About Mark Stoops
Mark Thomas Stoops is an American college football coach and former player who is the special assistant to the head coach at the University of Texas. He most recently served as head football coach for the University of Kentucky from 2013 to 2025. Stoops is the all-time winningest head coach in the history of the Kentucky football program, surpassing former coach Paul "Bear" Bryant. The team finished with a 7–5 record in the regular season, losing afterwards in the Music City Bowl to Northwestern 24–23. In Stoops' first season as the Kentucky Head coach, he went 2–10, followed by back to back 5–7 seasons. The victory over the Volunteers marked the first for Kentucky since 2011 and only the second time since 1984. Paced by Snell on offense and Josh Allen on defense, they snapped a 31-year losing streak to Florida, finishing 9-3–only the fourth time in school history that the Wildcats have won at least nine games.
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