Brady Hoke

Head Coach 

Brady Hoke, who led Ball State to a 12-win campaign and a No. 12 national ranking in 2008, was named the 17th head coach in San Diego State football history in December of 2008.

Hoke was one of 10 finalists for the Liberty Mutual National Coach of the Year award in 2008. He was also named Mid-American Coach of the Year in 2008 and American Football Coaches Association Football Bowl Subdivision Region 3 Coach of the Year.

In his sixth year as head coach of the Cardinals, Hoke has guided Ball State to its best season in program history, recording a school-record 12 wins and completing an undefeated Mid-American Conference (MAC) regular-season campaign with an 8-0 mark in 2008. Ball State made its' first-ever appearance in the national polls, ranking as high as 12th by the Associated Press and 13th in the USA Today Coaches poll.

Hoke led the Cardinals to back-to-back bowl game appearances (2007-08), the first time the feat has happened in school history. After his prolific final season at Ball State, Coach Hoke was a guest on the hit CBS program Late Show with David Letterman.

Hoke was a defensive standout for Ball State as a student-athlete, lettering four times from 1977-80, and serving as team captain his senior season. He earned his bachelor's degree in criminal justice from Ball State in 1982, and began his coaching career as an assistant at Yorktown High School (Ind.).

Hoke is married to the former Laura Homberger and the couple has a daughter, Kelly.