Bob Stull | |
Birth Date: | 21 November 1945 |
Birth Place: | Davenport, Iowa, U.S. |
Player Years1: | 1965–1967 |
Player Team1: | Kansas State |
Coach Years1: | 1971–1974 |
Coach Team1: | Kent State (OL) |
Coach Years2: | 1975–1978 |
Coach Team2: | Washington (WR) |
Coach Years3: | 1979–1983 |
Coach Team3: | Washington (OC) |
Coach Years4: | 1984–1985 |
Coach Team4: | UMass |
Coach Years5: | 1986–1988 |
Coach Team5: | UTEP |
Coach Years6: | 1989–1993 |
Coach Team6: | Missouri |
Admin Years1: | 1998–2017 |
Admin Team1: | UTEP |
Overall Record: | 46–65–2 |
Bowl Record: | 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.
A native of Davenport, Iowa, Stull was a three-year letterman at Kansas State University, where he earned bachelor's and master's degrees.
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".
After his coaching career, Stull was director of the Girls and Boys Clubs of Seattle before entering administration at the University of Washington.[1] 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.[2]