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Everest Indoor Training Center |
In October 2000, as head football coach
Bob Stoops was preparing for the Nebraska football
game that was destined to be part of that year's Red
October and eventual National Championship, he spoke
to a gathering of Campaign for Sooner Sports supporters.
Stoops discussed how challenging it had been to prepare
for the game because the week had been rainy and miserable.
How wonderful it would be, Stoops told the crowd,
to have an indoor training center where players could
practice in inclement weather or after dark.
In 2002, with a lead gift from Jim and Christy Everest of Oklahoma City and support from other important donors, that wish was fulfilled.
The 74,000-square-foot Everest Training Center includes a full-sized playing field, simulated stadium lighting, a complete scoreboard with play clocks, LED 40-yard timing devices and a ceiling that hangs 65 feet above the playing surface to allow for all kicking and throwing drills.
Roy Williams Strength & Speed Complex
Considered one of the premier indoor facilities in
the entire country, the Everest Training Center is
enhanced by the Roy Williams Strength Training Facility,
created with a gift that former OU All-American Roy Williams made after he began his professional football
career with the Dallas Cowboys.
