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In at least one respect, it's been jarring for Miami Dolphins defensive tackle Jordan Phillips to ascend to the grown-man world of the NFL: he has gone from Bob Stoops to Adam Gase. When Stoops took over Oklahoma as head coach in 1999, Gase was barely old enough to buy a beer. “He changed my thoughts on head coaches, for sure,” says Phillips, who at 24 is only 14 years younger than Gase.