The Sports Xchange
Report: Wildcats hire Mark Stoops
The University of Kentucky has brought in Mark Stoops as the new football head coach.
First reported by Kentucky Sports Radio and later confirmed by multiple media outlets, the soon-to-be-former Florida State defensive coordinator has accepted an offer to replace Joker Phillips as the Wildcats’ head coach.
Phillips was fired earlier this month after a 1-9 start.
The hiring isn’t official, but the Orlando Sentinel reported that Stoops was on the Florida State campus and expected to attend practice Tuesday afternoon.
The 45-year-old becomes the third Stoops brother to head a BCS conference program. Older brother Bob is Oklahoma’s head coach, while older brother Mike coach at Arizona.
Stoops defensive mind will be utilized to turn around a unit that ranked 11th in total defense in the SEC last season.
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