Ted Roof

College coach infobox


Name = Ted Roof
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DateOfBirth = birth date and age|1963|12|11
Birthplace = flagicon|Georgia (U.S. state) Lawrenceville, GA
DateOfDeath =
Sport = Football
College = Minnesota
Conference = Big Ten Conference
Title = Defensive Coordinator
CurrentRecord =
OverallRecord = 6-45
Awards =
Championships =
CFbDWID = 3513
Player = Y
Years = 1982-1985
Team = Georgia Tech
Position = Linebacker
Coach = Y
CoachYears = 1987-88
1989
1990-1993
1994-1996
1997
1998
1999-2001
2002
2003-2007
2008-2008
2008-"present"
CoachTeams = Alabama (Graduate Assistant) West Georgia (LB)
Duke (LB)
Massachusetts (Assistant)
Western Carolina (DC)
Georgia Tech (LB)
Georgia Tech (DC)
Duke (DC)
Duke
Louisville (LB)
Minnesota (DC)
FootballHOF =

Terrence Edwin Roof, Jr. (born December 11, 1963 in Lawrenceville, Georgia) is the current defensive coordinator coach for the Minnesota Golden Gophers. He was the head football coach at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina from 2003 until 2007. [cite news | first= | last= | coauthors= | title=Duke ends Roof's run as football coach | date= | publisher= | url =http://www.bizjournals.com/triangle/stories/2007/11/26/daily3.html | work =Triangle Business Journal | pages = | accessdate = 2007-11-26 | language = ]

Prior to his promotion to Head Coach at Duke, Roof had been a defensive coordinator at Duke and at the Georgia Institute of Technology. At Georgia Tech he had also been an All-American linebacker as a player. In 2000, Roof was nominated for the Frank Broyles Award. This award is given to the nation's top assistant coach. He began his coaching career as a graduate assistant coach at the University of Alabama, from 1987-1988.

Roof was hired at Duke on December 6, 2003. He was fired from Duke on November 26, 2007, after compiling a 6-45 record and not having beaten an ACC opponent in three years. While at Duke, his teams allowed an average of over 32 points per game. [http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/acc/duke/yearly_results.php?year=2005] [http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/acc/duke/yearly_results.php?year=2000]

Roof had been hired by the University of Louisville Cardinals, along with Ron English (DC), and Ken Delgado (DL), and Joe Kenn (Strength & Conditioning), but on February 21, 2008 it was announced that Roof would succeed Everett Withers as the defensive coordinator of the Minnesota Golden Gophers. [ [http://www.startribune.com/sports/gophers/15840427.html U hires new defensive coordinator ] ]

Head Coaching Record

CFB Coaching Record Team
team=Duke Blue Devils
conf=Atlantic Coast Conference
startyear=2003
endyear=2007CFB Coaching Record Entry
year = 2003
team = Duke
overall = 2-3
conference = 2-2CFB Coaching Record Entry
year = 2004
team = Duke
overall = 2-9
conference = 1-7
confstanding = T-10thCFB Coaching Record Entry
year = 2005
team = Duke
overall = 1-10
conference = 0-8
confstanding = 6th (Coastal)CFB Coaching Record Entry
year = 2006
team = Duke
overall = 0-12
conference = 0-8
confstanding = 6th (Coastal)CFB Coaching Record Entry
year = 2007
team = Duke
overall = 1-11
conference = 0-8
confstanding = 6th (Coastal)CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
name = Duke
overall = 6-45
confrecord = 3-33CFB Coaching Record End
overall = 6-45
poll =
bcs =

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