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<p>Make it six seasons and five full-time defensive coordinators for Penn State.</p><p>Yes, the Nittany Lions are once again in the market for a defensive leader after Tennessee announced it had reached a deal in principle with Bob Shoop for the same position on Saturday night.</p><p>&#8220;I want to thank (Penn State coach James) Franklin, the Penn State players and coaches and the Penn State community for an incredible two seasons,&#8221; Shoop said in a release. &#8220;This was not an easy decision and one that I didn&#8217;t take lightly.</p><p>&#8220;Over the last 24 hours I had an opportunity with meet with (Volunteers coach Butch Jones) and his staff. It became evident to me that he is building a great program, a program on the rise and certainly one that will compete for an SEC championship. I&#8217;m looking forward to becoming a part of the team.&#8221;</p><p>According to the Knoxville News Sentinel, Shoop has agreed to a three-year deal worth $1.15 million annually. The buyout in his Penn State contract &#8212; reported to be at least $800,000 &#8212; will be paid by Shoop and not Tennessee.</p><p>Since having Tom Bradley run the defense for 12 straight seasons from 2000-11, the Lions went from Bradley to Ted Roof (2012) to John Butler (2013) to Shoop (2014-15) amidst two major staff overhauls.</p><p>Shoop leaves Happy Valley after two seasons of strong results as the Lions defense overcame lingering depth issues from NCAA sanctions to serve as the strength of the team.</p><p>Now Franklin will enter 2016 with two new top assistants after he fired offensive coordinator John Donovan in November and replaced him with Fordham head coach Joe Moorhead in December.</p><p>With national signing day approaching in a little over three weeks and critical recruiting weekends coming up before then, the Lions likely won&#8217;t waste much time naming a replacement.</p><p>Linebackers coach Brent Pry, who has also been the team&#8217;s co-defensive coordinator and assistant head coach over the last two seasons, would seem to be a strong candidate to take over for Shoop.</p><p>Franklin has spoken glowingly of Pry, whom he has known for more than half his life. That praise ratcheted up last month when Pry was a finalist for the Georgia Southern head coaching job.</p><p>&#8220;I&#8217;m a huge Brent Pry fan,&#8221; Franklin said while Pry was in consideration for the other job. &#8220;He&#8217;s been extremely valuable. I don&#8217;t think he gets enough credit, as the co-defensive coordinator, in our defensive success over the last five years. He&#8217;s my assistant head coach, and a lot of times that is just a title, at a lot of places, and for us, that&#8217;s not the situation.</p><p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t want to lose him. Got a lot of respect personally and professionally for Brent Pry. Not only is he valuable on our staff, he&#8217;s one of my best friends.&#8221;</p><p>Though he would have been disappointed had Pry ended up at Georgia Southern, Franklin said he would have supported the move for one of his assistants to make the move to a head coach.</p><p>He&#8217;s much less likely to be thrilled about an assistant leaving for the same job at another school.</p><p>&#8220;As I&#8217;ve said from day one, I want my guys to get the opportunity to be head coaches,&#8221; Franklin said. &#8220;I don&#8217;t want them to ever leave for lateral moves, and the administration has been very supportive to help us keep the staff intact.&#8221;</p><p>That&#8217;s what happened last January when Shoop interviewed for LSU&#8217;s defensive coordinator job. One year ago to the day on Thursday, Shoop ultimately decided to stick at Penn State when the school came through with a raise that was set to make him one of the top paid assistants in the Big Ten.</p><p>This time, there was no doubling back around.</p><p>Shoop flew to Knoxville on Friday and spent the day with Volunteers coach Butch Jones before a deal was announced Saturday, the latest step in what has been an impressive career turnaround.</p><p>The Pittsburgh native had rebuilt his image in five total seasons as Franklin&#8217;s defensive coordinator at Vanderbilt and Penn State. Shoop had been a head coach at FCS Columbia for three years before being fired for a lack of progress on the field.</p><p>From there, he spent one season as a defensive backs coach at UMass and four as defensive coordinator at FCS William &amp; Mary before Franklin hired him at Vanderbilt for the 2011 season.</p><p>The Commodores had unprecedented success in three seasons with Franklin and Shoop leading the way and both men&#8217;s professional stock soared as they arrived at Penn State in January 2014.</p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">Tennessee announced its reached a deal in principle with Bob Shoop for the defensive coordinator position on Saturday night. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/web1_shoop.jpeg</photo0><caption0>Tennessee announced its reached a deal in principle with Bob Shoop for the defensive coordinator position on Saturday night. </caption0><photoCredit0></photoCredit0></div></div>
<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Derek Levarse</p><p>dlevarse@www.timesleader.com</p></bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta><p>Reach Derek Levarse at 570-991-6396 or on Twitter @TLdlevarse</p></shirttailMeta></div>

Bob Shoop leaving Penn State for defensive coordinator job at Tennessee