Bob Stoops, head football coach at the University of Oklahoma, is retiring after 18 seasons in Norman and Muleshoe native Lincoln Riley is set to replace him according to news sources out of Oklahoma. Hear our July 27, 2015, phone interview with Lincoln Riley as he became the Oklahoma Sooners offensive coordinator.   Lincoln is a 2002 graduate of Muleshoe High School and the son of Mike and Marilyn Riley and will assume the helm at one of the most powerful college football programs at the age of 33.

See the June 7, 2017, University of Oklahoma Press Conference with OU President David Boren and Athletic Director Joe Castiglione announcing Bob Stoops retirement and introducing Lincoln Riley as the new OU Head Football Coach.  Video provided by The Oklahoman/NewsOK.