Brian Shoop

Brian Shoop

• Schools Mississippi State University, Kent State University, Malone College

• Born ~1958

Biographical Information

Brian Shoop is a college coach.

Shoop was played four years at Malone College. He was then an assistant coach at Malone in 1981-1982 and Mississippi State University from 1983-1989, where he worked with Will Clark, Rafael Palmeiro, Bobby Thigpen and Jeff Brantley.

Brian became head coach at Birmingham-Southern College in 1990 and went 699-300-1 in 17 seasons there, a school record for wins. He won 55 games in 2001, a school record for one season. He also led his team to the title in the 2001 NAIA College World Series, winning him honors as the NAIA Coach of the Year. In 2004, his club was 47-18 and he was named the American Baseball Coaches Association Coach of the Year.

In 2006, Shoop became head coach at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, going 82-93 in his first 3 seasons there. Shoop announced his retirement in May 2020.

Source: UAB bio

Year-by-Year Coaching Record

Year	School	Overall Record	Conference Record	Notes
1990	Birmingham-Southern College	23-30		NAIA District Tournaments
1991	Birmingham-Southern College	33-21		NAIA District Tournaments / NAIA Area Tournaments
1992	Birmingham-Southern College	39-17		NAIA District Tournaments
1993	Birmingham-Southern College	39-14		NAIA District Tournaments / NAIA Regional Tournaments
1994	Birmingham-Southern College	45-17		NAIA District Tournaments / NAIA Regional Tournaments
1995	Birmingham-Southern College	46-16		NAIA Regional Tournaments / NAIA CWS
1996	Birmingham-Southern College	49-12		NAIA Regional Tournaments
1997	Birmingham-Southern College	48-12		TranSouth
1998	Birmingham-Southern College	46-13-1		TranSouth / NAIA Regional Tournaments
1999	Birmingham-Southern College	49-18		TranSouth / NAIA Regional Tournaments / NAIA CWS
2000	Birmingham-Southern College	46-20		TranSouth / NAIA College World Series Opening Round / NAIA CWS
2001	Birmingham-Southern College	55-11		TranSouth / NAIA College World Series Opening Round / NAIA CWS
2002	Birmingham-Southern College	32-20
2003	Birmingham-Southern College	33-18
2004	Birmingham-Southern College	47-18	21-3	Big South / CWS Regionals
2005	Birmingham-Southern College	36-21	18-6	Big South
2006	Birmingham-Southern College	33-22	18-6	Big South
2007	University of Alabama at Birmingham	25-33	12-12	C-USA
2008	University of Alabama at Birmingham	26-34	7-17	C-USA
2009	University of Alabama at Birmingham	31-26	11-12	C-USA
2010	University of Alabama at Birmingham	28-25	11-13
2011	University of Alabama at Birmingham	29-28	9-15	C-USA
2012	University of Alabama at Birmingham	32-30	9-15	C-USA / CWS Regionals
2013	University of Alabama at Birmingham	23-36	7-17	C-USA
2014	University of Alabama at Birmingham	35-21	20-10	C-USA
2015	University of Alabama at Birmingham	33-25	15-15	C-USA
2016	University of Alabama at Birmingham	21-34	12-18
2017	University of Alabama at Birmingham	24-31	9-21
2018	University of Alabama at Birmingham	21-33	13-17	C-USA
2019	University of Alabama at Birmingham	27-29	12-18
2020	University of Alabama at Birmingham	7-9	0-0