Brian Hoop Assistant Coach First Season

Brian Hoop enters his first season at Indiana State University as an assistant coach.  While at ISU Hoop will coach the hitters and catchers, as well as coordinate and direct all youth camps.

Hoop comes to ISU from Charleston Southern University in Charleston, SC.  While at CSU Hoop helped the Buccaneers restart a struggling program.  With new head coach Jason Murray, Hoop brought in a new class of 28 recruits in the first year.  In two years with CSU, Hoop saw four players earn all-conference accolades, and three players earn all-conference academic awards.  Hoop’s responsibilities included coordinating all the recruiting, working directly with the catchers as well as assisting with the hitters.

Hoop’s additional duties at CSU include serving as the field maintenance supervisor, assisting in all youth camps, and assisting Coach Murray with travel arrangements.

Hoop came to the Buccaneers in December of 2004 after spending a year and a half as an assistant at Porterville College in California.

While at Porterville, Hoop was the recruiting coordinator and recruited three drafted players and had four players sign with Division I schools in the fall signing period.  He worked directly with catchers, infielders and hitters.  Hoop integrated the defensive systems and team conditioning programs.  He also assisted in all fund raising aspects of the baseball program.

While serving as an assistant coach he has coached nine players that have advanced into professional baseball.

Hoop served as the head coach of the Kelowna Falcons, a collegiate team in the West Coast Collegiate Baseball League in 2005, head coach of the Langley Blaze in 2004, a summer league team in the Pacific International League.  The summer of 2003, Brian was the manager and head coach of the Central Call Select Baseball club which won the West Coast National Championship in Reno, Nevada, and his 2002 Triple Play Baseball Club from Seattle, WA won the USABA World Series in Carson City, Nevada.  The 2001 Triple Play club finished fourth at the USABA World Series.

Hoop was a letterman as a catcher for Marshalltown Community College, in Marshalltown IA, his hometown.  He led the team in batting average, hits and RBI’s.  He was a student assistant at Iowa State in the fall of 2000.

Hoop is a December 2004 graduate of the University of California, Fresno, with a Masters degree in Kinesiology.  Hoop finished his bachelor’s degree at Missouri Valley College in Marshall, MO.  Hoop is single and resides in Terre Haute, IN.