Ted Roof

Ted Roof
	Roof at Georgia Tech's spring game in 2013
Current position
Title	Defensive coordinator/Linebackers
Team	UCF
Conference	Big 12
Biographical details
Born	December 11, 1963 (age 60); Lawrenceville, Georgia, U.S.
Playing career
1982–1985	Georgia Tech
Position(s)	Linebacker
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1987–1988	Alabama (GA)
1989	West Georgia (LB)
1990–1993	Duke (LB)
1994	UMass (OLB/DL/RC)
1995–1996	UMass (DC)
1997	Western Carolina (DC)
1998	Georgia Tech (LB)
1999–2001	Georgia Tech (DC)
2002–2003	Duke (DC)
2003	Duke (interim HC)
2004–2007	Duke
2008	Minnesota (DC)
2009–2011	Auburn (DC/LB)
2011	UCF (DC)
2012	Penn State (DC)
2013–2017	Georgia Tech (DC)
2018	NC State (AHC/co-DC/S)
2019	Appalachian State (DC)
2020	Vanderbilt (DC)
2021	Clemson (DA)
2022–2023	Oklahoma (DC/LB)
2024–present	UCF (DC/LB)
Head coaching record
Overall	6–45

Terrence Edwin Roof Jr. (born December 11, 1963) is an American football coach and former player who currently serves as the defensive coordinator and linebackers coach for the UCF Knights. He previously served as the defensive coordinator and linebackers coach at the University of Oklahoma. Roof served as the head football coach at Duke University from 2003 to 2007.

A former standout at linebacker for Georgia Tech, Roof was the defensive coordinator at Georgia Tech for two stints, from 1999 to 2001 under George O'Leary and 2013 to 2017 under Paul Johnson. Roof, who is known for his extremely disciplined defenses, notably served as Auburn University's defensive coordinator and helped them win the 2011 BCS National Championship. In all, Roof has coached and mentored over 100+ student-athletes who went on to the professional ranks.^[1]