He Shoops, he scores: A coaches story

UAB Men’s Baseball Head Caoch Brian Shoop celebrates 11 seasons at UAB this spring. Photo by Ian Keel/Photo EditorTrinity Dix

Sports Reporter

UAB Men’s Baseball Head Coach Brian Shoop believes in maturing his players as great representatives of their university and the city of Birmingham and is honored to be the fourth UAB Baseball coach.

His first coaching job came at Malone University, his alma mater. After a year at Malone, Mississippi State University contacted him to be their assistant coach. Seven years after that, he continued his coaching career at Birmingham-Southern College as its head coach for the next 17 years.

“UAB used to be our opponent,” Shoop said. “You really saw it in my…