Jacob Yoro Explained

Jacob Yoro
Current Title:Safeties Coach
Current Team:Mizzou Tigers
Current Conference:SEC
Birth Date:8 December 1979
Birth Place:Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.
Alma Mater: (2008)
Player Years1:1998–2001
Player Team1:Montana
Player Positions:Linebacker
Coach Years1:2002
Coach Team1:Mililani HS (LB)
Coach Years2:2003–2004
Coach Team2:Saint Louis School (LB)
Coach Years3:2005–2007
Coach Team3:Saint Louis School (DC/LB)
Coach Years4:2008
Coach Team4:Waipahu HS (LB)
Coach Years5:2009
Coach Team5:Montana Western (LB)
Coach Years6:2010
Coach Team6:Pacific (OR) (DC/LB)
Coach Years7:2011–2013
Coach Team7:Pacific (OR) (DC/LB/RC)
Coach Years8:2014
Coach Team8:Pacific (OR) (AHC/DC/LB/RC)
Coach Years9:2015–2016
Coach Team9:Cal Poly (DB)
Coach Years10:2017
Coach Team10:Hawaii (S)
Coach Years11:2018
Coach Team11:Hawaii (OLB/NB)
Coach Years12:2019
Coach Team12:Hawaii (OLB)
Coach Years13:2020
Coach Team13:Hawaii (co-DC/LB)
Coach Years14:2021
Coach Team14:Hawaii (LB)
Coach Years15:2022
Coach Team15:Hawaii (DC/OLB)
Coach Years16:2023–2024
Coach Team16:Hawaii (DC/S)
Coach Years17:2024-Present
Coach Team17:University of Missouri (S)

Jacob Yoro (born December 8, 1979)[1] is an American football coach who is currently a defensive analyst coach at the University of Missouri.

Coaching career

After his playing career ended due to injury, Yoro began coaching at the high school level in Hawaii. He spent 2002 as the linebackers coach at Mililani High School before joining the coaching staff at his alma mater Saint Louis School in 2003 as their linebackers coach.[2] He also spent time coaching at Waipahu High School in 2008 while working at the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard.

Upon the completion of his degree in 2008, Yoro went to work in the college ranks, joining the coaching staff at Montana Western as their linebackers coach. While at Montana Western, he lived in the basement of the defensive coordinator's house, sleeping on an air mattress.[3]

Yoro was hired to be the defensive coordinator and linebackers coach at Pacific University in Oregon in 2010. He later added the title of recruiting coordinator in 2011 and assistant head coach in 2014. Yoro departed Pacific in 2015 to take an assistant coaching position at Cal Poly as their defensive backs coach.[4]

Hawaii

Yoro was hired in 2017 by Hawaii to be their safeties coach.[5] He was reassigned to coaching outside linebackers and nickelbacks in 2018 following the hire of Corey Batoon. He was retained by newly hired head coach Todd Graham in 2020, the first member of his inaugural staff and was promoted to co-defensive coordinator and reassigned to linebackers coach.[6] [7]

Missouri

Yoro was hired in early 2024 by Missouri to serve as a defensive analyst. On July 28, 2024, head coach Eliah Drinkwitz announced Yoro was promoted to Safeties Coach.[8]

Personal life

A native of Mililani, Hawaii, Yoro attended Saint Louis School in Honolulu, where he was an all-state linebacker. Yoro and his wife Meredith have one daughter.[9] [10]

External links

Notes and References

  1. CoachYoro . Jacob Yoro . 939223333270196226 . December 8, 2017 . No place I rather be on my birthday than with the next crop of Hawaii ballers. #livealohaplaywarrior.
  2. Web site: Tengan returns as Saint Louis football coach . The Honolulu Advertiser . 28 October 2020.
  3. Web site: Jacob Yoro’s winding path led him back home with University of Hawaii football coaching staff . Honolulu Star-Advertiser.
  4. Web site: Cal Poly hires new football assistant coach . San Luis Obispo Tribune . 28 October 2020 .
  5. Web site: Yoro Joins Rainbow Warrior Football Staff . University of Hawaii at Manoa Athletics . 28 October 2020.
  6. Web site: Jacob Yoro to join Todd Graham’s staff at UH . KHON2 . 28 October 2020.
  7. Web site: Graham Announces Football Staff Titles . University of Hawaii at Manoa Athletics . 28 October 2020.
  8. https://www.stltoday.com/sports/college/mizzou/mizzou-football-players-report-for-preseason-camp-coaching-staff-sees-shifts/article_e85ea71c-4af5-11ef-812e-1fdf0991f230.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
  9. 1125477777317064705. CoachYoro. Love being out on the road for spring recruiting but this year is gonna have to wait a bit. This little sweetheart decided to come a little early but God’s timing is always perfect. #phase2 #LiveAlohaPlayWarrior #DefendPrideRock #ProudDad. May 6, 2019. Jacob Yoro.
  10. Web site: Yoro Retained As Defensive Assistant On Graham’s Staff . University of Hawaii at Manoa Athletics . 28 October 2020.