Ron Stoops served as a longtime assistant coach and defensive coordinator at Cardinal Mooney High School in Youngstown, Ohio. He shares a cinder-block office with every other football coach at Mooney. When the teams met on a Friday evening in early October, he sat in the coachs box overlooking the field while his father paced the opposite sideline. It seems to be in the Stoops blood, Ferentz said of Mark Stoops getting into coaching. Bob Berry (1942-2023), quarterback for the Falcons and Vikings. ", The sisters remember Bobby as the fiestiest of their brothers but swears he has mellowed. richesson@vindy.com. You can send your sympathy in the guestbook provided and share it with the family. Some nights he played basketball with guys from the neighborhood. Heres why they decided against it, Kentucky Derby draw finds favorite Forte in a nice spot in the middle, Lakers-Warriors series: Plenty of story lines, but LeBron vs. Steph is No. Ron was born on March 17, 1942, in Chardon, Ohio, the son of Michael "Milo" Johnson and Helen (Jackson) Johnson. I served a lot of meals in the dark, Dee said. Robert Stoops of River Ridge passed away in July 2022 at 103 years. Youre trying to build something thats gonna last it seems like and appears from a distance hes had great support from the administration. Your entry has exceeded the maximum character limit. The Dignity Memorial brand name is used to identify a network of licensed funeral, cremation and cemetery providers that include affiliates of Service Corporation International, 1929 Allen Parkway, Houston, Texas. 1. Were blessed as a family for all thats happened, not just on the football field, more with how we are with our families., Today's breaking news and more in your inbox. Mark was named the head coach at Kentucky in 2012. You work all week to go out and play the game.. Its interesting, when we were just young boys sitting around the table, I remember watching film and (dad) would put that 16-millimeter projector on the table and go through every play and diagram it, said Mike, the second youngest of the brothers. "It's a rare thing.". "We grew up in a blue-collar neighborhood, and sports were very important to us," Ron Stoops Jr. said. "There was a time I entertained that thought, but the longer I stayed here the less appealing it became to me." Why is Frank McCourt really pushing it? Just look at him out on the football field. already chaotic enough with two.". Rising through the coaching ranks, moving from school to school, town to town, Bob says he always kept Youngstown in mind. Or play with People compare him to his younger brothers. Ron was born in Frankfort on Aug. 6, 1945 the son of the late Ray and Phyllis Stoops. If I wasnt happy, if it wasnt right for me, I know I could go back.. Antoinette married the affection away hierher life, Tirrell D. Brown Sr. She attend the University of Awesome at Pine Bluff, were she received . Team pictures and newspaper clippings. Over three decades, his postgame routine never varied. Born on September 6, 1957, in Austintown, Ohio to Edward and Irene (Rozaiesky) Reha . When his time playing in the Black and Gold ended, he became a graduate assistant under Fry. Kathy Drummond was watching ESPN's report of Stoops' hiring when the news sunk in: "Oh my gosh," she told herself, "that's Bobby.". They admit they dont enjoy facing one another on opposite sidelines. locker room mentality early. He was an ordinary person. An ambulance hurried him to the hospital, his loved ones following close behind. He pumps his fists. The No. That's what his father, Ron Stoops, did for 30 years in Youngstown, Ohio, at Cardinal Mooney High School, where Bob and his three brothers and two sisters attended. Lydia Rosalie (Ketzler) Stoops. John A. Stoops, Sr., of Coopersburg, died on Thursday, June 16, 2005 in St. Luke's Hospital, Fountain Hill. Bay Pines - Ronald John Silva Jr., of Largo, FL passed away at the C.W. I personally think thats the way to go about it. Theres only one thing standing in Kentuckys way of another marquee bowl win. I go through every play, just so I have the sequential order I know. Ron Jr., people say, was the one most like him. Church groups and civic clubs asked him to speak all the time. When Ron was gone coaching, she gave the kids space to squabble and space to make peace. Print Obituary. To Stoops surprise, an upcoming game didnt stop Fry and his staff from attending the funeral. "Now remember, they're just kids. Ron Stoops Jr. added of his father, "He enjoyed what he was doing, and he enjoyed immensely his relationship with players. I had to work for everything I had and all that nobody is going to give you anything in this business but I certainly had some good people to look up to, starting with my father and then of course these three guys.. Feeling rich was important in the northeastern Ohio city of Paid his respects to my mom and our family, and it just meant the world to us, Stoops said after Fry died at the age of 90 in 2019. It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Ronald Lee Johnson Sr. of Mansfield, Ohio, born in Chardon, Ohio, who passed away on April 23, 2023, at the age of 81, leaving to mourn family and friends. "That might have been a blessing," Mike said laughing. CANDLE HAS BEEN LIT CANDLES HAVE BEEN LIT, We are reviewing your submission. Always the leader of the game.. October will mark 28 years since Ron Stoops Sr. died. "Dad would walk up the stairs and try to determine the He was a member of the Otterbein . Bob (Oklahoma) and Mike (Arizona) Stoops have also been head coaches at the Power Five level, while Marks other brother, Ron Stoops Jr., is in his 10th year as an assistant coach at Youngstown State after a lengthy career coaching high school football like his father. Tens of thousand of jobs evaporated and families that had been in Youngstown for generations were forced to go elsewhere. "[Ron Stoops Sr.] may have left his life on the football field," Gleason said, "but his legacy will live on." In the fall of 2000, with Oklahoma emerging as a national power under Bobs hand, he traveled west to watch the Sooners play Nebraska. dart guns - after removing the darts' rubber suction tips. Ron is survived by his wife of 48 years, Kathryn Kay Miller Stoops; his brother, Monzell Stoops (Violet) of Parkersburg; and several cousins. started the Iowa tradition. 15 Iowa in 20-17 loss to No. Sherry Linkon, co-director of the Center for Working Class Studies at Youngstown State, says: There was a loss of community identity. She plans to be in Lexington for the weekend with. Defense was his specialty, a passion that he passed along to his four boys. Stoops has heart disease, and his father, Ron, died in 1988 at age 54 of a heart attack suffered while coaching a high school game. He is survived by his wife of 51 years, Anna Jean Lewis Stroope; his mother, Mary Ann Stroope; his brother, Sam Stroope and wife Glaucia, his son, Shawn Stroope and wife Sarah; his son, Chris Stroope and fianc Tiffany Vincent; his grandson, Peyton Stroope and son Kai; his granddaughter, Caitlyn Free and husband Micah, along with their children Brooklyn, Blakely, and Beaux; and his youngest grandson, Parker Stroope. You can relax now, he said. By the time Ron Jr. reached the opposite sideline, his father was stretched across the bench, conscious but pale. The area remains special, for a number of reasons, which is why they made the trip to raise money for the United Way. It wasnt his job. When Ron was gone coaching, she gave the kids space to squabble and space to make peace. Though Stoops teaches at a larger public school in the suburbs, he makes the drive to the Southside, to the old campus, every afternoon in fall. He set up a film projector in the living room and shot the images of upcoming opponents onto the side of the refrigerator. Many "I feel lucky to be part of such a good family," Ron Jr. said. Old photographs clutter the walls. George Raymond Stoops age 74, a longtime resident of Lemont, passed away peacefully Saturday, August 8, 2020. before reaching the hospital. It gives me peace that I dont need all this. Send a note, share a story or upload a photo. The four college football coaches and Cardinal Mooney graduates Ron Jr., Bob, Mike and Mark talked and joked with the media together for the first time in about three years, according to their estimation. They held hands and Ron Jr. informed him that Cardinal Mooney had just scored to take the lead. "From a coaching standpoint, he was very thorough, and he wouldn't leave any stone unturned," Stoops said. It just shows you what kind of people they are, Stoops added this week about Fry and Brashier on Sunday. In the aisles and the balcony. He didn't want that attention. Mike, formerly a head coach at Arizona, is now Bobs defensive coordinator. I thought it might be fun, he said. 15 Hawkeyes (10-3) and the No. "I know my brother," Bob said, a wry smile creeping across his face, "and he wouldn't have my life or any part of it for anything. In October 1988, Ron Sr. became ill on the sideline late in a Born on July 1, 1929 in Wichita, Kansas to Cecil and Mary Bell (Bratcher) Ketzler. Fecko. The Hawkeyes face the Wildcats in the Citrus Bowl on Jan. 1. So when people ask Ron Jr. about staying in Youngstown, in the shadow of his little brothers, he always gives the same answer. As simple as that. "Kind," Kathy described him. There is much laughter and shaking of heads. The father would holler once, then again, before the Stoops boys settled down. In his time in a Hawkeye uniform, Stoops played in 18 games and intercepted two passes. He was the epitome of what every male would like to be, says Jim Cooney, an assistant principal at the school for 40 years. What Stoops is doing, crowding eight defenders to the line, trying to smother the run and get the quarterback while playing pressing, man-to-man coverages in the secondary, isnt new. With a burgeoning student body, the Catholic schools football team collected state championships by the fistful. . This year, Mooney enters the playoffs with an 8-2 record and the top ranking in its region. Moving every few years. Ron Stoops Sr. died in 1988 of a heart attack, just after coaching in a Cardinal Mooney game. We never know if this will happen again,'" Ron Jr. said. The boys ate their suppers watching game footage. | Peters Township: 724-260-5546. "Great, great family time," said Carol Stoops, a small-town Iowa girl who married Bob 10 years ago and now is the First Lady of Sooner football. The teams played close that night, the lead changing hands several times before the game went into overtime. He was quite content watching his film, scheming his defenses and eventually coaching his boys. "He also believed that the kids have to execute and be confident at what they're doing," he added. "He Yet he knows this is a society that strives for bigger and better, higher and richer. His point was that Mark at that time probably looked like he was 15 just a really young-looking high school senior. Any male born into the Stoops family seems genetically coded to live and breathe football. With Ron Sr. dying at 54, the boys try to stay in shape and "Those guys are good coaches. Kirk Ferentz can still recall when, during his time as Iowas offensive line coach under Hayden Fry in the 1980s, he strolled past Bill Brashiers office and saw the defensive coordinator chatting alongside a baby-faced recruit with a familiar last name. Surviving are his wife, Cynthia (Solomon) Brown of Weirton; a son, [] As scholarship dollars increased, so did the school's attendance and the football team's victory total. starts his staff workdays at 8:45 so the coaches can see their Dee said she was always picking up scraps of papers with Xs and Os on them around the house. This was a period he would often reflect on when telling stories to his children and grandchildren. He coaches at Cardinal Mooney, where his father coached. I was heartbroken leaving him there. And this was during Michigan week. This is my life.. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday, August 24, 2019 at Lambert-Tatman Funeral Home, 2333 Pike St, south Parkersburg with Pastor Mary Zimmer officiating. Cooney, the assistant principal, recalls an especially tough kid on the team -- the kind who always gave teachers a bad time -- breaking down in tears. His oldest, Ronnie, was a sophomore. EVELYN STOOPS OBITUARY Evelyn M. Stoops, 99, of Shermans Dale, went to be with her Heavenly Father on Friday March 10, 2023. They had him on a stretcher, and he was sick, Ron Jr. said. Their four sons became great football coaches in the future. college head coaches gather their staffs around dawn, but Bob YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio - The annual Ron Stoops Sr. and Anthony Pelini Memorial Foundation Bocce Social will be held noon to 6 p.m. June 25 at the MVR Restaurant. Ron Jr. elected to enter college coaching this season in a "So many people in that community respect him.". family. He was born January 10,1946 to John W. and Elizabeth (Kane) Stoops in Lemont, Illinois, the youngest of five children. Family and friends are welcome to leave their condolences on this memorial page and share them with . In a 1985 game NOTE: Please use your BACK button to return to where you were. ", 2010: Youngstown State safeties coach and director of high After college, he sang and played guitar with the Vessels. Bob was the second-oldest boy. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Defensive coaches don't. loss. 41 (the number Bob, Mike, and Mark all wore) Iowa football jersey neatly folded next to him in the casket. Atkins, Rodney. Ronald V. Stoops Obituary. Kentuckys most prominent bowl win under Stoops was in the 2019 Citrus Bowl, when the Wildcats defeated Penn State. At 38, the Florida defensive coordinator prepares for Saturdays showdown at Tennessee as the hottest assistant in the game. When he bit his lower lip, well, that wasnt a good sign. Get this The Courier-Journal page for free from Wednesday, August 22, 2001 UST 22, 2001 B7 Marvin Anthony, 50, died Monday at his home. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Parkersburg Area Community Foundation, to the Ronald and Kathryn Stoops Fund, P.O. alongside Mike. In its 13th year, the bocce social, which will get under way at noon, at the MVR Restaurant, is open to all - no bocce experience is required. intensity from their father, whom she said is somewhat sold short He was predeceased by : his parents, Karl Quinn and Arlene Quinn (Stull); and his siblings, Caroline, Janice . A bronze statue of him now occupies the lobby at Mooney. "It's a special gift, I don't know what it is. They just thought that was hard. Local obituaries for Tarentum, Pennsylvania. His DNA Bob accepted Iowa's invitation to leave home and began the "I absolutely loved football," said the other Stoops sister, Kathy Drummond. Surrounded by her family, Lydia "Rosalie" Stoops passed away peacefully in Oklahoma City on Wednesday, March 31, 2021 at the age of 91. Stoops made his name developing this smothering, attacking style at Kansas State, where in 1995 the Wildcats led the nation in total defense and were second in scoring defense. tennis. 41 (the number Bob, Mike, and Mark all wore) Iowa football jersey neatly folded next to him in the casket. "Had I started that way, then absolutely, I would probably enjoy that," he said. "My father was dedicated to his job and Clair "Dick" Stoops, 78, of Newburg, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, October 12, 2021 from the Chambersburg Hospital. So naturally, when the Northeastern Ohio Chapter of the National Football Foundation and Hall of Fame inquired about creating an annual award for assistant high school football coaches, Ron Stoops Sr. came to mind. Him not being here is difficult, but like these guys say, hes watching and blessed us all. Ron graduated from Newburyport High School in 1980. Once upon a time, his father had done the exact same thing. He kicks the dirt. A teachers salary was all Ron Sr. and his wife, Dee Dee, needed to raise four boys and two girls. They dont forget where their journey began, and anyone who watched Mooney in the 1970s and 80s also understands how it happened. Might he have walked their path instead of his father's? "We'd always be laughing and giggling going to bed," Ron Jr. Abbott criticized for dehumanizing victims of mass shooting by calling them illegal, Frisco Fair canceled: City officials revoke event permit citing public safety concerns, Texas latest mass shooting is about guns, not immigration, How Dallas video game icon Randy Pitchford became the new owner of Hollywoods Magic Castle, Landmark Texas home becomes most expensive on the market with $60M price tag, Christian Wood responds to discussion about his future with Mavericks, coach Jason Kidd. Read more. coaching start. His hands on his hips. Youre going to beat us.. He suffered a heart attack while on the golf course on Saturday, April 8, and passed quickly, without pain, the following day surrounded by his family. "We also learned that there were no short cuts, and we took pride in what we were doing." to shake your hand if you beat them.". "Ron's done an awful lot to help," brother Mark said. I think back about how nice it is, he says. Nordonia). Ron Stoops walks through the creaky wooden door and down the concrete steps into the coaches' office at Cardinal Mooney. wayne and kathy harris today; how close can a dog get to an invisible fence. Ron Jr. was the first to come through. He said he never detected any difficulty between That With his time suiting up on the football field over, Stoops decided to follow his brothers and father and go into coaching. Since Stoops arrived in 1999, Oklahoma. It makes no sense in a culture that prizes bigger and better, richer and glitzier. Walk along the hallways and peek into offices. "I used to complain to Mark about what I was going through Iowa coach Hayden Fry boarded a Lear jet and flew to the funeral, allowing an assistant to lead practice. Rons wife, Anna Jean, would like to say a special thank you to all the doctors and nurses who have supported her and Ron through this journey, especially those at the Northwest Louisiana Dialysis Center. He was innovative.. It may take up to 1 hour for your comment to appear on the website. His oldest son, also named Ron, played defensive back for Cardinal Mooney this season. Former Mooney football coach Don Bucci spent 28 years with Stoops Sr. Bucci remembers his defensive coordinator being "an ordinary guy" who stressed family first yet remained tough on the football field. Ron Stoops Sr. coached at Mooney for nearly three decades. It was the fall of 1988 and Ron was the only brother left in Youngstown. The defensive coordinator at Cardinal Mooney, Ron Sr.. Not long ago, more families could afford the tuition at Cardinal Mooney High. It happens to be the program Stoops said helped shape him into the coach and person he is today. He was here long enough to make a great impact on us in so many different ways.. Your California Privacy Rights / Privacy Policy. "I want to come back as an offensive coach," he said. Read more. Hes been a huge impact on all of us.. People playing bocce in the summer.. "Bobby hanging in that first year at Iowa and becoming successful there, kind of the basis for how they were going to be.". he wanted to hire both Mike and Mark. ", Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. Passed away on Sunday, April 9, 2023, at the University of Wisconsin Hospital in Madison, WI. pews at St. Dominic Catholic Church during Holy Communion. Stoops was in his first real job, coaching linebackers at Kent State that fall. Marks done just a wonderful job building that thing brick by brick.. McCASKILL Presley Davis Wantland, 66. Ron Stoops Sr. was only 54 when he died of a heart attack on Oct. 7, 1988. The father of the now-famous Stoops brothers passed away in October of 1988. schoolteacher for 31 years. Find obituaries from your high school. "I got on the headset after the play," said Fry, now retired in I couldnt even talk.. View Details Eugene W. Bronder December 24, 1940 - April 17, 2023 His battles with the church arent over, How Palm Springs ran out Black and Latino families to build a fantasy for rich, white people, 17 SoCal hiking trails that are blooming with wildflowers (but probably not for long! As a 21-year-old, Stoops learned that his father had died of a massive heart attack while coaching in a high school football game. "We grew up in a blue-collar neighborhood, and sports were very important to us," Ron Stoops Jr. said.
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