Dean Hood
{{Short description|American football player and coach (born 1963)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox college coach
| name = Dean Hood
| image =
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| caption =
| current_title = Director of player development
| current_team = Kentucky
| current_record =
| contract =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1963|11|15}}
| birth_place = Ashtabula, Ohio, U.S.
| death_date =
| death_place =
| alma_mater =
| player_years1 = 1983–1985
| player_team1 = Ohio Wesleyan
| player_positions = Defensive back
| coach_years1 = 1986–1987
| coach_team1 = Fairmont State (DB)
| coach_years2 = 1989
| coach_team2 = Colgate (DB)
| coach_years3 = 1990–1993
| coach_team3 = Glenville State (DC)
| coach_years4 = 1994–1998
| coach_team4 = Eastern Kentucky (DC/ST)
| coach_years5 = 1999–2000
| coach_team5 = Ohio (DB)
| coach_years6 = 2001–2007
| coach_team6 = Wake Forest (DC)
| coach_years7 = 2008–2015
| coach_team7 = Eastern Kentucky
| coach_years8 = 2016–2017
| coach_team8 = Charlotte (AHC/TE)
| coach_years9 = 2017
| coach_team9 = Kentucky (ST/OLB)
| coach_years10 = 2018–2019
| coach_team10 = Kentucky (ST/DB)
| coach_years11 = 2020–2023
| coach_team11 = Murray State
| admin_years1 = 2024–present
| admin_team1 = Kentucky (DPD)
| overall_record = 70–63
| bowl_record =
| tournament_record = 0–3 (NCAA D-I playoffs)
| championships = 2 OVC (2008, 2011)
| awards = 2× OVC Coach of the Year (2008, 2020)
AFCA Region Coach of the Year (2011)
| coaching_records =
}}
Dean Scott Hood (born November 15, 1963) is an American former college football coach who currently works as the director of player development at the University of Kentucky. He was the head football coach at Murray State University from 2020 to 2023 and at Eastern Kentucky University from 2008 to 2015. His inaugural 2008 season ended successfully as he led the Colonels to the 2008 Ohio Valley Conference football title.[http://www.ovcsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=6200&KEY=&ATCLID=322449 OVC Championships for 2008-09 (2009)]
Coaching career
Hood was the defensive coordinator at Wake Forest University from 2001 to 2007, winning the ACC Championship in 2006 by beating Georgia Tech in the ACC Championship Game. In that 2006 season, Hood's defense was ranked second in the conference in scoring defense (14.7/game) and led the league in interceptions with 22.{{Cite web|url=https://sports.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/stats/byteam?cat1=defense&cat2=Total&conference=I-A_ACC&year=2006&sort=1137|title = College Football stats in 2021 | Yahoo Sports}} Wake Forest went on to accept their first, and only, BCS Bowl bid to play Louisville in the Orange Bowl.
He also had a five-year stint at Eastern Kentucky from 1994 to 1998 season as an assistant coach under Roy Kidd.[http://ekusports.com/coaches.aspx?rc=107&path=football Dean Hood bio, EKU Football (2009)]
=Eastern Kentucky=
Coach Hood took over as head coach for the Eastern Kentucky Colonels in 2008, winning the Ohio Valley Conference and making an appearance in the FCS playoffs in his first season. For his efforts in his inaugural season, Coach Hood was named Ohio Valley Conference Coach of the Year in 2008. Three seasons later in 2011, Hood's Colonels again won the Ohio Valley Conference and made Hood's second appearance in the FCS playoffs.
Since taking over the helm in 2008, Eastern Kentucky has won more conference games than any other team in the Ohio Valley Conference.
Hood was relieved of his coaching duties at Eastern on November 23, 2015.
=Charlotte=
Hood was announced as assistant head coach and tight ends coach for the Charlotte 49ers under head coach Brad Lambert on December 18, 2015. Lambert had worked with Hood at Wake Forest and had been his replacement as defensive coordinator for the Demon Deacons.{{cite web|title=Lambert Hires Hood As Assistant Head Coach|url=http://www.charlotte49ers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=23200&ATCLID=210592761|publisher=University of North Carolina at Charlotte Department of Athletics|date=December 18, 2015|accessdate=January 1, 2016}}
=Kentucky=
On February 15, 2017, Hood left Charlotte to be the special teams coordinator and outside linebackers coach at Kentucky.
= Murray State =
On December 13, 2019, Hood was hired to be the head coach at Murray State. On January 1, 2024, Hood announced his retirement from Murray State and coaching.
Head coaching record
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Eastern Kentucky Colonels
| conf = Ohio Valley Conference
| startyear = 2008
| endyear = 2015
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 2008
| name = Eastern Kentucky
| overall = 8–4
| conference = 7–1
| confstanding = 1st
| bowlname = NCAA Division I First Round
| bowloutcome = L
| ranking = 19
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2009
| name = Eastern Kentucky
| overall = 5–6
| conference = 5–3
| confstanding = T–2nd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| ranking =
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2010
| name = Eastern Kentucky
| overall = 6–5
| conference = 5–2
| confstanding = T–2nd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| ranking =
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 2011
| name = Eastern Kentucky
| overall = 7–5
| conference = 6–2
| confstanding = T–1st
| bowlname = NCAA Division I First Round
| bowloutcome = L
| ranking =
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2012
| name = Eastern Kentucky
| overall = 8–3
| conference = 6–2
| confstanding = T–2nd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| ranking = 19
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2013
| name = Eastern Kentucky
| overall = 6–6
| conference = 4–4
| confstanding = T–5th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| ranking =
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2014
| name = Eastern Kentucky
| overall = 9–4
| conference = 6–2
| confstanding = 2nd
| bowlname = NCAA Division I First Round
| bowloutcome = L
| ranking = 18
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2015
| name = Eastern Kentucky
| overall = 6–5
| conference = 5–3
| confstanding = 4th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| ranking =
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Eastern Kentucky
| overall = 55–38
| confrecord = 44–19
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Murray State Racers
| conf = Ohio Valley Conference
| startyear = 2020
| endyear = 2022
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2020–21
| name = Murray State
| overall = 5–2
| conference = 5–2
| confstanding = 2nd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| ranking =
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2021
| name = Murray State
| overall = 6–5
| conference = 3–3
| confstanding = T–4th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| ranking =
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2022
| name = Murray State
| overall = 2–9
| conference = 1–4
| confstanding = T–6th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| ranking =
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Murray State Racers
| conf = Missouri Valley Football Conference
| startyear = 2023
| endyear = single
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2023
| name = Murray State
| overall = 2–9
| conference = 1–7
| confstanding = T–10th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| ranking =
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Murray State
| overall = 15–25
| confrecord = 10–16
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record End
| overall = 70–63
| bowls = no
| poll = no
| polltype = no
}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.ekusports.com/coaches.aspx?rc=167&path=football Eastern Kentucky profile]
{{Eastern Kentucky Colonels football coach navbox}}
{{Murray State Racers football coach navbox}}
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