Background
Hope, Danny was born on January 7, 1959 in Gainesville, Florida, United States.
Hope, Danny was born on January 7, 1959 in Gainesville, Florida, United States.
Bachelor of Science in Psychology, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, 1981.
He served as the head football coach at Eastern Kentucky University from 2003 to 2007, and Purdue University from 2009 to 2012, compiling a career college football record of 57 wins and 49 losses. He is currently the co-offensive coordinator and offensive line coach for the South Florida Bulls football team Hope was the head football coach at Eastern Kentucky University from 2003 to 2007.
He is a graduate of Eastern Kentucky and also was a player at Eastern Kentucky.
Before arriving at Eastern Kentucky, Hope was the offensive coordinator at Louisville. Hope was also an assistant coach in various capacities at Purdue, Wyoming, and Oklahoma prior to becoming the head coach at Eastern Kentucky.
Purdue
Beginning on approximately January 7, 2008, several media outlets reported that Hope had been offered and accepted a coaching position at Purdue where it was expected that he would replace coach Joe Tiller as part of a succession plan. During his previous stay at Purdue, Hope was the offensive line coach for Tiller.
He is credited with building the offensive line that protected NFL quarterback Drew Brees and produced several NFL offensive linemen, including All-Pro Matt Light.
Purdue lost their next five games before upsetting #7 Ohio State, 26–18, at home on October 17. lieutenant was only the third time in program history that Purdue defeated Ohio State and Michigan in the same season. Hope"s teams would miss out on bowl games in both the 2009 and 2010 seasons.
Following the season, Burke extended Hope with a two-year contract extension.
The 2012 season was met with high expectations from fans, alumni, and Hope himself, who proclaimed that it would be his best team with many starters returning. However, after a 3-1 non-conference start, the team would then open Big Ten play with five straight losses.
Wide receivers coach Patrick Higgins was named interim coach for the bowl game.
Married Sally Hope; 1 child Chaz.