Jacob Yoro

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Jacob Yoro
Current position
TitleSafeties coach
Team Missouri
Conference SEC
Biographical details
Born (1979-12-08) December 8, 1979 (age 44)
Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.
Alma mater Hawaiʻi (2008)
Playing career
1998–2001 Montana
Position(s) Linebacker
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2002 Mililani HS (HI) (LB)
2003–2004 Saint Louis School (HI) (LB)
2005–2007Saint Louis School (HI) (DC/LB)
2008 Waipahu HS (HI) (LB)
2009 Montana Western (LB)
2010 Pacific (OR) (DC/LB)
2011–2013Pacific (OR) (DC/LB/RC)
2014Pacific (OR) (AHC/DC/LB/RC)
2015–2016 Cal Poly (DB)
2017 Hawaii (S)
2018Hawaii (OLB/NB)
2019Hawaii (OLB)
2020Hawaii (co-DC/LB)
2021Hawaii (LB)
2022Hawaii (DC/OLB)
2023Hawaii (DC/S)
2024–present Missouri (S)

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

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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]

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References

  1. ↑ Jacob Yoro [@CoachYoro] (December 8, 2017). "No place I rather be on my birthday than with the next crop of Hawaii ballers. #livealohaplaywarrior" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  2. ↑ "Tengan returns as Saint Louis football coach". The Honolulu Advertiser. Retrieved October 28, 2020.
  3. ↑ "Jacob Yoro's winding path led him back home with University of Hawaii football coaching staff". Honolulu Star-Advertiser. June 24, 2020.
  4. ↑ "Cal Poly hires new football assistant coach". San Luis Obispo Tribune. Retrieved October 28, 2020.[ permanent dead link ]
  5. ↑ "Yoro Joins Rainbow Warrior Football Staff". University of Hawaii at Manoa Athletics. February 19, 2017. Retrieved October 28, 2020.
  6. ↑ "Jacob Yoro to join Todd Graham's staff at UH". KHON2. Retrieved October 28, 2020.
  7. ↑ "Graham Announces Football Staff Titles". University of Hawaii at Manoa Athletics. February 19, 2020. Retrieved October 28, 2020.
  8. ↑ "Mizzou football players report for preseason camp, coaching staff sees shifts". July 29, 2024.
  9. ↑ Jacob Yoro [@CoachYoro] (May 6, 2019). "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" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  10. ↑ "Yoro Retained As Defensive Assistant On Graham's Staff". University of Hawaii at Manoa Athletics. January 23, 2020. Retrieved October 28, 2020.
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