Curtis Luper

Quick Facts

Full Name	Curtis Luper
Occupation	American Coach
Date Of Birth	Jan 12, 1966(1966-01-12)
Age	58
Birthplace	Sherman
Country	United States
Birth City	Texas
Horoscope	Capricorn

Curtis Luper Biography

Curtis Luper is one of the most popular and richest American coach who was born on January 12, 1966 in Sherman, Texas, United States. Curtis Scott Luper (born January 12 1996) is an American football coach, currently the offensive coordinator of the Missouri Tigers. He was previously a running back coach as well as a recruit coordinator at Auburn under the head coach Gene Chizik. Prior to his move to Auburn, Luper served as the assistant coach and running backs coach for the Oklahoma State Cowboys.

Luper was a first-time coach with Stephen F. Austin, having spent two seasons as an assistant to the graduate in the secondary, and the third as the running backs coach. Luper was first offered a full-time role as the coaching the backs of running in McKinney High School in 1998 before joining Texas A&M-Commerce as secondary coach in 1999. Luper held that post as well as assistant head coach until he was taken over as the coach of the running backs of Rocky Long at New Mexico in 2002.

Coach Luper has experience coaching in 8 bowl games including the 2002 Las Vegas Bowl, 2003 Las Vegas Bowl, 2004 Emerald Bowl, 2006 Independence Bowl, 2007 Insight Bowl, 2008 Holiday Bowl, 2010 Outback Bowl, 2011 BCS National Championship Game and the 2011 Chick-fil-A Bowl.

In his first season on the OSU staff, one of his running backs, Mike Hamilton, rushed for a school freshman season record of 961 yards and was named the Big 12 offensive newcomer of the year. The 2006 season saw Luper tutor a trio of OSU running backs (Hamilton, Dantrell Savage and Keith Toston) to 2,000 rushing yards and 18 rushing touchdowns. He also coach back-to-back 1,000 yard rushers, with Dantrell Savage rushing for 1,272 yards in 2007 and Kendall Hunter rushing for 1,555 yards in 2008. Under Luper, Oklahoma State’s running attack led the Big 12 Conference in rushing for 3 consecutive seasons (2006–2008). The Cowboys finished the 2006 season ranked seventh nationally in rushing, eighth nationally in 2007 and seventh nationally again in 2008 (averaging 256 yards per game).

Luper obtained his Bachelor’s Degree in communication at Stephen F. Austin State University in 1996. He also earned his master’s degree from the college in 1998. He also completed his coursework towards doctoral degrees in higher and secondary education at Texas A&M-Commerce and is expected to be awarded the degree by May of 2009. He has 5 kids together with wife Nikki.

Curtis Luper Net Worth

Curtis Luper is one of the richest American Coach from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Curtis Luper 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Luper was a 1984 graduate from Sherman High School, where the school awarded him All-State distinction as a senior. He also was rated the top running back from the preseason in Texas after the future Cowboys co-player Thurman Thomas. Luper was selected to play for Oklahoma State where he played between 1984 and 1987, and was a on three teams that played in bowls (playing alongside Hall of Fame runners Thurman Thomas, and Barry Sanders). Luper left the school to work as an air traffic supervisor in the United States Army, before getting his playing time back in Stephen F. Austin State University where he was the leader of the Lumberjacks in scoring and rushing as the second team All- Southland Conference running back in 1993.

Following the time that Les Miles left Oklahoma State to accept the LSU job, the newly appointed director of football Mike Gundy brought in Luper to fill in the vacant spot as a coach for running backs at his old school. Gundy (QB) as well as Luper (RB) had a mutual friend on OSU teams of 1986 and 1987. Following their 2006 seasons, Luper was promoted to assistant coach of player development, in addition to his running back tasks.

Luper has a history of successfully developing talent throughout his coaching career and has enjoyed successes at each of his stops. In his first year of coaching, he helped coach Stephen F. Austin to their semifinal run in the I-AA playoffs. In 2001, Texas A&M-Commerce finished second in the league in total defense, with his defensive backs helping to produce 30 takeaways. Luper also coached the league’s best kickoff return and coverage teams that season. While at New Mexico, Luper coached the Mountain West Conference’s career rushing leader DonTrell Moore and helped the Lobo’s finish 16th nationally in rushing in 2003, averaging 210 yards per game (265 rushing yards per MWC game).

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In January 2013, Luper was hired by Gary Patterson to coach the wide receivers for the Horned Frogs. A few days prior to the announcement of his hiring, Luper’s son (Cameron Echols-Luper) announced he was committing to play wide receiver at TCU (over Texas A&M). In February 2017, he was promoted to co- offensive coordinator.

Facts & Trivia

Curtis Ranked on the list of most popular American coach. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Curtis Luper celebrates birthday on January 12 of every year.