There is some star power in the XFL’s coaching roster
The second iteration of the WWE-helmed XFL launched in 2020 but was quickly shuttered due to the onset of COVID-19 in the middle of its inaugural season. Months later, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson led a consortium to buy the brand, with the aim to relaunch the league in time for a spring ’23 season.
The former Dallas Renegades coach will again lead a team, the XFL announced on Wednesday morning. He is the only coach returning from the 2020 iteration of the league. Stoops is the most successful head coach of the bunch, by a decent margin. The former national champion led Oklahoma from 1999 to 2016, going 191–48, and winning the Big 12 10 times. He won five different Coach of the Year awards during his tenure, including the Walter Camp Coach of the Year awards in ’00 and ’03.