after the second losing season in three years.

Stoops' name surfaced immediately as a candidate, along with Oregon's Mike Belotti and three NFL coaches -- Oakland's Jon Gruden, San Francisco's Steve Mariucci and Jacksonville's Tom Coughlin.




 More from ESPN...
Irish or Jaguars? Coughlin could have to choose
Tom Coughlin could be nearing ...

Gruden not concerned with Notre Dame rumors
Oakland Raiders coach Jon ...

Notre Dame fires Davie, coaching staff
Notre Dame coach Bob Davie ...

Notre Dame sure to land a top coach
Notre Dame is still one of ...

Davie leaves Notre Dame with dignity intact
The Bob Davie era was never a ...

Golic: Time for a change
Notre Dame needs to address ...

Cerrato: Davie dismissal right move for Irish
Dismissing Bob Davie was the ...

 ESPN Tools
Email story
 
Most sent
 
Print story