Joe Moorhead stuck to his philosophy of “measure twice and cut once” regarding the defensive coordinator position on his staff; a full week after his announcement press conference, he made a great hire in Bob Shoop to be defensive coordinator at Mississippi State.
Shoop comes with a wealth of experience with 7 years as a Power 5 defensive coordinator. He worked with James Franklin at Vanderbilt for 3 years as defensive coordinator where Franklin became one of the hottest coaches in college football routinely battling the power teams of the East. Franklin then took Shoop up to Happy Valley with him where he remained for 2 seasons before making the move back to the SEC to Tennessee under Butch Jones.