Global InformationBob Shoup information
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | February 24, 1932 Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S. |
| Alma mater | USC |
| Playing career | |
| ? | UC Santa Barbara |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1956–1961 | North HS (CA) |
| 1962–1989 | Cal Lutheran |
| 2009 | Carlsbad HS (CA) (assistant) |
| Baseball | |
| 1965 | Cal Lutheran |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1969–1977 | Cal Lutheran |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 185–87–6 (college football) |
| Tournaments | Football 4–4 (NAIA D-II playoffs) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| Football 1 NAIA Division II (1971) | |
| Awards | |
| Football NAIA Coach of the Year (1971) Cal Lutheran Hall of Fame (2003) NAIA Award of Merit (1968) NAIA Hall of Fame (2009) NAIA Coach of the Year (1971)[1] Ventura County Sports Hall of Fame (1992)[2] Lutheran Coach of the Year (1972) Western Airlines Sportsman of the Year (1972) American Football Coaches Association Regional Coach of the Year (1975)[3] NAIA Western Coach of the Year | |
Robert F. Shoup (born February 24, 1932) is a retired American football coach and former player. He was the head coach at California Lutheran University from 1962 to 1989, compiling a career coaching record of 185–87–6.[4] Shoup led Cal Lutheran to the NAIA Division II Football Championship in 1971.[5] 186 of his players would later become coaches.[6] He also helped to bring the Dallas Cowboys NFL team to the university.[7] He was able to spend time around the team's players and coaches, including Tom Landry, and was able to pick up techniques for his team. Landry and Shoup also put together two major events each summer: a coaching clinic that drew as many as 500 people and a charity function known as the Christian Businessmen's Club Day.[8] He was also the head coach for the college's golf program for ten years, 1976-1986.
Shoup coached the California Lutheran College football team from 1962-1989 where he achieved 184 wins and a .662 winning percentage. Out of his 28 seasons at CLC, Shoup had only seven losing seasons overall. In those 28 seasons, the team made the playoffs in 1971, 1975, 1977, 1979, and 1982. In 1971 he led the football team to the NAIA Division II National Championship defeating Westminster College 30-14. That year he was named NAIA Coach of the Year. During his time at the college, Shoup collected fourteen NAIA District III titles and his team was listed in the top ten as having the most wins over the last fifty years. He has been named the founding father of the football program at California Lutheran.[9][10] When he retired from Cal Lutheran in 1989, Shoup had 186 wins, the most among California college football coaches.[2]
Coach Shoup was inducted into the NAIA Hall of Fame in January 2009. He was voted NAIA District III Coach of the Year for nine consecutive years and was named the NAIA Western Coach of the Year three times. In 1968 he earned the NAIA Award of Merit and in 1971 was named NAIA Coach of the Year.[11][1] He is also a member of the Ventura County Sports Hall of Fame and the CLU Athletic Hall of Fame. A bronze statue of coach Shoup was dedicated by CLU in 2014 and is located at University Plaza on the CLU campus.[12]
- ^ a b Blevins, Dave (2012). College Football Awards: All National and Conference Winners Through 2010. McFarland. Page 387. ISBN 9780786490806.
- ^ a b "COUNTYWIDE : 5 Chosen for County Sports Hall of Fame". Los Angeles Times. March 30, 1992. Retrieved December 14, 2021.
- ^ "Robert Shoup". Venturacountysportshalloffame.org. January 30, 2017. Retrieved December 14, 2021.
- ^ "Bob Shoup". Callutheran.edu. Archived from the original on February 3, 2018. Retrieved February 2, 2018.
- ^ Schottman, Staci (January 12, 2009). "Robert Shoup Inducted Into NAIA Hall of Fame". callutheran.edu. Retrieved February 2, 2018.
- ^ "The Cal Lu connection". ESPN.com. December 5, 2014. Retrieved December 14, 2021.
- ^ "Archives". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved December 14, 2021.
- ^ Freeman, Denne H. and Jaime Aron (2001). I Remember Tom Landry. Sports Publishing LLC. Pages 117-119. ISBN 9781582614595.
- ^ Hughes, Richard Thomas and William B. Adrian (1997). Models for Christian Higher Education: Strategies for Survival and Success in the Twenty-first Century. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. Page 107. ISBN 9780802841216.
- ^ "Founding father of CLU football is being recognized". Cluecho.com. Retrieved December 14, 2021.
- ^ University, California Lutheran. "Robert Shoup Inducted Into NAIA Hall of Fame". Callutheran.edu. Retrieved December 14, 2021.
- ^ "CLU Dedicates Statue to Shoup". Clusports.com. October 21, 2014. Retrieved December 14, 2021.