Brian Shoop is an American

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former coach and player. He played

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from 1977 to 1980. He then served as the head baseball coach of the Birmingham–Southern Panthers (1990–2006) and the

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(2007–2020)

Playing career

Shoop attended

and played baseball for the Pioneers all four years. He was an all-district selection, and the team was Ohio NAIA champion each year.

Coaching career

After finishing his playing career, Shoop became an assistant coach at his alma mater while completing a master's degree at nearby

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. The Pioneers continued their streak of Ohio NAIA championships both years that Shoop was on the staff. He then became an assistant at

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for seven years. In Starkville, Shoop worked with future

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and

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, among others. After his time with the Bulldogs, Shoop became head coach at Birmingham–Southern, leading that program for seventeen seasons. He amassed 692 wins, and led the team during most of its brief time at the Division I level. Under Shoop, the Panthers claimed a pair of

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titles and appeared in the Athens Regional. In their last year as an NAIA school, BSC won their first national championship after winning a school record 55 games. After BSC decided to move their programs to Division III, Shoop accepted the head coach position across

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at UAB. In six seasons with the Blazers, Shoop has coached 19 all-conference players and ten future professional players. After finishing in 2nd place in C-USA, Brian Shoop received the C-USA Head Coach of the Year award for 2014. Shoop won his 800th game on May 14, 2010 with a victory over

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and his 900th on Feb. 22, 2014, with a 4–0 win over

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. On May 10, 2020, Shoop announced his retirement from coaching.

Head coaching records

The following is a table of Shoop's head coaching records in NCAA competition. Although Shoop was the head coach of Birmingham–Southern from 1990–2006, the program did not join the NCAA until the start of the 2002 season.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Shoop, Brian Living people Baseball players from Columbus, Ohio Baseball coaches from Ohio Malone Pioneers baseball players Malone Pioneers baseball coaches Kent State University alumni Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball coaches Birmingham–Southern Panthers baseball coaches UAB Blazers baseball coaches Year of birth missing (living people)