Tyler Hopperton (born August 3, 1989) is an American college football coach. He is the head football coach for Mount St. Joseph University, a position he has held since 2017.[1] Hopperton was a standout linebacker at Mount St. Joseph from 2008 to 2011, before going into coaching at his alma mater, where he started off as the linebackers coach and special teams coordinator. Hopperton eventually became an assistant head coach in 2015, a position he held for two seasons until the retirement of head coach Rod Huber during the 2017 offseason. Hopperton was at first named the interim head coach for the 2017 season, but was eventually named the full-time head coach during the season. Since his hiring in 2017, Hopperton has led the Lions to three HCAC titles, and 2 NCAA Division III playoff appearances.[2]
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Mount St. Joseph |
| Conference | HCAC |
| Record | 53–19 |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | August 3, 1989 Walton, Kentucky, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 2008–2011 | Mount St. Joseph |
| Position(s) | Linebacker |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2012–2014 | Mount St. Joseph (ST/LB) |
| 2015–2016 | Mount St. Joseph (AHC/ST) |
| 2017–present | Mount St. Joseph |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 53–19 |
| Tournaments | 0–2 (NCAA D-III playoffs) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 3 HCAC (2018, 2022–2023) | |
| Awards | |
| 2× HCAC Coach of the Year (2022–2023) | |
Head coaching record
edit| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount St. Joseph Lions (Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference) (2017–present) | |||||||||
| 2017 | Mount St. Joseph | 6–4 | 5–3 | T–3rd | |||||
| 2018 | Mount St. Joseph | 8–2 | 7–1 | T–1st | |||||
| 2019 | Mount St. Joseph | 7–3 | 5–2 | 2nd | |||||
| 2020–21 | Mount St. Joseph | 5–1 | 5–1 | 2nd | |||||
| 2021 | Mount St. Joseph | 6–4 | 5–2 | 2nd | |||||
| 2022 | Mount St. Joseph | 10–1 | 7–0 | 1st | L NCAA Division III First Round | ||||
| 2023 | Mount St. Joseph | 9–2 | 7–0 | 1st | L NCAA Division III First Round | ||||
| 2024 | Mount St. Joseph | 2–2 | 0–0 | ||||||
| Mount St. Joseph: | 53–19 | 41–9 | |||||||
| Total: | 53–19 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
References
edit- ^ "Hopperton tabbed to lead Lions into the future". MSJLions. Retrieved November 22, 2023.
- ^ "Tyler Hopperton". MSJLions. Retrieved November 22, 2023.