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Bob Shoop is returning to Vanderbilt in 2025. He will serve as a senior defensive analyst for the Commodores.
Shoop returns to the Southeastern Conference after a two-year stint as Tennessee’s defensive coordinator from 2016-17. He was also a defensive coordinator and safeties coach for Vanderbilt from 2011-13.
Shoop’s other stint in the SEC as a defensive coordinator was at Mississippi State from 2018-19.
During his tenure as the Vols’ defensive coordinator, Tennessee went 9-4 (4-4 SEC) in 2016 and defeated Nebraska in the Music City Bowl. The Vols were also victorious against Florida and Georgia in consecutive weeks.
Tennessee went 4-8 (0-8 SEC) in 2017. Butch Jones was relieved of his duties as Tennessee’s head coach with two games remaining in the regular-season.
PHOTOS: Vols’ defensive coordinators through the years
Since departing Tennessee after the 2017 campaign, Shoop has served as defensive coordinator and safeties coach at Mississippi State (2018-19), Michigan’s safeties coach (2020), a defensive analyst at Miami (2021), defensive coordinator and safeties coach at USF (2022), defensive backs coach with the Birmingham Stallions (2023) and Marshall’s safeties coach (2024).
This article originally appeared on Vols Wire: Former Tennessee coordinator joins Clark Lea’s staff at Vanderbilt