Mark Stoops

Mark Stoops
Sport(s)	Football
Current position
Title	Defensive Coordinator & Secondary Coach
Team	Florida State University
Biographical details
Born	July 9, 1967 (1967-07-09) (age 44)
Place of birth	Youngstown, Ohio
Playing career
1986-1988	Iowa
Position(s)	Defensive Back
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1989-1991 1992-1995 1996 1997-1999 2000 2001-2003 2004-2009 2009-	Iowa (GA) Nordonia High School (DB) South Florida (DB) Wyoming (DB) Houston (co-DC) Miami (DB) Arizona (DC & DB) Florida State (DC & DB)
Head coaching record
Statistics
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Mark Stoops (born July 9, 1967) is an American football defensive coordinator for Florida State.

Playing career

Stoops, one of six children born to Ron and Dee Stoops, attended Cardinal Mooney High School in Youngstown, Ohio, where his father was an assistant coach and defensive coordinator.^[1][2]

After high school Stoops played college football for the Iowa Hawkeyes from 1986-1988.^[3]

Coaching career

He was a graduate assistant coach at Iowa from 1989–1991, and then became the athletic director and defensive backs coach at Nordonia High School in Macedonia, Ohio (1992–1995).^[4][5]

In 1996, when Kansas State assistant Jim Leavitt was hired as the head coach for the South Florida Bulls, he hired Stoops as defensive backs coach.^[4][6]

He served as the defensive backs coach for the University of Wyoming Cowboys from 1997-1999.^[7]

At Wyoming he served under head coach Dana Dimel. When Dimel was hired at the University of Houston, he took Stoops with him to join the Cougars as co-defensive coordinator (along with Dick Bumpas) and safeties coach in 2000.^[8]

In February 2001 he was named the defensive backs coach for the University of Miami Hurricanes, replacing Chuck Pagano, who left to go to the Cleveland Browns.^[9]

Mark's brother Mike was hired as the head coach of the Arizona Wildcats for the 2004 season. Mike then hired Mark as part of his staff.^[10]

On December 11, 2009, Mark Stoops accepted the job to be defensive coordinator at Florida State University.^[11]

Personal life

Stoops is the younger brother of Oklahoma head coach Bob Stoops, former Arizona head coach Mike Stoops, and Ron, Jr., the oldest of the brothers, who is an assistant coach at Youngstown State.

References

1. ^ Thamel, Pete. - "A Family of Coaches Has Followed Its Leader". - New York Times. - August 29, 2004.
2. ^ Trotter, Jake. - "Stoops@10: Growing Up Youngstown - A symbol of Youngstown - Blue-collar roots, values define Stoops". - The Oklahoman. - August 19, 2008.
3. ^ Big Ten Media Guide. - p.93. - (*.PDF Adobe Acrobat document)
4. ^ ^{a b} Cotey, John C. - "USF hires its fourth assistant". - St. Petersburg Times. - January 24, 1996.
5. ^ Durrenberger, Charles. - "New Influences". - Arizona Daily Star. - April 17, 2004.
6. ^ Lutz, Bob. - Starting Team from Scratch Doesn't Faze Cats' Leavitt". - The Wichita Eagle. - December 29, 1995.
7. ^ Gagliardi, Robert. - "Football A Family Affair for Coaches". - Wyoming Tribune Eagle. - September 26, 1998.
8. ^ "Houston Cougars". - San Antonio Express-News. - August 20, 2000.
9. ^ Degan, Susan Miller. - "Canes Choose DB Coach". - Miami Herald. - February 28, 2001.
10. ^ Moredich, John. - "Mark Stoops joins UA as defensive coordinator". - Tucson Citizen. - December 1, 2003.
11. ^ ESPN.com FSU Hires Stoops

External links

• Mark Stoops. - Rivals.com
• Mark Stoops. - Arizona Athletics

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Name	Stoops, Mark
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Date of birth	July 9, 1967
Place of birth	Youngstown, Ohio
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