Brady Hoke

E311909

American football coach human

Brady Hoke is an American football coach best known for his head coaching stints at programs such as San Diego State and the University of Michigan.

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Label	Occurrences
Brady Hoke canonical	5

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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2904278 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Brady Hoke
Context triple: [San Diego State Aztecs football, notableCoach, Brady Hoke]

A. Mike McDaniel
Mike McDaniel is an innovative NFL head coach known for his offensive creativity and leadership of the Miami Dolphins.
B. Herman Edwards
Herman Edwards is a former NFL cornerback and head coach, best known as a defensive back for the Philadelphia Eagles and later as head coach of the New York Jets and Kansas City Chiefs.
C. Dan Campbell
Dan Campbell is an American football coach and former NFL tight end known for his intense, motivational leadership style as the head coach of the Detroit Lions.
D. Kliff Kingsbury
Kliff Kingsbury is an American football coach and former NFL quarterback best known for his innovative Air Raid–style offenses in both college and professional football.
E. Dan Quinn
Dan Quinn is an American football coach best known for leading the Atlanta Falcons to a Super Bowl appearance and serving as a longtime NFL defensive specialist before becoming head coach of the Washington Commanders.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Brady Hoke
Target entity description: Brady Hoke is an American football coach best known for his head coaching stints at programs such as San Diego State and the University of Michigan.

A. Mike McDaniel
Mike McDaniel is an innovative NFL head coach known for his offensive creativity and leadership of the Miami Dolphins.
B. Herman Edwards
Herman Edwards is a former NFL cornerback and head coach, best known as a defensive back for the Philadelphia Eagles and later as head coach of the New York Jets and Kansas City Chiefs.
C. Dan Campbell
Dan Campbell is an American football coach and former NFL tight end known for his intense, motivational leadership style as the head coach of the Detroit Lions.
D. Kliff Kingsbury
Kliff Kingsbury is an American football coach and former NFL quarterback best known for his innovative Air Raid–style offenses in both college and professional football.
E. Dan Quinn
Dan Quinn is an American football coach best known for leading the Atlanta Falcons to a Super Bowl appearance and serving as a longtime NFL defensive specialist before becoming head coach of the Washington Commanders.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (42)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American football coach ⓘ human ⓘ
almaMater	Ball State University ⓘ
awardReceived	AFCA Regional Coach of the Year ⓘ linked to: AFCA Coach of the Year Maxwell Football Club Coach of the Year ⓘ linked to: Maxwell Club NFL Coach of the Year Mountain West Conference Coach of the Year ⓘ
coachedTeam	Carolina Panthers (defensive line coach) ⓘ linked to: Carolina Panthers Grand Valley State Lakers football (assistant) ⓘ Michigan Wolverines football (assistant) ⓘ linked to: Michigan Wolverines football Oregon State Beavers football (assistant) ⓘ San Diego State Aztecs football (assistant) ⓘ linked to: San Diego State Aztecs football Tennessee Volunteers football (assistant) ⓘ Toledo Rockets football (assistant) ⓘ linked to: Toledo Rockets football Western Michigan Broncos football (assistant) ⓘ linked to: Western Michigan Broncos football
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1958-11-03 ⓘ
employer	Ball State University ⓘ Carolina Panthers ⓘ San Diego State University ⓘ University of Michigan ⓘ University of Tennessee ⓘ linked to: University of Tennessee system
familyName	Hoke ⓘ
fieldOfWork	sports coaching ⓘ
genre	college football coaching ⓘ
givenName	Brady ⓘ
headCoachOf	Ball State Cardinals football ⓘ linked to: Ball State Cardinals Carolina Panthers defensive line (as assistant) ⓘ Michigan Wolverines football ⓘ San Diego State Aztecs football ⓘ Tennessee Volunteers defensive line (as assistant) ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
name	Brady Hoke ⓘ
notableAchievement	Improved Ball State from long-term losing records to bowl eligibility ⓘ Led Michigan to a BCS bowl victory in the 2011 season ⓘ Led San Diego State to multiple bowl appearances ⓘ
notableWork	Leading Michigan Wolverines to 2011 season turnaround ⓘ Rebuilding Ball State football program ⓘ Rebuilding San Diego State football program ⓘ linked to: San Diego State Aztecs football
occupation	American football coach ⓘ
playedFor	Ball State Cardinals football ⓘ linked to: Ball State Cardinals
positionPlayed	linebacker ⓘ
sport	American football ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

San Diego State Aztecs football → notableCoach → Brady Hoke ⓘ

Brady Hoke → name → Brady Hoke ⓘ

Carolina Panthers defensive line → coachedBy → Brady Hoke ⓘ

subject linked to: Carolina Panthers defensive line (as assistant)

Grand Valley State Lakers football (assistant) → heldBy → Brady Hoke ⓘ

Rebuilding Ball State football program → mainCoach → Brady Hoke ⓘ

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