Cotton Bowl coaches Bob Stoops, Kevin Sumlin share light, chummy teleconference
Published: December 19, 2012 by Jason Kersey
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Texas A&M coach Kevin Sumlin was an assistant on Bob Stoops' Oklahoma staff from 2003-2007. PHOTO BY STEVE SISNEY, THE OKLAHOMAN ARCHIVETexas A&M coach Kevin Sumlin was an assistant on Bob Stoops' Oklahoma staff from 2003-2007. PHOTO BY STEVE SISNEY, THE OKLAHOMAN ARCHIVE
Asked what stuck out to him about Sumlin, Stoops called the Texas A&M coach, “incredibly bright in everything that he does. Relates well with his players. Excellent recruiter. All the things you want.”
When Sumlin left Stoops’ Oklahoma staff after the 2007-08 season to become Houston’s head coach, what did he expect?
“I expected him to do well for all the reasons I just said,” Stoops said. “I knew he’d hire quality people, which none of us do it alone, and he’s done that with an excellent staff.”
Both coaches chuckled after Sumlin quickly added, “That’s my new agent right there.”
Sumlin was Texas A&M’s offensive coordinator in 2002 — when the Aggies upset the Sooners in College Station — and the next year, Stoops hired him at Oklahoma.
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