Bob Shoop
| Bob Shoop | |
|---|---|
| Sport(s) | Football |
| Current position | |
| Title |
Defensive coordinator safeties coach |
| Team | Penn State |
| Conference | Big Ten |
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
August 18, 1966 Oakmont, Pennsylvania |
| Playing career | |
| 1985–1987 1988–1989 |
Yale Birmingham Bulls |
| Position(s) | Wide receiver |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1989 1990 1991–1993 1994–1996 1997 1998 1999–2002 2003–2005 2006 2007–2010 2011–2013 2014–present |
Yale (GA) Virginia (GA) Northeastern (DB) Yale (DC) Villanova (DC) Army (DB) Boston College (DB) Columbia UMass (DB) William & Mary (DC) Vanderbilt (DC) Penn State (DC) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 7–23 |
|
Statistics | |
Bob Shoop (born August 18, 1966) is an American college football coach and former player. He currently serves as the defensive coordinator at Pennsylvania State University. Shoop served as the head football coach at Columbia University from 2003 to 2005, compiling a record of 7–23.
Shoop is a 1988 graduate of Yale University and both played and coached under Carmen Cozza. In his senior year, he was named to the All-Ivy League team. In 1988, and the early part of 1989, Shoop played in the United Kingdom for the Birmingham Bulls.[1]
He later served as an assistant coach at Yale and as defensive coordinator. from 1994 to 1996. He was hired by Tom O'Brien at Boston College in 1999.
In 2003, Shoop was hired by Columbia University with the hopes that he would turn around the struggling program. He was fired shortly after the end of the 2005 with a record of 7–23 in his three seasons with the team. His 2005 team went winless in the Ivy League and he never finished above 6th place.
From 2007 to 2010, Shoop served as the defensive coordinator at William & Mary. On January 31, 2011, he was named as the defensive coordinator for the Vanderbilt Commodores, under new head coach James Franklin.[2] He followed Franklin to Penn State under the same title for the beginning of the 2014 season.
Personal
Bob's brother, John Shoop, is currently the offensive coordinator for Purdue University.[3]
Head coaching record
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia Lions (Ivy League) (2003–2005) | |||||||||
| 2003 | Columbia | 4–6 | 3–4 | 6th | |||||
| 2004 | Columbia | 1–9 | 1–6 | T–7th | |||||
| 2005 | Columbia | 2–8 | 0–7 | 8th | |||||
| Columbia: | 7–23 | 4–17 | |||||||
| Total: | 7–23 | ||||||||
References
- ↑
- ↑ Low, Chris (2011-01-31). "Franklin announces defensive staff". ESPN. Retrieved 2011-02-01.
- ↑ "John Shoop Bio". www.purduesports.com. Purdue University. Retrieved December 16, 2013.
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