![]() Stoops at Kroger Field in 2013 | |
Current position | |
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Title | Head coach |
Team | Kentucky |
Conference | SEC |
Record | 74–65* |
Annual salary | $6.75 million[1] |
Biographical details | |
Born | Youngstown, Ohio, U.S. | July 9, 1967
Playing career | |
1986–1988 | Iowa |
Position(s) | Defensive back |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1990–1991 | Iowa (GA) |
1992–1995 | Nordonia HS (OH) (AD/DB) |
1996 | South Florida (DB) |
1997–1999 | Wyoming (DB) |
2000 | Houston (co-DC/S) |
2001–2003 | Miami (FL) (DB) |
2004–2009 | Arizona (DC/DB) |
2010–2012 | Florida State (DC/DB) |
2013–present | Kentucky |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 74-65* (.532) |
Bowls | 4–4* (.500) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Awards | |
SEC Coach of the Year (2018) | |
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 SEC football coach.