Bob Stull (born November 21, 1945) is a retired American college athletics administrator and former

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player and coach. He is the former

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at the

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(UTEP), a position he held from 1998 to 2017. Stull served as head football coach at the

University of Massachusetts Amherst The University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass Amherst, UMass) is a public research university in Amherst, Massachusetts and the sole public land-grant university in Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Founded in 1863 as an agricultural college, ...

, (1984–1985), UTEP (1986–1988), and the

University of Missouri The University of Missouri (Mizzou, MU, or Missouri) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Columbia, Missouri. It is Missouri's largest university and the flagship of the four-campus Universit ...

(1989–1993), compiling a career

record of 46–65–2.

Early life and playing career

A native of Davenport, Iowa, Stull was a three-year letterman at

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, where he earned bachelor's and master's degrees.

Coaching career

Stull began his coaching career at Dubuque Senior High School in

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. He was the offensive line coach at Kent State from 1971 to 1974 under Don James. He then followed James to

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, where he was receivers coach (1975–1978) and later

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(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

, 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

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. 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

References

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