Terry Hoeppner

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Terry Hoeppner

Image:Terry Hoeppner.jpg
Place of birth	Woodburn, Indiana
Sport	Football
College	Indiana
Title	Head Coach
Record with Team	9-14
Overall Record	57-39
Coaching Stats	College Football DataWarehouse
School as a player
1966-69	Franklin College
Coaching positions
1999-2004 2005-Present	Miami (OH) Indiana

Terry Hoeppner, a Woodburn, Indiana native, is the head coach of the Indiana Hoosiers football team. He is a 1969 graduate of Franklin College and owns a 57-39 overall record as a collegiate head coach.

Contents 1 Pro career 2 High school coach 3 College assistant coach 4 College head coach 4.1 Miami University 4.2 Indiana 5 External links

[edit] Pro career

Hoeppner played for Detroit Wheels and the Charlotte Hornets of the World Football League for one season each. He was also invited to the NFL's St. Louis Cardinals and Green Bay Packers training camps, but never made the active roster.

[edit] High school coach

Terry was a head coach of Eastbrook High School in Marion, Indiana (1970-1972), Mullins High School in Mullins, South Carolina (1976 – 1978) and East Noble High School in Kendallville, Indiana (1979)

[edit] College assistant coach

Hoeppner's first job as an assistant coach was at his alma mater, Franklin College, where he served as defensive coordinator. He spent six years there before moving to Miami University as a linebacker coach in 1986. After 12 years, Hoeppner worked his way up to assistant head coach and defensive coordinator. He was also able to retain his positions after head coach Tim Rose was replaced prior to the 1990 by Randy Walker. Hoeppner was instrumental in the development of several NFL players, including JoJuan Armour, Dustin Cohen, and Sheldon White.

[edit] College head coach

[edit] Miami University

After spending 13 years as an assistant at Miami, Hoeppner became the RedHawks’s 31st head coach in 1999. He succeeded Walker, who was named head coach at Northwestern. Ironically, Hoeppner’s first game would come against Walker and the Wildcats, which resulted in a 28-3 Miami victory. Despite the win, his first year was considered by some to be a disappointment. The RedHawks were coming off a 10-1 season and returned several starters including record breaking running back Travis Prentice, but were only able to post a a 7-4 record. The drop off was attributed in part to Hoeppner's installation of an open passing attack, rather than the running game Walker had in the past. The change ended up paying dividends later, as Miami earned a 48-25 overall record under Hoeppner and finished among the top three in the MAC East each of his six years at the helm. Hoeppner's best season was 2003, when Miami went 13-1 and finished number 10 in the final AP Poll. The team was led by Ben Roethlisberger, now of the NFL's Pittsburgh Steelers

Year	Overall	MAC East/place	Bowl game
1999	7-4	6-2/2nd
2000	6-5	5-3/3rd T
2001	7-5	6-2/2nd T
2002	7-5	5-3/3rd
2003	13-1	8-0/1st	GMAC
2004	8-5	7-1/1st	Independence
6 Years	48-25	37-11

[edit] Indiana

During his first year as head coach at Indiana University, Hoeppner and the Hoosiers began the season 4-1 before losing their last six games. In addition, he was diagnosed with a brain tumor after the season. [1]

It was revealed on September 12th that he required additional surgery. He missed two weeks of the regular season. [2]. He returned to the team to coach against Wisconsin.

On March 18th, 2007, it was revealed that he would sit out the 2007 Spring practices due to health reasons.

Year	Overall	Big Ten	Bowl Game
2005	4-7	1-7
2006	5-7	3-5
Total	9-14	4-12

[edit] External links

• Indiana University profile

Preceded by Gerry DiNardo	Indiana University Head Football Coaches 2005-	Succeeded by current
Preceded by Randy Walker	Miami University Head Football Coaches 1999-2004	Succeeded by Shane Montgomery