Not interested

Miami and Alabama both have coaching vacancies. Stoops has been mentioned as a candidate by media outlets that cover both teams. But Stoops put the rumors to rest Tuesday.

“I’m not interested in any jobs,” he said. “It’s amazing. Every coach finds out through all of you guys they’re a candidate. No one ever knows. Whoever has a winning record, he’s a candidate. It’s silly the way it all works.”

Stoops a Robinson Award finalist

Stoops is one of nine finalists for the Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year Award. The honor is voted on annually by the Football Writers Association of America.

The are finalists are Arkansas’ Houston Nutt, Rutgers’ Greg Schiano, Wake Forest’s Jim Grobe, Houston’s Art Briles, Hawaii’s June Jones, Michigan’s Lloyd Carr, BYU’s Bronco Mendenhall and Boise State’s Chris Petersen.

The FWAA Coaching Award is named after Robinson, a coaching legend who led Grambling State University for 55 years. He has more Division I victories (408) than any other coach.

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