Jacob Yoro

Last updated
Jacob Yoro
Current position
Title Defensive Analyst
Team Mizzou Tigers
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 (LB)
2003–2004 Saint Louis School (LB)
2005–2007Saint Louis School (DC/LB)
2008 Waipahu HS (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)
2023–2024Hawaii (DC/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.

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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]

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. [8] [9]

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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 28 October 2020.
  3. ↑ "Jacob Yoro's winding path led him back home with University of Hawaii football coaching staff". Honolulu Star-Advertiser.
  4. ↑ "Cal Poly hires new football assistant coach". San Luis Obispo Tribune. Retrieved 28 October 2020.[ permanent dead link ]
  5. ↑ "Yoro Joins Rainbow Warrior Football Staff". University of Hawaii at Manoa Athletics. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
  6. ↑ "Jacob Yoro to join Todd Graham's staff at UH". KHON2. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
  7. ↑ "Graham Announces Football Staff Titles". University of Hawaii at Manoa Athletics. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
  8. ↑ 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.
  9. ↑ "Yoro Retained As Defensive Assistant On Graham's Staff". University of Hawaii at Manoa Athletics. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
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