Bob Trott - Football Coach - East Carolina University Athletics

Bob Trott

Title:
Defensive Coordinator/Safeties
Email:
trottr18@ecu.edu
Phone:
(252) 737-4570

Appointed to the ECU staff as defensive coordinator and safeties coach on Dec. 7, 2018 …
Coaching career spans four decades, which includes 17 years at the FBS level and nine seasons in the NFL …
Has experienced action in 12 bowl games as either a player or coach …
Was also defensive coordinator and safeties coach at James Madison for three years (2016-18) prior to accepting the Pirates’ post …
Directed a Dukes unit that collectively, over a three-year span, ranked among the FCS’s Top 10 in turnovers forced (1st/97), interceptions (1st/66), defensive pass efficiency (1st/99.8), scoring defense (2nd/15.7), completion percentage (3rd/50.4), yards per pass attempt (3rd/5.91), sacks (4th/111) and total defense (6th/296.9) …
Tutored seven FCS All-America selections, a national and CAA defensive player-of-the-year choice and 18 all-league picks while at JMU …
Prior to ranking among the FCS Top 25 in 11 statistical categories during the 2018 campaign, the 2017 Dukes topped the nation in four different categories – scoring defense/11.1 ppg, interceptions/31, total takeaways/44 and defensive pass efficiency/83.12 …
Position group turned in, arguably, one of the best seasons in school history in ’17 as two players concluded their JM careers ranking first and second in career interceptions (Jordan Brown topped the nation in picks with nine) …
Earned FootballScoop.com FCS Coordinator-of-the-Year honors in ‘17 …
Directed an impressive defensive overhaul in 2016, trimming 7.5 points and nearly 60 yards per game off the program’s 2015 average and increasing its interception total from 11 to an FCS-best 21 which helped JMU capture a national championship …
Served as Richmond’s defensive coordinator and safeties coach from 2010 to 2015 (six seasons) …
The Spiders topped the CAA in interceptions in four of his last six seasons (nation-best 24/’12 and 22/‘15) and advanced to the FCS playoffs in his final two years …
Coached two FCS All-America performers and 21 All- CAA selections at UR …
Chosen as an assistant coach for the 2014 United States U-19 squad which went on to capture the IFAF World Championship by downing Canada 40-17 in Kuwait …
NFL experience includes defensive staff assignments with the New York Giants (1991-92/Ray Handley), New England Patriots (1993-95/Bill Parcells) and Cleveland Browns (2005-08/Romeo Crennel) …
In addition to JMU and Richmond, also served as defensive coordinator at Arkansas (1984-89), Clemson (1990), Duke (1996-01), Baylor (2002) and Louisiana-Monroe (2003-04) …
Part of a Razorback program which captured back-to-back Southwest Conference titles (1988-89) and guided Clemson to a No. 1 national rank in total defense (217.0) …
Other full-time collegiate coaching stops were at Air Force (1978-83) and Virginia (2009), while also serving as a grad assistant at alma mater North Carolina (1976-77) …
In all, held associations with Al Groh, Kevin Steele, Fred Goldsmith and Ken Hatfield among others during his 17 seasons coaching at the FBS level …
A three-year letterman, senior captain and an ACC All-Academic Team selection as a safety for the Tar Heels ...
Earned both bachelor’s (business administration) and master’s (physical education) degrees from North Carolina in 1976 and 1982, respectively …
The Kannapolis, N.C. native is married to Barbara and the couple have three children - Amanda, Nathan and Brittany.