15 Facts About Curtis Luper

Curtis Scott Luper was born on January 12,1966 and is an American football coach who is currently the running backs coach with the Missouri Tigers.

Curtis Luper previously coached running backs and was a recruiting coordinator at Auburn under head coach Gene Chizik.

Some prominent players Curtis Luper has helped develop include Dantrell Savage, Derrick Blaylock, DonTrell Moore, Terrance Shaw, Jeremiah Trotter, and Katie Hnida.

Curtis Luper served that position and assistant head coach until being lured away to coach running backs for Rocky Long at New Mexico in 2002.

Gundy and Curtis Luper were teammates on the OSU 1986 and 1987 squads.

In December 2008, Curtis Luper was interviewed for the open head coaching job at New Mexico State, but the job was filled by UCLA defensive coordinator DeWayne Walker.

On January 2,2009, new Auburn head coach Gene Chizik hired Curtis Luper to fill a vacant spot coaching the Tigers' running backs.

Chizik and Luper had previously worked together when Luper was a secondary assistant under Chizik's defense at Stephen F Austin.

Curtis Luper had previously spent eight months living in the state of Alabama during his tenure in the Army, splitting time between Fort McClellan in Anniston and Fort Rucker near Enterprise.

In January 2013, Curtis Luper was hired by Gary Patterson to coach the wide receivers for the Horned Frogs.

Ahead of the 2020 season, Curtis Luper was announced as the running backs coach for Eli Drinkwitz's initial staff at Mizzou.

At Mizzou, Curtis Luper has helped produce multiple All-American running backs and had the opportunity to coach his son, Chance Curtis Luper.

Curtis Luper has a history of successfully developing talent throughout his coaching career and has enjoyed successes at each of his stops.

Curtis Luper coached the league's best kickoff return and coverage teams that season.

Coach Curtis Luper has experience coaching in 16 bowl games including the 2002 Las Vegas Bowl, 2003 Las Vegas Bowl, 2004 Emerald Bowl, 2006 Independence Bowl, 2007 Insight Bowl, 2008 Holiday Bowl, 2010 Outback Bowl, 2011 BCS National Championship Game and the 2011 Chick-fil-A Bowl.