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Get Up, Get Fit, Give Back With Coach Hope
Danny Hope is the epitome of the Boilermaker spirit. He is hardworking, results-oriented, enthusiastic and passionate.
Hope is in his first season as the head football coach at Purdue University. An assistant coach for the Boilermakers from 1997 to 2001, he returned as associate head coach in January of 2008. Hope was the head coach at Eastern Kentucky University from 2003 to 2007 and compiled a 35-22 record, including a 32-8 mark in Ohio Valley Conference games. In 2007, he was named OVC Coach of the Year, FCS Region 3 Coach of the Year and was a finalist for both American Football Coaches Association and Eddie Robinson National Coach of the Year honors.
Hope started as an offensive guard at Eastern Kentucky from 1977 to 1980 for the legendary Roy Kidd, whom Hope succeeded as head coach. Hope was a member of the 1979 Division I-AA national championship team and captain of the 1980 national runner-up squad. He graduated in 1981 with a bachelor's degree in psychology and a minor in health education.
A native of Gainesville, Fla., Danny and his wife, Sally, have a son, Chaz, who is a freshman at Eastern Kentucky.