 Roper withSouth Carolina in 2016 | |
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach |
| Team | NC State |
| Conference | ACC |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | (1972-07-25)July 25, 1972 (age 53) Ames, Iowa, U.S. |
| Alma mater | University of Tennessee |
| Playing career | |
| 1991–1994 | Rice |
| Positions | Quarterback,defensive back |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1996–1998 | Tennessee (GA) |
| 1999–2001 | Ole Miss (QB) |
| 2002–2004 | Ole Miss (QB/PGC) |
| 2005 | Kentucky (QB) |
| 2006–2007 | Tennessee (RB) |
| 2008–2013 | Duke (OC/QB) |
| 2014 | Florida (OC/QB) |
| 2015 | Cleveland Browns (off. analyst) |
| 2016–2017 | South Carolina (co-OC/QB) |
| 2018 | Colorado (QB) |
| 2018 | Colorado (interim HC) |
| 2019 | NC State (QB) |
| 2020–2022 | NC State (RB) |
| 2023–2024 | NC State (QB) |
| 2025–present | NC State (OC/QB) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 0–1 |
Kurt Roper (born July 25, 1972) is an Americanfootball coach and former player. He is currently the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach atNorth Carolina State University. Roper was the interim head football coach atUniversity of Colorado Boulder for the final game of the 2018 season. He previously served as theoffensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at theUniversity of South Carolina for two seasons. He also served as the offensive coordinator at theUniversity of Florida in 2014 andDuke University for six seasons prior to that. A native ofAmes, Iowa, he was starting quarterback for Ardmore (OK) High School, where he led the Tigers to a 1990 state championship. Roper earned three varsity letters as aquarterback anddefensive back at Rice before graduating in 1995. He earned a master's degree from theUniversity of Tennessee in 1998.[1] His coaching career has been much associated with that ofDavid Cutcliffe.[2]
Roper's coaching career started as agraduate assistant at the University ofTennessee in 1996, working on defense, especially thedefensive backs, andspecial teams.[3][4] While the Volunteers prepared for anational championship, Roper decided to follow Tennessee offensive coordinatorDavid Cutcliffe toMississippi, where Roper would spend six years as an offensive assistant under Cutcliffe at head coach. Amongst those coached by Roper during this time was thefirst pick of the2004 NFL draft, quarterbackEli Manning. During these years Ole Miss went 44–29, including a 10-32003 campaign which was its best record since1971.
In 2005 Roper coached quarterbacks forKentucky under head coachRich Brooks and offensive coordinatorJoker Phillips.
Roper joined up again with Cutcliffe in2006 whenPhillip Fulmer named him an assistant coach for running backs. Amongst those coached by Roper wasArian Foster. Roper left in 2008, when David Cutcliffe was named head coach atDuke, he followed as the Blue Devils' offensive coordinator.
At Duke, Roper coachedThad Lewis from2008 to2009. Lewis set many records at Duke and finished his career as the school's all-time leader in pass attempts (1,510), pass completions (877), passing yards (10,065) and passing touchdowns (67).[1]
From2010 to2012 Roper coachedSean Renfree. Duke averaged 381.3 yards per game in 2010, the most for the Blue Devils since their 1989ACCchampionship team. In 2013, Roper was a finalist for theBroyles Award, given annually to the nation's top college football assistant coach.
On December 6, 2015, Roper was hired to serve asoffensive coordinator onWill Muschamp's staff atSouth Carolina.[5]
On January 3, 2018, Roper was hired to serve as quarterbacks coach atColorado.[6] He served as quarterbacks coach for the first eleven games of the 2018 season, untilMike MacIntyre was fired, when he was named interim head coach for the final game of the 2018 season.
On December 30, 2024, Roper was elevated to offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach atNC State, replacingRobert Anae.
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colorado Buffaloes(Pac-12 Conference)(2018) | |||||||||
| 2018 | Colorado | 0–1‡ | 0–1‡ | 6th(North) | |||||
| Colorado: | 0–1 | 0–1 | ‡ Named interim head coach on November 18 | ||||||
| Total: | 0–1 | ||||||||
