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Texas native and longtime defensive coach Larry Hoefer is in his sixth season at Baylor, his first as the Bears' linebackers coach and his 34th year on the sideline all-told. Hoefer, who came to Baylor in 2003 with Guy Morriss from Kentucky, served as Baylor's defensive coordinator and safeties coach in 2007. He has coached at least one All-Big 12 performer every year and his pupils have led the Bears in tackles four times in the last five seasons. In his first year at Baylor, Hoefer coached the Bears' leading tackler in Maurice Lane, who had 129 stops at free safety en route to honorable mention All-Big 12 honors, and Derrick Cash, the team's fourth-leading tackler as an outside safety. Another pupil, outside safety Willie Andrews, led the team in interceptions and was third on the squad in tackles. In 2004 Andrews earn first-team All-Big 12 honors as a safety from the Dallas Morning News and as a return specialist from the league's coaches, while Lane garnered first-team all-conference recognition from the San Antonio Express-News. Lane again paced the squad in tackles, while Andrews again ranked third in tackles and had a team-high three sacks. Lane led the Bears in tackles for the third consecutive year in 2005 en route to first-team All-Big 12 honors from both The Associated Press and the Dallas Morning News. Andrews earned first-team All-Big 12 recognition from the league's coaches as a safety and was later selected in the seventh round of the 2006 NFL Draft by the New England Patriots. In 2006, outside safety Maurice Linguist and free safety Dwain Crawford both earned honorable mention All-Big 12 honors from the league's coaches. Jordan Lake was a consensus second-team All-Big 12 selection as a free safety in 2007 after leading the Bears with 120 total tackles. Hoefer spent two seasons as safeties coach on Morriss' Kentucky staff before making the move to Waco. He went to UK from Texas-El Paso, where he was defensive coordinator and linebackers coach for the 2000 season. The Miners posted an 8-3 regular season record, were WAC co-champions and played in the Humanitarian Bowl. The bowl game marked Hoefer's sixth as a coach, in addition to four at Texas Tech and one (1988) during his previous stint at UTEP. Using an eight-man front under Hoefer's guidance, UTEP reduced its rushing yards allowed from 208.2 yards per game in 1999 to 153.8 ypg in the 2000 season. UTEP held five of its league opponents under 100 yards rushing. The Miners also ranked 19th nationally in pass efficiency defense. Hoefer worked for coach Spike Dykes at Texas Tech from 1994-99, where he coached the outside linebackers. Tech was bowl-eligible every season and played in the Cotton, Copper, Alamo and Independence bowls during Hoefer's tenure. Among his pupils were Marcus Coleman, a first-team All-American in 1995 and Ty Ardoin, each of whom played in the NFL. Hoefer also coached All-Big 12 picks Robert Johnson and Jody Brown. Tech ranked first in the nation for takeaways over a five-year period from 1993-97. Hoefer had multiple responsibilities as an assistant at Missouri from 1989-93, working his way up from receivers coach to defensive coordinator and assistant head coach. His first term at UTEP, from 1982-88, was capped by a 10-win season and a berth in the 1988 Independence Bowl. A native of Abilene, Texas, Hoefer stayed in his hometown and played defensive back at McMurry University, graduating in 1973. He was team captain and earned the squad's MVP honor. Hoefer's first coaching stop was at Tarleton State from 1974-75 as a graduate assistant working with the defensive backs. He went on to coach at Big Spring (Texas) High School in 1976 and Abilene (Texas) High from 1977-80. Hoefer coached at West Texas State in 1981 before joining the UTEP staff for the first time. Hoefer and his wife, Kathy, have three children -- married daughter Alison Schupp, and sons Tyler and Bennett -- and three granddaughters, Sydney, Samantha and Sophia Schupp. Bennett graduated from Baylor in the spring of 2007 and earned three letters for the Bears as a free safety, while Tyler graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy and is a first lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. THE HOEFER FILE EDUCATION PLAYING EXPERIENCE
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