Mark Stoops
Mark Stoops was born in Youngstown, Ohio, United States on July 9th, 1967 and is the Football Coach. At the age of 56, Mark Stoops biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Coaching career
Stoops served as a graduate assistant coach at Iowa from 1989 to 1991, then became the athletic director and defensive backs coach at Nordonia High School in Macedonia, Ohio (1992-1995).
When Jim Leavitt was hired as the head coach for the South Florida Bulls in 1996, he recruited Stoops as the defensive backs coach.
Stoops was the defensive backs coach for the University of Wyoming Cowboys from 1997-199.
Stoops worked with head coach Dana Dimel at Wyoming. When Dimel was hired at the University of Houston, he brought Stoops with him to join the Cougars as co-defensive coordinator (along with Dick Bumpas) and safeties coach.
Stoops was named the defensive backs coach for the University of Miami Hurricanes in February 2001, replacing Chuck Pagano, who left the Cleveland Browns to go to the Cleveland Browns.
Mike McClegg, Mark's brother, was hired as the head coach of the Arizona Wildcats for the 2004 season. Mark was later hired by Mike as part of his workforce.
Stoops accepted the position of defensive coordinator at Florida State University on December 11, 2009.
Stoops was hired as the University of Kentucky's next head coach on November 27, 2012, replacing former head coach Joker Phillips, who was suspended after a 2–10 season. In Stoops' first season as the Kentucky Head coach, he went 2-10 and then back to back 5-7 seasons.
Stoops led the Wildcats to a 7-6 finish after starting with a 0-2 record and defeating their in-state rival, the eleventh-ranked Louisville Cardinals, after a 0–2 start to the 2016 season. In the Taxslayer Bowl to Georgia Tech, they lost.
The 2017 season saw ups and downs as well as the breakout of actor Benny Snell. They went 7-5 before losing in the Music City Bowl to Northwestern.
The Wildcats had a historic season in 2018. The Wildcats won 10 games on offense and defense, breaking a 31-year losing streak to Florida, finishing 9-3 for the fourth time in school history. The Wildcats won their first 10-win season since 1977 and just their third in school history, defeating Penn State in the Citrus Bowl on January 1st, 2019. Stoops was named SEC Coach of the Year for the first time since Jerry Claiborne in 1983.
The 2019 season was a tale of triumphing adversity. Kentucky turned to Wide Receiver Lynn Bowden Jr. to take over at QB after a rough start in which they lost all of their Quarterbacks due to injuries. The Wildcats won the Regular Season 7-5 over Louisville, 41-13 on Senior Day, with a redesigned offense focusing on the running game. The Wildcats scored the winning touchdown with 15 seconds remaining for an 8-5 finish, and Kentucky capped the season with a dramatic win over Virginia Tech in the Belk Bowl.
Kentucky played a 10-game, All-SEC regular-season schedule during the 2020 season, with the exception of the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite a record of losing, Kentucky was still invited to a bowl game, particularly the 2021 Gator Bowl against No. 2021. 24 states in the United States. In the Gator Bowl 23-21, Stoops led Kentucky to victory, making it three straight bowl victories for the team.
Will Levis and WR Wan'Dale Robinson on offense, and LB Jacquez Jones on defense marked the 2021 season as major transfer arrivals on both directions of the ball: QB Will Levis and WR Wan'Dale Robinson on offense and LB Jacquez Jones on defense. The aforementioned players' influence was huge; the offense scored 33.3 points per game, while the defense allowed 22.1 points per game. Both offense and defense played well into a 9-3 regular-season record, with a 20-13 victory over Florida on November 15, 1986 (the last home victory against Florida was November 15, 1986). The Stoops led Kentucky to a 20-17 victory over Iowa in the 2022 Citrus Bowl, giving the team their second 10-3 win in four years and its third straight bowl victory.
Stoops' 10th season as head coach, marking the university's longest-tenured head coach in the program's history. Kentucky defeated Miami (OH) 38-13, giving Stoops his 60th victory as head coach, tying Bear Bryant for the most in program history. After defeating the Florida Gators 26-16 in Week 2, he became Kentucky's all-time winning football coach.