Who should be the coach of OKC’s UFL expansion team? Bob Stoops, Mike Gundy top list
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Oklahoma City is getting a professional football team.
Now it needs a professional football coach.
The UFL is still two years away from kicking off in OKC — in a yet-to-be-built downtown stadium — but let the coaching search commence.
Here are 20 names (you didn’t expect us to take this seriously, did you?) to consider.
Vote for your choice. Polls are open through noon Saturday, April 18.
Mike Gundy: Could you imagine? Absolutely I could. If Gundy just wants to coach football without all of the external headaches, this is the gig for him. I don’t know if the mullet needs the UFL, but the UFL needs the mullet.
Cale Gundy: Mike says no to the head coaching job — he’s too busy with his cows and such — but he agrees to be the offensive coordinator if his brother is the head coach.
Bob Stoops: A spring football league legend. Who also had a fair bit of success with the Sooners. Stoops coached the Arlington Renegades to the 2023 XFL Championship despite the Renegades going 4-6. Stoops stepped down after four seasons with the Renegades. If he wants to get back in, he’d have a shorter commute this time around.
Mike Stoops: Bob says no to the head coaching job — he’s too busy playing golf — but he agrees to be the defense coordinator if his brother is the head coach.
Rex Ryan and Rob Ryan: The twins, with all kinds of Oklahoma connections through their late father, could be co-head coaches.
Barry Switzer: The King will be 90 by the time the team starts playing. I haven’t checked, but I assume that would make him one of the oldest coaches in UFL history.
Brian Bosworth: Only if he agrees to do it in his Sheriff of Fansville uniform.
Pat Jones: The former OSU coach is practically an up-and-comer compared to Switzer.
Larry Coker: The Oklahoma native has coached at OU, OSU and Tulsa. He can complete the state superfecta by coaching OKC’s UFL team.
Jim Knowles: From Ohio State, to Penn State to Tennessee, Knowles steps away from the college game and comes back to Oklahoma. If nothing else, Mike Gundy could use a DC.
Doug Meacham: Do it for the vibes.
Loren Montgomery: Do you leave Bixby High School for the UFL? Heck no.
Zac Taylor: If things don’t work out with the Bengals …
Zac Robinson: If things don’t work out with the Buccaneers …
DeMarco Murray: If things don’t work out with the Chiefs …
Gerald McCoy: Now we’re talking. An Oklahoma City guy, Sooner legend and NFL great. Check, check and check. You won’t find a better hype man.
Sam Bradford: Bradford is set to be inducted into the Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame. And that’s without having “Oklahoma City UFL head coach” on his resume.
Jason White: Now we’re just …
Barry Sanders: … naming Heismans. Hire them all! Baker Mayfield and Kyler Murray are off in the spring, anyway. Shoot a Heisman House commercial on the sideline.
Lincoln Riley: No comment.
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