Mark Stoops

Mark Stoops
Stoops at Kroger Field in 2013
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamKentucky
ConferenceSEC
Record66–71
Annual salary$6.75 million[1]
Biographical details
Born (1967-07-09) July 9, 1967 (age 57)
Youngstown, Ohio, U.S.
Playing career
1986–1988Iowa
Position(s)Defensive back
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1990–1991Iowa (GA)
1992–1995Nordonia HS (OH) (AD/DB)
1996South Florida (DB)
1997–1999Wyoming (DB)
2000Houston (co-DC/S)
2001–2003Miami (FL) (DB)
2004–2009Arizona (DC/DB)
2010–2012Florida State (DC/DB)
2013–presentKentucky
Head coaching record
Overall66-70 (.485)
Bowls3–4 (.429)
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
SEC Coach of the Year (2018)
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Mark Thomas Stoops (born July 9, 1967) is an American college football coach and former player. He is the head football coach at the University of Kentucky, a position he has held since the 2013 season. Stoops is the all-time winningest head coach in the history of the Kentucky Wildcats football program. He is also the longest tenured current SEC football coach.

  1. ^ Hale, John (December 20, 2021). "Salary, incentives, buyout: What to know about Mark Stoops' new Kentucky football contract". Louisville Courier Journal. Retrieved January 4, 2022.