'That cut was deep': After a bitter parting, Tennessee coach Josh Heupel comes home to Oklahoma

Josh Heupel was fired by Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops in 2014 .

The Sooners had suffered through their worst season under Stoops .

In 2000 , he quarterbacked the Sooners to their seventh national championship; OU hasn't won a title since.

In 2011 , he became offensive coordinator, and over the next four seasons , OU averaged 475 yards per game.

Josh Heupel led all Power 5 quarterbacks with 310 completions in 2000 .

The Sooners roared through a three -game stretch that OU fans would term "Red October" The undefeated Sooners advanced to the Orange Bowl to face Florida State for the national title.

" Josh didn't let that moment be too big for him and had the leadership to bring us back," says Spurrier .

Josh Heupel was Oklahoma 's quarterbacks coach at the University of Oklahoma in 2006 .

Josh Bradford won the Heisman in 2008 and Landry Jones won the most passing yards of any Power 5 quarterback in college football history.

In 2014 , he was fired by Oklahoma 's then-coach Lincoln Riley , a Leach protééé out of Texas Tech .