Hoover was a Shrine Bowl participant and an all-state selection at Ledford Senior High School in Thomasville, North Carolina.

He is a member of the Sigma Chi Fraternity at Western and has contributed greatly to charitable causes in the Piedmont of North Carolina[citation needed].

After a foot injury sidelined starting running back Tshimanga Biakabutuka, Hoover got two starts at tailback, including a Monday Night Football game against the Green Bay Packers where he became only the second rookie in team history to post a 100-yard game (Fred Lane was the first).

[2] In March 2013 Hoover was hired as the head football coach of Union Academy, a charter school in Monroe, North Carolina.

[3] In January 2014, Hoover was named the head football coach at Marvin Ridge High School, also in Union County.