Kirkendall Posted December 17, 2004 Report Share Posted December 17, 2004 BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - Miami of Ohio's Terry Hoeppner was hired as Indiana's football coach Friday and vowed to take the Hoosiers to the Rose Bowl for the first time since 1968.Hoeppner, 48-23 in six seasons at Miami, takes over a team with 10 straight losing seasons."Can we win here? There is no doubt about it," Hoeppner said. "We're going to build a championship football team here. That is no joke."Indiana fired Gerry DiNardo after ending a 3-8 season with a 63-24 loss to rival Purdue. DiNardo went 8-27 in three years.School president Adam Herbert said he expected Hoeppner to "reinvigorate" a football program that's also had a steep decline in attendance recently.Indiana hasn't had a winning season since going 6-5 in 1994, and crowds averaged about 28,500 this season in 52,000-seat Memorial Stadium — down from about 35,000 the year before.Hoeppner, 57, grew up in the northeastern Indiana town of Woodburn and coached high school football in Indiana before starting his college coaching career as defensive coordinator at Franklin College, his alma mater.He was an assistant at Miami of Ohio for 13 years before becoming head coach in 1999. His 2003 team, led by current Pittsburgh Steelers (news) quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, went 13-1 and was ranked 10th in the final Associated Press poll.Miami went 8-4 this year. Hoeppner will coach the RedHawks against Iowa State in the Independence Bowl on Dec. 28. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Next_Big_Thing Posted December 17, 2004 Report Share Posted December 17, 2004 Damn, hate to see him leave Miami. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirkendall Posted December 17, 2004 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2004 Damn, hate to see him leave Miami. Me too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WHO DEY AGAIN? Posted December 18, 2004 Report Share Posted December 18, 2004 Me too, he's a good coach. That's why I'm shocked IU got him. They don't normally go out and get a good coach. BTW IU will never become a championship team.Miami on the other hand will get a guy that's young, hungry, and ready to become a household name. I guess that's why it's called the cradle of coaches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AGrizzlyBaer Posted December 18, 2004 Report Share Posted December 18, 2004 eh shame he is going to that other college in indiana... i liked him before, but now i must hate him, sorry terry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobcat Bengal Posted December 19, 2004 Report Share Posted December 19, 2004 LOL, this just gets better and better.I forsee the balance of power shifting to OU in our rivalry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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