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{{Short description|American football player and coach (born 1969)}}
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* [[Dartmouth Big Green football|Dartmouth]] (1991)<br>Quarterbacks
* [[Vanderbilt Commodores football|Vanderbilt]] (1992–1994)<br>Graduate assistant
* [[Carolina Panthers]] (1995–1996)<br>Offensive quality control
* Carolina Panthers (1997–1998)<br>Quarterbacks
* [[Chicago Bears]] (1999–2000)<br>Quarterbacks
* Chicago Bears (2001–2003)<br>Offensive coordinator
* [[Tampa Bay Buccaneers]] (2004)<br>Quarterbacks
* [[Oakland Raiders]] (2005)<br>Quarterbacks
* Oakland Raiders (2006)<br>Offensive coordinator & tight ends coach
* [[North Carolina Tar Heels football|North Carolina]] (2007–2011)<br>Offensive coordinator & quarterbacks coach
* [[Purdue Boilermakers football|Purdue]] (2013–2015)<br>Offensive coordinator & quarterbacks coach
* [[Hamburg Sea Devils (ELF)|Hamburg Sea Devils]] (2022)<br>Offensive quality control
* [[Munich Ravens]] (2023)<br>Head coach
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'''John Shoop''' (born August 1, 1969) is an [[American football]] coach and former [[quarterback]], who is the current head coach of the [[Nordic Storm]] in the [[European League of Football]] (ELF). He played [[college football]] at [[Sewanee Tigers football|Sewanee]]. He has coached in the [[National Football League]] (NFL) and at the collegiate level.

==Early life==
Growing up in [[Oakmont, Pennsylvania]], Shoop played [[quarterback]] in high school, and continued his football career at [[Sewanee: The University of the South]]. Shoop was a member of the Tigers football team from 1987 to 1990, starting from 1988 to 1990.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2000/12/17/bears-interim-offensive-coordinator-john-shoop-brings-an-exhausting-work-ethic-to-his-job/ |title=Bears Interim Offensive Coordinator John Shoop Brings An Exhausting Work Ethic To His Job. |author=Melissa Isaacson |date=December 17, 2000 |publisher=Chicago Tribune |work=www.chicagotribune.com |access-date=December 16, 2013}}</ref> As a senior captain in 1990, Shoop lead the Tigers to a [[Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference|Collegiate Athletic Conference]] title.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://issuu.com/sewaneeathletics/docs/2012sewaneefootball__2_ |title=2012 Sewanee Football Fact Book |author=Clayton Felts |publisher=Sewanee: The University of the South |work=www.sewaneeathletics.com |date=4 September 2012 |access-date=December 16, 2013}}</ref>

==Coaching career==
===Early career===
Shoop began his coaching career as a volunteer quarterbacks coach at [[Dartmouth College]] in 1991. He served as a graduate assistant at [[Vanderbilt University]] from 1992 to 1994, where he earned a Master of Education degree from Vanderbilt's Peabody School of Education.

===Carolina Panthers===
Shoop spent four seasons with the [[Carolina Panthers]], where he began his NFL coaching career at the age of 25. Shoop was an offensive quality control assistant for the Panthers from 1995 to 1996. He served as quarterbacks coach for Carolina from 1997 to 1998.

===Chicago Bears===
Shoop worked five seasons (1999–2003) for the [[Chicago Bears]] under head coach [[Dick Jauron]].<ref name="CR"/> He served as the quarterbacks coach in 1999 and 2000. He was named offensive coordinator for the last four games of the 2000 season following incumbent [[Gary Crowton]]'s departure for the head coaching position at [[Brigham Young University]].  Shoop then spent the next three seasons as the offensive coordinator (2001–2003).

[[James O. Williams|James "Big Cat" Williams]], the Bears Pro Bowl offensive lineman, nicknamed the offense "[[Run and shoot|The Run and Shoop]]" during Shoop's tenure as offensive coordinator.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://posttrib.suntimes.com/sports/prosports/16479240-419/backup-qb-means-its-time-for-bears-to-run-the-ball.html | work=Chicago Sun-Times | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://archive.today/20140918160529/http://posttrib.suntimes.com/sports/prosports/16479240-419/backup-qb-means-its-time-for-bears-to-run-the-ball.html | archive-date=2014-09-18 }}</ref>

===Tampa Bay Buccaneers===
Shoop was quarterbacks coach for the [[Tampa Bay Buccaneers]] in 2004 under head coach [[Jon Gruden]].<ref name="CR">{{cite news|url=http://www.cantonrep.com/sports/x242967175/Browns-Notebook-Rookie-Little-getting-early-opportunity|title=Browns Notebook: Rookie Little getting early opportunity|date=31 July 2011|work=[[Canton Repository]]|access-date=August 10, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120318095845/http://www.cantonrep.com/sports/x242967175/Browns-Notebook-Rookie-Little-getting-early-opportunity|archive-date=18 March 2012}}</ref>

===Oakland Raiders===
Shoop then coached for the [[Oakland Raiders]] where he served as quarterbacks coach in 2005, the tight ends coach in 2006, and as offensive coordinator for the final five games of the 2006 season.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/news/story?id=2678933|title=Shoop to call offensive plays for Raiders|date=November 29, 2006|publisher=[[ESPN]]|access-date=August 10, 2011}}</ref>

===North Carolina===
In January 2007, Shoop left the Raiders to become the offensive coordinator of the [[North Carolina Tar Heels football]] team.<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 12, 2013 |title=Shoop leaves Raiders to join Davis' staff at UNC |url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/news/story?id=2729450 |access-date=December 17, 2013 |website=[[ESPN]]|agency=[[Associated Press]] |publisher=ESPN Internet Ventures}}</ref>

===Purdue===
On January 24, 2013, [[Purdue University]] head football coach, [[Darrell Hazell]] hired Shoop to be the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for the [[Purdue Boilermakers football|Boilermakers football team]] after taking a year off from coaching.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2013/01/26/purdue-hires-former-bears-oc-shoop/ |title=Purdue hires former Bears OC Shoop |date=January 26, 2013 |publisher=Chicago Tribune |work=www.chicagotribune.com |access-date=December 16, 2013}}</ref> Purdue's offense struggled in 2013 as Purdue was shut out in back-to-back games for the first time in 60 years and averaged less than 70 yards rushing and 285 yards of total offense per game over the course of the season.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.indystar.com/story/sports/college/purdue/2013/11/07/purdues-offensive-struggles-reaching-historic-proportions/3469239/ |title=Purdue's offensive struggles reaching historic proportions |author=Mike Carmin |date=November 7, 2013 |publisher=Indianapolis Star |work=www.indystar.com |access-date=December 17, 2013}}</ref> After two more seasons of similar struggles, Shoop was fired after the 2015 season.

==Statistics==
Team offensive statistics where Shoop was offensive coordinator.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
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! colspan=2| !! Total Offense !! Passing Offense !! Rushing Offense !! Ref
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| [[2001 NFL season|2001]] || [[2001 Chicago Bears season|Chicago Bears]] || 26th || 24th || 17th || <ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/2001/index.htm |title = 2001 NFL Standings & Team Stats| website=[[Pro-Football-Reference.com]] }}</ref>
|-
| [[2002 NFL season|2002]] || [[2002 Chicago Bears season|Chicago Bears]] || 29th || 24th || 32nd || <ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/2002/index.htm |title = 2002 NFL Standings & Team Stats| website=[[Pro-Football-Reference.com]] }}</ref>
|-
| [[2003 NFL season|2003]] || [[2003 Chicago Bears season|Chicago Bears]] || 28th || 30th || 18th || <ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/2003/index.htm |title = 2003 NFL Standings & Team Stats| website=[[Pro-Football-Reference.com]] }}</ref>
|-
| [[2006 NFL season|2006]] || [[2006 Oakland Raiders season|Oakland Raiders]] || 32nd || 31st || 29th || <ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/2006/index.htm |title = 2006 NFL Standings & Team Stats| website=[[Pro-Football-Reference.com]] }}</ref>
|-
| [[2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season|2007]] || [[2007 North Carolina Tar Heels football team|North Carolina]] || 105th || 64th || 108th || <ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/stats/team?season=2007 |title = 2007 FBS (I-A) College Football Team Statistics Leaders for Total - ESPN}}</ref>
|-
| [[2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season|2008]] || [[2008 North Carolina Tar Heels football team|North Carolina]] || 84th || 70th || 84th || <ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/stats/team?season=2008 |title = 2008 FBS (I-A) College Football Team Statistics Leaders for Total - ESPN}}</ref>
|-
| [[2009 NCAA Division I FBS football season|2009]] || [[2009 North Carolina Tar Heels football team|North Carolina]] || 99th || 99th || 76th || <ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/stats/team?season=2009 |title = 2009 FBS (I-A) College Football Team Statistics Leaders for Total - ESPN}}</ref>
|-
| [[2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season|2010]] || [[2010 North Carolina Tar Heels football team|North Carolina]] || 46th || 22nd || 89th || <ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/stats/team?season=2010 |title = 2010 FBS (I-A) College Football Team Statistics Leaders for Total - ESPN}}</ref>
|-
| [[2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season|2011]] || [[2011 North Carolina Tar Heels football team|North Carolina]] || 49th || 37th || 75th || <ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/stats/team?season=2011 |title = 2011 FBS (I-A) College Football Team Statistics Leaders for Total - ESPN}}</ref>
|-
| [[2013 NCAA Division I FBS football season|2013]] || [[2013 Purdue Boilermakers football team|Purdue]] || 122nd || 87th || 125th || <ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/stats/team?season=2013 |title = 2013 FBS (I-A) College Football Team Statistics Leaders for Total - ESPN}}</ref>
|-
| [[2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season|2014]] || [[2014 Purdue Boilermakers football team|Purdue]] || 114th || 105th || 84th || <ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/stats/team?season=2014 |title = 2014 FBS (I-A) College Football Team Statistics Leaders for Total - ESPN}}</ref>
|-
| [[2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season|2015]] || [[2015 Purdue Boilermakers football team|Purdue]] || 101st || 67th || 114th ||  <ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/stats/team?season=2015 |title = 2015 FBS (I-A) College Football Team Statistics Leaders for Total - ESPN}}</ref>
|}

==Personal life==
Shoop is an advocate for players' rights in [[college athletics]]. His dismissal from Purdue and his subsequent absence from coaching in college football have also been attributed to conflicts with athletic department administrators over player eligibility, [[Concussions in American football|concussion]] education and his support of a player [[Trade union|unionization]] attempt at [[Northwestern Wildcats football|Northwestern]] and [[Student athlete compensation|name, image and likeness (NIL) rights]].<ref name="jndlmntg210903f">{{Cite web |last=Needelman |first=Joshua |date=2021-09-03 |title=‘I couldn’t keep quiet’: The college coach exiled after standing up for players’ rights |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/sep/03/john-shoop-north-carolina-purdue-college-football-coach |access-date=2025-06-12 |website=The Guardian |language=en-GB}}</ref> His older brother [[Bob Shoop]] is also a football coach.<ref>{{Cite web |date=December 6, 2021 |title=Shoop Named Defensive Coordinator/Safeties Coach |url=https://gousfbulls.com/news/2021/12/6/football-shoop-named-defensive-coordinator-safeties-coach.aspx |access-date=2025-06-12 |website=USF Athletics |language=en}}</ref> Shoop lives with his wife Marcia in [[Asheville, North Carolina]]. He made a recovery from [[prostate cancer]] but was later diagnosed with [[Langerhans cell histiocytosis]].<ref name="jndlmntg210903f" />

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