Another guy with northeast roots is coming to Starkville. New Mississippi State head coach Joe Moorhead has hired Bob Shoop as MSU’s new defensive coordinator, a source told SI.
The 51-year-old Shoop, a Yale product, like Moorhead, had worked at Penn State under James Franklin. Shoop does have considerable SEC experience, having run defenses at Vandy and Tennessee.
Before coming to Knoxville, he coordinated units that finished in the Top 25 nationally in total defense from 2011-15. In 2015, Penn State ranked 15th in the country in total defense (324.3) 10th in passing defense, (174.5) and tied for the most sacks per game (3.