No Excuses

The Making of a Head Coach

By: Gene Wojciechowski, Bob Stoops

Narrated by: Bob Stoops

From the legendary Oklahoma coach, a candid and inspiring memoir.

When Bob Stoops took over as football coach in 1999, the Oklahoma Sooners were in disarray with back-to-back losing seasons. But in just two years' time, Stoops achieved the seemingly impossible: winning a national championship and returning the struggling Sooners to their powerhouse status, churning out NFL talent, Heisman Trophy winners and conference championships, bowl wins and national title runs on a regular basis.

During his 18 seasons at OU, his record was a remarkable 190-48. At only age 56, at the peak of his career, he stunned the college football world by walking away.

For the first time, Bob opens up about his career alongside the evolution of the game itself. From his unlikely emergence as a star player at the University of Iowa, to his coaching apprenticeships under giants like Hayden Fry, Bill Snyder, and Steve Spurrier, Stoops recounts how the game he fell in love with as a boy has evolved into a billion-dollar business often compromised by recruiting wars, aggressive agents, overzealous boosters and alumni, and the emergence of the CEO head coach rather than mentor and teacher. Bob holds nothing back while explaining why it was time to step away from the game--and players--he still loves.

Told with a rare combination of sincerity, vulnerability, and pure heart, No Excuses is both an engaging and eye-opening football memoir and an unprecedented portrait of a coach of one of the greatest legacy programs in the history of the college game.

What a Story!

I have always liked the way Bob Stoops handled himself and the Sooners! This story was compelling and in places brought tears to my eyes. I am and always will be a Sooner fan. This story is a good road map to show young coaches how it should be. Barry Switzer, Bob Stoops and Lincoln Riley have brought the Sooners and kept them in an elite group of college coaches. But these three did it with HEART! BOOMER!!!!

A#1

If you wanna get Bob Stoopdified, buy it. If not, who'd even care about it.

The Sincere Thoughts

Awesome book, full of perspective and insigjt. Thank you President Coach Stoops, this from another football coach.

Use professional reader

This story and book would have been great all-around if read by a pro...a lot of useful information about my favorite team

I love Bob.

My favorite head ball coach of all time. Love you Bob, thank you for everything you did and stood for.