Danny Hope

Danny Hope
Sport(s) Football
Current position
Title Head coach
Team Purdue
Conference Big Ten
Record 16–21
Annual salary $900,000
Biographical details
Born January 7, 1959 (1959-01-07) (age 53)
Place of birth Gainesville, Florida
Playing career
1977–1980 Eastern Kentucky
Position(s) Offensive tackle
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1981–1984
1985–1994
1995
1996
1997–2001
2002
2003–2007
2008
2009–present
Manatee HS (FL) (assistant)
Louisville (OL)
Oklahoma (OL)
Wyoming (OL)
Purdue (OL)
Louisville (AHC)
Eastern Kentucky
Purdue (AHC/OL)
Purdue
Head coaching record
Overall 50–43
Tournaments 0–1 (NCAA D-IAA playoffs)
Statistics
College Football Data Warehouse
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
1 OVC (2007)
Awards
OVC Coach of the Year (2007)

Danny Hope (born January 7, 1959) is an American football coach and former player. He is currently the head football coach at Purdue University, a position he has held since the 2009 season. Hope was hired by Purdue in January 2008 as the associate head coach under Joe Tiller, who retired after the 2008 season. Hope was the head football coach at Eastern Kentucky University from 2003 to 2007.

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Coaching career

Hope was the head football coach at Eastern Kentucky University from 2002–2007. He is a graduate of Eastern Kentucky and also was a player at Eastern Kentucky. 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 prior to becoming the head coach at Eastern Kentucky.

Head coach 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 Tiller. He is credited with building the offensive line that protected NFL quarterback Drew Brees and produced several NFL offensive linemen, including All-Pro Matt Light.

In his first game as head coach at Purdue in 2009, the Boilermakers won, 52–31, over Toledo. Purdue lost their next five games before upsetting #7 Ohio State, 26–18, at Ross–Ade Stadium on October 17. Later during the 2009 season, the Boilermakers won at Michigan for the first time since 1966 with a 38–36 come-from-behind win at Michigan Stadium on November 7. It was only the third time in program history that Purdue defeated Ohio State and Michigan in the same season.

Coaching record

Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs Coaches# AP°
Eastern Kentucky Colonels (Ohio Valley Conference) (2003–2007)
2003 Eastern Kentucky 7–5 6–2 2nd
2004 Eastern Kentucky 6–5 6–2 T–2nd
2005 Eastern Kentucky 7–4 7–1 2nd
2006 Eastern Kentucky 6–5 5–3 T–4th
2007 Eastern Kentucky 9–3 8–0 1st L NCAA Division I First Round
Eastern Kentucky: 35–22 32–8
Purdue Boilermakers (Big Ten Conference) (2009–present)
2009 Purdue 5–7 4–4 T–6th
2010 Purdue 4–8 2–6 9th
2011 Purdue 7–6 4–4 3rd (Leaders) W Little Caesars Pizza
Purdue: 16–21 10–14
Total: 51–43
      National championship         Conference title         Conference division title
Indicates BCS bowl game. #Rankings from final Coaches' Poll.
°Rankings from final AP Poll.

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