Former Tennessee defensive coordinator Bob Shoop will reportedly join new head coach Joe Moorhead's staff at Mississippi State, sources confirmed to ESPN's Adam Rittenberg and Chris Low.
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Sources tell Chris Low and me that Mississippi State is hiring Bob Shoop as its defensive coordinator. Shoop spent the past two years at Tennessee after serving as defensive coordinator at Penn State and Vanderbilt. https://t.co/c8e6QzoWRF
— . (@ESPNRittenberg) December 8, 2017
As reported by my colleague @ESPNRittenberg, Bob Shoop is joining Joe Moorhead as Mississippi State's defensive coordinator. Shoop has been the DC at Tennessee the last 2 years and was previously the DC at Penn State and Vanderbilt.
— Chris Low (@ClowESPN) December 8, 2017
Shoop spent the past two seasons with the Vols after stints at Penn State (2014-15) and Vanderbilt (2011-13) with head coach James Franklin, who Moorhead coached alongside during the past two seasons. He also worked as a coordinator and/or defensive backs coach at William & Mary, UMass, Columbia, Army, Villanova, Northwestern and Virginia, among numerous other stops.
Tennessee ranked second among SEC teams in pass defense (161.7 yards allowed) in 2017. However, the Vols also ranked 10th in both total defense (412.9) and scoring defense (29.1 points per game), as well as last in rushing defense (251.25).
On Thursday, multiple sources reported that new Tennessee coach Jeremy Pruitt was expected to add Georgia outside linebackers coach Kevin Sherrer to his staff as defensive coordinator.
