Issues | August 1999 All In the FamilyGene FrenetteFlorida Times-UnionOn December 1, 1998, Bob Stoops broke from family tradition and finally reached an inevitable position that many viewed as practically his birthright: he became a head football coach. Not at your run-of-the-mill program, but at Oklahoma, a school where fans have grown accustomed to their coaches becoming icons and winning nearly every time they step on the field. After more than a decade as either a defensive coordinator or assistant coach, the same career path followed by his three brothers and their late father, Ron Stoops, Sr., the second-oldest of the Stoops boys made the jump to the boss' chair. In leaving his secure, comfortable position as the University of Florida defensive coordinator, Bob Stoops takes on the challenge oftrying to rebuild a program that flourished under Bud Wilkinson andBarry Switzer, then