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I'd guess it's several reasons.

1.) Sons play football and they're about to enter their senior year.
2.) Health woes have been written about. Stoops actual quote: "I've got a lot of issues that I've got to manage." His dad was a coach who died at 54 after a heart attack on the sideline.
3.) Defense was bad enough that there might have been pressure to fire his brother, former AZ head coach Mike Stoops, who is his DC.
4.) He's won a NC, and how close is Okla. really to competing with the very top teams? Remember, they lost badly last year to Ohio State. The year before they made the playoffs but lost somewhat badly to Clemson. At a place like OU, the expectations I imagine might wear on a coach.

He's supposedly going to take some administrator job and stay with the university.

[needle]

I'd guess it's several reasons.

1.) Sons play football and they're about to enter their senior year.
2.) Health woes have been written about. Stoops actual quote: "I've got a lot of issues that I've got to manage." His dad was a coach who died at 54 after a heart attack on the sideline.
3.) Defense was bad enough that there might have been pressure to fire his brother, former AZ head coach Mike Stoops, who is his DC.
4.) He's won a NC, and how close is Okla. really to competing with the very top teams? Remember, they lost badly last year to Ohio State. The year before they made the playoffs but lost somewhat badly to Clemson. At a place like OU, the expectations I imagine might wear on a coach.

He's supposedly going to take some administrator job and stay with the university.