ST. AUGUSTINE – Former University of Oklahoma head football coach Bob Stoops will speak at the Flagler College Crimson & Gold Banquet Wednesday, Oct. 23 in the Hotel Ponce de Leon's elegant dining hall. The event starts at 6 p.m. with a social and a silent auction. The dinner follows at 7 p.m.
Proceeds from the banquet benefit the Flagler College Athletics Scholarship Fund.
There are limited tickets for the event. An individual ticket is $100
and will be available to purchase on July 15. Tickets can be purchased by visiting
www.flagler.edu/crimsonandgold.
Stoops spent 18 years at Oklahoma and finished with a 190-48 record (79.8 winning percentage). He coached the Sooners to the 2000 national title and was the only coach to win all four major bowl games (Rose, Sugar, Fiesta, and Orange). Oklahoma won 10 Big 12 Championships during his time and he coached 37 first-team All-Americans as well as two Heisman Trophy winners. Stoops was named the head coach and general manager of the XFL franchise in Dallas, which will begin in February 2020.
For more information or to purchase tickets, contact Assistant Director of College Relations Stephanie Burgess at 904-826-8572 or
sburgess@flagler.edu.
ABOUT FLAGLER COLLEGE
Founded in 1968, Flagler is a four-year, residential college located in St. Augustine, Florida, the nation's oldest city. With an enrollment of approximately 2,500 students, the College offers 32 undergraduate majors and 34 minors and will offer its first master's degree program in deaf education in the fall of 2016. The College has a satellite program on the campus of Tallahassee Community College and offers and evening program in public administration on its main campus in St. Augustine. The centerpiece of its campus is the former Hotel Ponce de Leon built by Henry M. Flagler in 1888 and designated as a National Historic Landmark in 2006. Flagler is a member of the NCAA Division II and competes in the Peach Belt Conference where it won the PBC Commissioner's Cup in 2018-19. Flagler College is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges.
