- Bob Stoops
Robert A. "Bob" Stoops (born September 9, 1960) is the head coach of the University of Oklahoma Oklahoma Sooners American football team.
- David L. Boren
David Lyle Boren (born April 21, 1941) is an American politician from the state of Oklahoma. A Democrat, he served as governor of Oklahoma from 1975-1979 and in the United States Senate from 1979-1994. He is currently president of the University of Oklahoma. Boren is part of the politically-prominent Boren family. His father, Lyle Boren, served in the U.S. House of Representatives (OK-04) from 1937-1947.
- Sherri Coale
Sherri Kay Coale is the current women's basketball coach for the University of Oklahoma Sooners. Coale (born January 19, 1965), who grew up in Healdton, OK, married Dane Scott Coale (born 1964) on June 20, 1987. The couple has two children, son Colton (born 1992) and daughter, Chandler (born 1996). Coale has one brother, Jack. Their parents are Beverly Stash and Joe Buben. Sherri completed her undergraduate studies at Oklahoma Christian College in Oklahoma City, OK, …
- Jack Mildren
Larry Jack Mildren (born October 10, 1949), was born in Kingsville, Texas. Mildren attended Abilene Cooper High School in Abilene, Texas, leading the Cougars to the Class 4A state championship game in 1967 against Austin Reagan High School. In one of the most memorable moments in Texas high school football history, with time running out and Cooper down by a single point, Mildren drove the Cougars to the Reagan one-yard line, …
- Joe Castiglione
Joseph Robert Castiglione is the Athletic Director at the University of Oklahoma. The former Athletic Director at the University of Missouri, he received the 2004 Bobby Dodd Award for athletic director of the year. He has overseen four national championships in the various sports within his department. Castiglione is best known for hiring current Oklahoma football coach Bob Stoops. He is a graduate of the University of Maryland
- Kelvin Sampson
Kelvin Sampson (born October 5, 1955), a Lumbee Indian, is the men's basketball coach of the Indiana Hoosiers at Indiana University. He previously held the same position at Montana Tech (1981-85), Washington State University (1987-94) and University of Oklahoma (1994-2006).
- David Deming
David Deming is an associate professor of Arts and Sciences at the University of Oklahoma in Norman. He graduated from Indiana University in 1983 with a BS degree in geology, and received a Ph.D in geophysics from the University of Utah in 1988. Prior to his arrival at the University of Oklahoma in 1992, Deming held a National Research Council postdoctoral fellowship at the U.S. Geological Survey in California.
- Paul Thompson
Paul Thompson (born November 23, 1983 in Leander, Texas) was an American collegiate football player for the University of Oklahoma Sooners. He was the starting quarterback for the Sooners in 2006, but has also played as a wide receiver.
- Rhett Bomar
Rhett Bomar (born July 2, 1985 in Groesbeck, Texas) is an American football quarterback. He played for the University of Oklahoma Sooners and was permanently dismissed from the team for violating NCAA regulations by accepting money from Big Red Sports and Imports for time not worked in 2006. Bomar is currently enrolled at Sam Houston State University in hopes of continuing his college football career.
- Jason White
Jason White (born June 19 1980) was a quarterback for the University of Oklahoma football team from 1999 to 2004 (jersey number 18). White was raised in Tuttle, Oklahoma playing high-school football there with the Tuttle Tigers (jersey number 17). After suffering from consecutive anterior cruciate ligament tears and reconstructive knee surgeries on both knees during the 2001 and 2002 seasons, …
- Bennie Owen
Benjamin Gilbert Owen (July 24 1875-February 26 1970) was an American head coach for the University of Oklahoma Sooners football team from 1905-1926.
- George Lynn Cross
George Lynn Cross was the seventh and longest serving President of the University of Oklahoma from 1943 to 1968. His academic specialty was botany. He was an outspoken proponent of World War II who felt democracy should be defended at all costs. Served in the United States Navy from 1923-1929. George Lynn Cross Hall, which houses OU's department of botany and microbiology, the department's administrative offices, labs, and the university greenhouses, …
- Allen Patrick
Allen Patrick (born February 15, 1984 in Conway, South Carolina) is an American football running back for the University of Oklahoma Sooners. During the 2006 season, he was thrust into the starting lineup when starting tailback Adrian Peterson was lost for the season with a broken collarbone. His nickname is "AP" which is both his initials and Peterson's initials, …
- Mack Brown
William Mack Brown (born August 27, 1951) is head coach of the University of Texas Longhorn football team. During the 2005 season, Coach Brown led the Longhorns to a Rose Bowl victory and a National Championship. With the 2006 season, Brown led his team to win 10 games or more for six straight years, which is the best current ten-win streak in the NCAA. Prior to coaching at Texas, Brown coached at Appalachian State, Tulane, and North Carolina.
- Rufus Alexander
Rufus Alexander (born April 12, 1983 in Breaux Bridge, LA) is a football linebacker for the Minnesota Vikings along with fellow former Sooner Adrian Peterson. He played for the University of Oklahoma Sooners football team from 2003 to 2006. In 2006, Alexander was named to the All-Big 12 First Team, the Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year, and an AP and AFCA All-American.
- Courtney Paris
Courtney Paris is the starting center for the University of Oklahoma women's basketball team. Courtney also has a twin sister on the team, Ashley Paris. She is the only player in NCAA history, male or female, to have 700 points, 500 rebounds, and 100 blocks in a season. On March 25, 2006, Courtney set the record for rebounds in a single season that was held recently held by Wanda Ford, of 534 by making it 539.
- Dan Boren
David Daniel "Dan" Boren (born August 2, 1973) is a Democratic U.S. politician from the state of Oklahoma, representing Oklahoma's 2nd congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives (map).
- Anthony Kim
Anthony Kim (born June 19, 1985) is an American professional golfer. Kim was born in Los Angeles. He was part of the winning USA team in the 2005 Walker Cup.
- Tom Cole
Thomas Jeffery Cole (born April 28, 1949) is a politician from the state of Oklahoma, currently representing Oklahoma's 4th Congressional District (map) in the U.S. House of Representatives. Cole, the chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC), is the fourth-ranking Republican leader in the House. He also serves on the Armed Services Committee and the Natural Resources Committee, and is a Deputy Minority Whip.
- David Ross Boyd
David Ross Boyd (1853 - 1936) was the first president of the University of Oklahoma. He was born in Coshocton, Ohio, and after obtaining a doctorate degree from the small Wooster University, he began his career early as a superintendent of the Arkansas City, Kansas school system. While there, members of the Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma came to his schools to view the heating system that Boyd had installed.
- Josh Heupel
The greatness of Josh Heupel the quarterback will never be forgotten. His play during the Sooners National Championship run of 2000 was phenomenal and his ability to direct the Sooner offense gave the program a two-year jumpstart on the move from the running game to the passing offense. It seemed to be a forgone conclusion that Heupel would some day be a coach, but first he dreamed of playing in the NFL.
- Steve Owens
Steve Everett Owens (born December 9, 1947 in Gore, Oklahoma) was the 1969 Heisman Trophy winner. Owens was the second Oklahoma Sooners player to win the Heisman Trophy, after Billy Vessels, and preceding Jason White and Billy Sims. He is the school's all time scorer with fifty-five touchdowns, and is third most on its career rushing chart with 4,041 yards. He was drafted by the Detroit Lions with their first round pick in 1970.
- Sunny Golloway
Sunny Golloway is the head baseball coach at the University of Oklahoma. Prior to becoming the head coach of Oklahoma, he was the head coach at Oral Roberts. He succeeded hall of fame coach Larry Cochell.In his eight seasons as the head coach of Oral Roberts, he guided the team to a 347-162 record.
- Bruce Goff
Bruce Alonzo Goff (June 8, 1904 - August 4, 1982) was an American architect. Born in Alton, Kansas, Goff was a child prodigy who apprenticed at the age of twelve to Rush, Endacott and Rush of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Goff became a partner with the firm in 1930. He is credited, along with his high-school art teacher Adah Robinson, with the design of Boston Avenue Methodist Church in Tulsa, one of the finest examples of Art Deco architecture in the United States.
- David Walters
David Lee Walters was the Democratic governor of the U.S. state of Oklahoma from 1991 to 1995. Walters was born near Canute, Oklahoma. He graduated as valedictorian from Canute High School in 1969. He later graduated from University of Oklahoma in 1973 with a bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering. In 1977 he earned his master's degree in business administration from Harvard University. He became the project manager for Gov. David Boren.
- David Karoly
David John Karoly (b. 1955) is an Australian scientist and academic. Currently he is a member of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Working Group 2 and a member of the faculty of the School of Earth Sciences at the University of Melbourne. He was the Professor of Meteorology and Head of the School of Mathematical Sciences at the University of Oklahoma before his current position at the University of Melbourne.
- Hollis Price
Hollis Price (born October 29, 1979 in New Orleans, Louisiana) is a basketball player for BC Lietuvos Rytas of Lithuania's LKL. He previously played for ALBA Berlin of Germany, Le Mans Sarthe Basket of France, CB Sevilla of ACB Hollis played college basketball at the University of Oklahoma from 1999 to 2003. He helped to lead the Sooners to the Final Four in 2002.
- Kevin Bookout
Kevin Bookout (born March 16, 1983 in Stroud, Oklahoma) is a basketball player for the University of Oklahoma. During his career, he registered 1,018 points and 682 rebounds.
- Darrell Royal
Darrell K. Royal (born July 6, 1924 in Hollis, Oklahoma), is a College Football Hall of Fame member, and is the most successful football coach, in terms of wins, in University of Texas Longhorn history. Darrell Royal has a middle initial but no middle name. The "K" is in honor of his mother, Katy, who died when he was an infant. She died of cancer, but because of the taboo surrounding the disease at that time, …
- John Blake
John Blake (born March 6, 1961 in Rockford, Illinois) is the defensive line coach for the University of North Carolina Tar Heels football team, a position he has held since 2007. Previously, Blake had served as the defensive line coach on Bill Callahan's staff at the University of Nebraska from 2004-2006. He also held the same position at Mississippi State University in 2003.
- Steve Williams
"Dr. Death" Steve Williams (born May 14, 1960 in Lakewood, Colorado) is a professional wrestler and former collegiate American football and wrestling star at the University of Oklahoma.
- Brian Bosworth
Brian Keith Bosworth (also referred to as The Boz) (born March 9, 1965 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) is a former American football player. He was a linebacker for the Oklahoma Sooners (1984-1986) and the Seattle Seahawks (1987-1989).
- Joe Washington
Joe Dan Washington (born September 24, 1953 in Crockett, Texas) is a former American football running back who played nine seasons for the San Diego Chargers, Baltimore Colts, Washington Redskins, and the Atlanta Falcons from 1977 to 1985 in the National Football League. Washington graduated from Lincoln High School in Port Arthur, Texas where his father coached football.
- Henry Bellmon
Henry Louis Bellmon (born September 3, 1921) is an American Republican politician from Oklahoma. He was a member of the Oklahoma Legislature, twice the Governor of Oklahoma, the first Republican to hold the office, and a two-term United States Senator.
- Donna Nelson
Donna Nelson is an associate professor of chemistry at the University of Oklahoma. Nelson performs research into and teaches organic chemistry and has also conducted research into ethnic and gender diversity among highly-ranked science departments of research universities. Nelson was born in Eufaula, Oklahoma and earned her BS in chemistry at the University of Oklahoma in 1974. She obtained her PhD in chemistry at the University of Texas with Michael J. S. Dewar in 1980, …
- Mike Stoops
Michael J. Stoops (born December 31, 1961) is the head football coach at the University of Arizona, his first head coaching position. He previously served as the assistant coach at the University of Iowa, Kansas State University and the University of Oklahoma. He is the younger brother of Oklahoma head coach, Bob Stoops. He has been in a coaching capacity for over 18 years. As a head coach he has emphasized the importance of defense.
- Jennifer Berry
Jennifer Berry (born July 18, 1983 in Houston, Texas) was crowned Miss America on January 21, 2006. A resident of Tulsa she was the fifth Miss America from Oklahoma to hold the title. Berry won the Miss Oklahoma 2005 title in a state pageant held Tulsa on June 11, 2005. She competed as Miss Grand Lake, and was a double preliminary winner, winning awards for both talent and swimsuit. This was Berry's fifth attempt at the state title, …
- George Thomas
George Carroll Thomas (March 4, 1928 - May 23, 1989) was an American football running back in the NFL for the Washington Redskins and the New York Giants. He played college football for the University of Oklahoma.
- Billy Vessels
Billy Vessels (March 22, 1931, Cleveland, Oklahoma - November 17, 2001, Coral Gables, Florida) was an outstanding college football player and winner of the 1952 Heisman trophy, as well as a professional football player with the NFL Baltimore Colts and the Canadian Football League Edmonton Eskimos. Vessels won the 1950 National Championship for the University of Oklahoma, scoring 15 touchdowns.
- Larry Cochell
Larry Cochell is a former baseball coach for the University of Oklahoma. His great career was overshadowed by his racial remarks (...he is a good n-word), on two off-court interviews. It started before an ESPN2 telecast of the Oklahoma-Wichita State game. He used racial remarks to describe Oklahoma's freshman outfielder Joe Dunigan III. With the embarrassment, he decided to resign.