Dean Hood

Dean Hood
Sport(s) Football
Current position
Title Head coach
Team Eastern Kentucky
Conference OVC
Record 4933
Biographical details
Born November 15, 1963
Ashtabula, Ohio
Playing career
19831985 Ohio Wesleyan
Position(s) Defensive back
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
19861987
1989
19901993
19941998
19992000
20012007
2008present
Fairmont State (DB)
Colgate (DB)
Glenville State (DC)
Eastern Kentucky (DC/ST)
Ohio (DB)
Wake Forest (DC)
Eastern Kentucky
Head coaching record
Overall 4933
Tournaments 03 (NCAA D-I playoffs)

Statistics

Accomplishments and honors

Championships

2x OVC (2008, 2011)

Awards

OVC Coach of the Year (2008)
AFCA Region Coach of the Year (2011)

Dean Scott Hood (born November 15, 1963) is the head football coach at Eastern Kentucky University. Hood was hired in January 2008, to replace former head coach Danny Hope after he left for Purdue University following the 2007 season. The 2008 season ended successfully for Hood as he led the Colonels to the 2008 Ohio Valley Conference football title.[1]

Coaching career

Hood was the defensive coordinator at Wake Forest University from 2001 to 2007, winning the ACC Championship in 2006 by beating Georgia Tech in the ACC Championship Game. In that 2006 season, Hood's defense was ranked second in the conference in scoring defense (14.7/game) and led the league in interceptions with 22.[2] Wake Forest went on to accept their first, and only, BCS Bowl bid to play Louisville in the Orange Bowl.

He also had five-year stint at Eastern Kentucky from 1994 to 1998 season as an assistant coach under Roy Kidd.[3]

Head Coach Eastern Kentucky

Coach Hood took over as head coach for the Eastern Kentucky Colonels in 2008, winning the Ohio Valley Conference and making an appearance in the FCS playoffs in his first season. For his efforts in his inaugural season, Coach Hood was named Ohio Valley Conference Coach of the Year in 2008. Three seasons later in 2011, Hood's Colonels again won the Ohio Valley Conference and made Hood's second appearance in the FCS playoffs.

Since taking over the helm in 2008, Eastern Kentucky has won more conference games than any other team in the Ohio Valley Conference.

Head coaching record

Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs TSN[4]#
Eastern Kentucky Colonels (Ohio Valley Conference) (2008–present)
2008 Eastern Kentucky 84 71 1st L NCAA Division I First Round 19
2009 Eastern Kentucky 56 53 T2nd
2010 Eastern Kentucky 65 52 T-2nd
2011 Eastern Kentucky 75 62 T–1st L NCAA Division I First Round
2012 Eastern Kentucky 83 62 T–2nd 19
2013 Eastern Kentucky 66 44 T–5th
2014 Eastern Kentucky 94 62 2nd L NCAA Division I First Round 18
Eastern Kentucky: 4933 3916
Total: 4933
      National championship         Conference title         Conference division title

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