Danny Hope
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| Danny Hope | ||
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| Title | Head coach | |
| College | Eastern Kentucky University | |
| Sport | Football | |
| Team record | 35-22 | |
| Career highlights | ||
| Playing career | ||
| 1977-80 | Eastern Kentucky University | |
| Position | Offensive Tackle | |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | ||
| 1985-94*, 2001* 1995* 1996* 1997-2001* 2002-2007(HC) 2008* |
Louisville Oklahoma Wyoming Purdue E. Kent. University Purdue *=Assistant coach |
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Danny Hope is the associate head football coach at Purdue University . Hope was hired in January of 2008. During the 2008 season Hope will act as the associate head coach to Joe Tiller. Tiller will be retiring after the 2008 season and Hope will become the head coach for the 2009 season.
[edit] Coaching Career
Danny Hope was the head football coach at Eastern Kentucky University from 2002-2007. He is a graduate of EKU and also was a player at EKU.
Before arriving at Eastern Kentucky, Hope was the offensive coordinator at Louisville.
Hope was also an assistant coach in various capacities at Purdue, Wyoming, and Oklahoma (in addition to Louisville) prior to becoming the head coach at EKU.
[edit] Hiring at Purdue
Beginning on approximately January 7, 2008 several media outlets reported that Hope had been offered (and accepted) a coaching position at Purdue where it was expected that he would replace long time coach Joe Tiller as part of a succession plan.
During his previous stay at Purdue, Hope was the offensive line coach for Joe Tiller. He is credited with building the offensive line that protected current NFL player Drew Brees and produced several NFL offensive linemen including All-Pro Matt Light.
[edit] Links
Official Purdue Hiring Announcement
Current Bio on Purdue's website
MSNBC-Purdue to name Hope as Tillers's succesor
Lex18-Hope to leave EKU
AP-Tiller to step aside
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