One former Stout coach joins another at S.D. Former UW-Stout head coach Todd Strop has been hired at Division II South Dakota as special teams coordinator and linebackers coach, joining former UW-Stout head coach Ed Meierkort. Strop was forced out at Stout in January 2007 after an outgoing Blue Devil player was arrested on a drug charge. He spent the past season at Hamline as the defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach. In 2007, Strop's defensive unit led the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference in creating turnovers. Prior to his stop at Hamline, Strop coached at UW-Stout where he was the head coach after serving as an assistant to Meierkort. Strop was the head coach from 2004-06 where he led the team to a 14-15 record and posted the third-best winning percentage in school history. In 2004 and 2005 the offense led the league in total offense. Under Meierkort, Strop was the team's defensive coordinator from 1998 through 2003. Under his guidance, the team led the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference in total defense three times and in 2002 was the nation's No. 1 run defense in NCAA Division III. "Todd is one of the best recruiters I've ever been around," said Meierkort. "His knowledge and experience as a head coach and a defensive coordinator will be very valuable to the Coyote football program." |
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