Bob Shoop (born August 18, 1966) is an

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coach who is currently a senior defensive analyst at Vanderbilt. He served as the defensive coordinator there from 2011 to 2013, also having served as defensive coordinator at

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, and Penn State. Shoop served as the head football coach at

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from 2003 to 2005. Shoop played for

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and professionally in the British League

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in 1988 and 1989.

Playing career

Shoop is a 1988 graduate of

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and both played and coached under Carmen Cozza. In his senior year, he was an honorable mention selection to the 1987 All-

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team. In 1988, and the early part of 1989, Shoop played professionally in the

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for the Birmingham Bulls. Shoop pitched for the Yale Bulldogs baseball team. He earned four

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s and twice won the Raymond W. "Ducky" Pond Pitching Award for outstanding pitching.

Coaching career

He served as an assistant coach at Yale and as defensive coordinator from 1994 to 1996. He was hired by Tom O'Brien at

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in 1999. In 2003, Shoop was hired by

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

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

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, under new head coach James Franklin. He followed Franklin to Penn State to be in the same capacity for the beginning of the 2014 season. On January 9, 2016, Shoop was announced as the defensive coordinator for the

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. On December 10, 2017, Shoop was announced as the defensive coordinator for

. On January 20, 2020, Shoop was named the new safeties coach for

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. On January 30, 2021, Shoop was hired by

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to serve as an off-field defensive analyst. On December 6, 2021, Shoop was hired by Head Coach Jeff Scott to serve as the

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defensive coordinator. Following a 54-28 loss to

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on November 5, 2022, Scott and Shoop were both relieved of their duties at South Florida.

Personal

Bob's brother,

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, is also a football coach, having had stints both at the collegiate level and with the

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Head coaching record

References

External links

Mississippi State profile
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