Coaches
Danny Hope
His career from Wikipedia, each job checked against the team-season pages (✓ = a second source agrees, ≠ = they disagree)
Danny Hope
Played at Eastern Kentucky 1977-1980
Source: Wikipedia, read 2026-10-26
| Years | Team | Role | Title | Head coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981-1984 | Manatee HS (FL) (HS) | Other | assistant | not known |
| 1985-1994 | Louisville | Position | OL | Howard Schnellenberger |
| 1995 | Oklahoma | Position | OL | Howard Schnellenberger |
| 1996 | Wyoming | Position | OL | Joe Tiller |
| 1997-2001 | Purdue | Position | OL | Joe Tiller |
| 2002 | Louisville | Other | AHC | John Smith |
| 2003-2007 | Eastern Kentucky | Head coach | Head coach | himself |
| 2008 | Purdue | Position | AHC/OL | Joe Tiller |
| 2009-2012 | Purdue | Head coach | Head coach✓ | himself |
| 2015 | South Florida | OC | co-OC/OL✓ | Willie Taggart |
| 2019 | Eastern Kentucky | Position | OL | not known |
| 2025 | UCF | Position | co-OL/Interim | Scott Frost* |
Record
Confirmed coordinator seasons since 2005. FBS rankings
| Season | Team | Job | EPA/play | Points/poss. | Success | Year before | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | South Florida | Co-offensive coordinator | 33 | 45 | 55 | 118 | 128 |
| Season | Head coach at | Record | AP before → after | Off EPA/play | Def EPA/play | SP+ | Team year before | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Purdue | 5-7 | - → - | 81 | 53 | 5.1 | 33% wins | 120 |
| 2010 | Purdue | 4-8 | - → - | 116 | 81 | -6.5 | 42% wins | 120 |
| 2011 | Purdue | 7-6 | - → - | 61 | 78 | 3.1 | 33% wins | 120 |
| 2012 | Purdue | 3-3 (12 of 13) | - → - | 91 | 70 | -1.0 | 54% wins | 124 |
| Season | Head coach below FBS | Level | Record |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Eastern Kentucky | FCS | 7-5 |
| 2004 | Eastern Kentucky | FCS | 6-5 |
| 2005 | Eastern Kentucky | FCS | 7-4 |
| 2006 | Eastern Kentucky | FCS | 6-5 |
| 2007 | Eastern Kentucky | FCS | 9-3 |
Worked under
- Howard Schnellenberger · Louisville 1985-1994 (Position)
- Howard Schnellenberger · Oklahoma 1995 (Position)
- Joe Tiller · Wyoming 1996 (Position)
- Joe Tiller · Purdue 1997-2008 (Other, Position)
- John Smith · Louisville 2002 (Other)
- Willie Taggart · South Florida 2015 (OC, Position)
- Scott Frost* · UCF 2025 (Position)
His tree
Coaches who were on his staffs
On his staffs · 9
- Brian Rock · Purdue 2009-2010 (Position)
- Donn Landholm · Purdue 2009 (DC)
- Gary Nord · Purdue 2009-2012 (OC, Other, Position)
- Shawn Clark · Purdue 2009-2012 (Position)
- Gary Emanuel · Purdue 2010-2011 (DC)
- Patrick Higgins · Purdue 2011-2012 (Position)
- Phil Elmassian · Purdue 2011 (Position)
- Kevin Wolthausen · Purdue 2012 (Position)
- Tim Tibesar · Purdue 2012 (DC, Position)
Level 2: on their staffs · 7
- Dale Jones · App State 2020-2022 (DC, Position) · under Shawn Clark
- Tony Petersen · App State 2020 (OC, Position) · under Shawn Clark
- Frank Ponce · App State 2021-2024 (OC, Position) · under Shawn Clark
- Mark Speir · App State 2021 (Analyst) · under Shawn Clark
- Kevin Barbay · App State 2022 (OC, Position) · under Shawn Clark
- Lawrence Dawsey · App State 2022-2024 (Position) · under Shawn Clark
- Scot Sloan · App State 2023-2024 (DC) · under Shawn Clark
Coached together
- Gary Nord · Louisville 1985-1994 · him Position, them OC, Position
- Howard Schnellenberger · Louisville 1985-1994 · him Position, them Head coach
- Gary Nord · Oklahoma 1995 · him Position, them OC
- Howard Schnellenberger · Oklahoma 1995 · him Position, them Head coach
- Jon Tenuta · Oklahoma 1995 · him Position, them Position
- Brock Spack · Wyoming 1996 · him Position, them DC
- Jim Chaney · Wyoming 1996 · him Position, them Other, Position
- Joe Tiller · Wyoming 1996 · him Position, them Head coach
- Tim Lappano · Wyoming 1996 · him Position, them Position
- Jim Chaney · Purdue 1997-2001 · him Position, them OC, Other
- Joe Tiller · Purdue 1997-2008 · him Other, Position, them Head coach
- Tim Lappano · Purdue 1997 · him Position, them OC, Position
- Kevin Sumlin · Purdue 1998-2000 · him Position, them Position
- Joel Thomas · Purdue 2000-2008 · him Other, Position, them GA, Position
- Jim McElwain · Louisville 2002 · him Other, them Position, ST coord.
- Joel Thomas · Louisville 2002 · him Other, them Position
- John Smith · Louisville 2002 · him Other, them Head coach
- Mike Cox · Louisville 2002 · him Other, them Position
- Paul Haynes · Louisville 2002 · him Other, them Position
- Shawn Clark · Louisville 2002 · him Other, them GA
- Steve Stripling · Louisville 2002 · him Other, them Position
- Shawn Clark · Eastern Kentucky 2003-2007 · him Head coach, them Position
- Brian Rock · Purdue 2008-2010 · him Head coach, Other, Position, them Position
- Brock Spack · Purdue 2008 · him Other, Position, them DC
- Ed Zaunbrecher · Purdue 2008 · him Other, Position, them OC, Position
- Donn Landholm · Purdue 2009 · him Head coach, them DC
- Gary Nord · Purdue 2009-2012 · him Head coach, them OC, Other, Position
- Shawn Clark · Purdue 2009-2012 · him Head coach, them Position
- Gary Emanuel · Purdue 2010-2011 · him Head coach, them DC
- Patrick Higgins · Purdue 2011-2012 · him Head coach, them Head coach, Position
- Phil Elmassian · Purdue 2011 · him Head coach, them Position
- Kevin Wolthausen · Purdue 2012 · him Head coach, them Position
- Tim Tibesar · Purdue 2012 · him Head coach, them DC, Position
- Alonzo Hampton · South Florida 2015 · him OC, Position, them Position, ST coord.
- David Reaves · South Florida 2015 · him OC, Position, them OC
- Raymond Woodie Jr. · South Florida 2015 · him OC, Position, them Other, Position
- Ron Dugans · South Florida 2015 · him OC, Position, them Position
- Tom Allen · South Florida 2015 · him OC, Position, them DC
- Willie Taggart · South Florida 2015 · him OC, Position, them Head coach
- Kurt Mattix · Eastern Kentucky 2019 · him Position, them DC, Position
- Alex Grinch · UCF 2025 · him Position, them DC, Position
- Brandon Harris · UCF 2025 · him Position, them Position
- Mark D'Onofrio · UCF 2025 · him Position, them Position
- Pete Alamar · UCF 2025 · him Position, them ST coord.
- Scott Frost* · UCF 2025 · him Position, them Head coach
- Shawn Clark · UCF 2025 · him Position, them Position
- Steve Cooper · UCF 2025 · him Position, them OC, Position