Bob Stull

Bob Stull

Biographical details
Born	(1945-11-21) November 21, 1945 Davenport, Iowa, U.S.
Playing career
1965–1967	Kansas State
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1971–1974	Kent State (OL)
1975–1978	Washington (WR)
1979–1983	Washington (OC)
1984–1985	UMass
1986–1988	UTEP
1989–1993	Missouri
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1998–2017	UTEP
Head coaching record
Overall	46–65–2
Bowls	0–1

Bob Stull (born November 21, 1945) is a retired American college athletics administrator and former college football player and coach. He is the former athletic director at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP), a position he held from 1998 to 2017. Stull served as head football coach at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, (1984–1985), UTEP (1986–1988), and the University of Missouri (1989–1993), compiling a career college football record of 46–65–2.

Early life and playing career

A native of Davenport, Iowa, Stull was a three-year letterman at Kansas State University, where he earned bachelor's and master's degrees.

Coaching career

Stull began his coaching career at Dubuque Senior High School in Dubuque, Iowa. He was the offensive line coach at Kent State from 1971 to 1974 under Don James. He then followed James to Washington, where he was receivers coach (1975–1978) and later offensive coordinator (1979–1983).

After two seasons at Massachusetts, Stull was hired at UTEP, where he posted a 21–15 record from 1986 to 1988, culminating in a 10–2 record and an appearance in the 1988 Independence Bowl. Stull didn't fare as well at the University of Missouri, compiling a 15–38–2 record in five seasons. While at Missouri, he coached on the losing end of the infamous "Fifth Down Game".

Administrative career

After his coaching career, Stull was director of the Girls and Boys Clubs of Seattle before entering administration at the University of Washington. He rejoined UTEP as athletic director after a 10-year absence. On August 31, 2017, Stull announced his retirement as UTEP's athletic director after 19 years at the helm.

Head coaching record

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
UMass Minutemen (Yankee Conference) (1984–1985)
1984	UMass	3–8	1–4	5th
1985	UMass	7–4	4–1	2nd
UMass:		10–12	5–5
UTEP Miners (Western Athletic Conference) (1986–1988)
1986	UTEP	4–8	2–6	8th
1987	UTEP	7–4	5–3	4th
1988	UTEP	10–3	6–2	2nd	L Independence
UTEP:		21–15	13–11
Missouri Tigers (Big Eight Conference) (1989–1993)
1989	Missouri	2–9	1–6	7th
1990	Missouri	4–7	2–5	T–6th
1991	Missouri	3–7–1	1–6	7th
1992	Missouri	3–8	2–5	T–6th
1993	Missouri	3–7–1	2–5	T–6th
Missouri:		15–38–2	8–27
Total:		46–65–2