Mark Stoops
The former defensive assistant turned head coach is the youngest of four brothers in a college coaching fraternity, the first to make his way into the SEC. Mark's never coached with Bob at Oklahoma, but was a member of Mike's staff at Arizona as the Wildcats' defensive coordinator from 2004 to 2009. Oldest brother Ron is a current assistant at Youngstown State. A defensive backs coach at several stops prior to that, Kentucky lured Stoops away from Florida State in 2013 to lead its struggling program following the firing of Joker Phillips. In his first season in Lexington, Stoops won…
Read moreEddie Gran
Eddie Gran was hired as the new offensive coordinator for the Kentucky Wildcats in 2016. Gran served as running backs coach for three different SEC schools, including Ole Miss (1995-98), Auburn (1999-2008) and Tennessee (2009). He also served as associate head coach for Florida State before rejoining Tommy Tuberville as Cincinnati's offensive coordinator in 2013. While at Auburn, he coached players like Kenny Irons, Carnell Williams, Ronnie Brown, Rudi Johnson and Deuce McAllister.
Read moreD.J. Eliot
Eliot's worked at the Division I level since 1999, but didn't develop a following until his recent three-year stint at Florida State as the Seminoles' defensive ends coach. Eliot's unit in Tallahassee was annually one of the nation's leaders in sacks and tackles for loss, catching the eye of fellow assistant and current Kentucky coach Mark Stoops who hired the Wyoming alum in 2013. Stoops was a defensive backs coach on Wyoming's staff in the late 1990s during Eliot's playing days as a linebacker. The pair have shared a lasting relationship since. Coaching History Team Years Defensive Coordinator Kentucky Wildcats…
Read moreJohn Schlarman
A former All-Southeastern Conference offensive guard and graduate assistant coach at Kentucky, Schlarman returned to his alma mater to coach the offensive line in 2013 after six successful seasons at Troy.
Read moreVince Marrow
After two seasons as a graduate assistant at Nebraska, Marrow was invited to Kentucky by Mark Stoops as the Wildcats' tight ends assistant and recruiting coordinator. Marrow's eight years of coaching experience includes four seasons as an assistant in NFL Europe.
Read moreJimmy Brumbaugh
Brumbaugh, a former burly All-American defensive tackle at Auburn, was handpicked by Mark Stoops to lead Kentucky's defensive linemen in 2013. He has coached the defensive line at five different programs since getting his start at Jacksonville St. in 2004. During the 2006 and 2007 seasons, Brumbaugh worked at LSU as the Tigers' assistant strength and conditioning coach.
Read moreAndy Buh
Prior to joining Kentucky, Andy Buh coached at Nevada, California, San Diego State, Fresno State, Stanford and Wisconsin.
Read moreChad Scott
Another coaching colleague of Kentucky offensive coordinator Neal Brown at Texas Tech and Troy, Scott's a former running back at Kentucky who returned in 2014 to coach the position he knows best.
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Mark Stoops
The former defensive assistant turned head coach is the youngest of four brothers in a college coaching fraternity, the first to make his way into the SEC. Mark's never coached with Bob at Oklahoma, but was a member of Mike's staff at Arizona as the Wildcats' defensive coordinator from 2004 to 2009. Oldest brother Ron is a current assistant at Youngstown State. A defensive backs coach at several stops prior to that, Kentucky lured Stoops away from Florida State in 2013 to lead its struggling program following the firing of Joker Phillips. In his first season in Lexington, Stoops won…
Read moreJoker Phillips
Joker Phillips coached for three years in the SEC at his alma mater, the University of Kentucky, from 2010-2012. Phillips had limited success as a head coach, leading UK to a bowl game in his first year at the helm of the program. Things took a turn for the worse in Phillips' final two seasons in Lexington, as UK finished 5-7 in 2011 and 2-10 in 2012. He was fired as the Wildcats' head coach following the 2012 season. Phillips returned to Kentucky as an assistant coach in 2003 and in 2005 he was promoted to offensive coordinator. In January…
Read moreRich Brooks
Rich Brooks coached in the SEC for seven seasons as the head coach of the Kentucky Wildcats, leading the Cats to bowl appearances in his final four seasons in Lexington. Brooks took over a struggling UK program, and after enduring a 9-25 record over his first three seasons, he was able to win 30 games in his final four seasons with the Wildcats. Brooks may also be known for his 17 years as head coach at the University of Oregon from 1977-94 or for his two years as head coach of the NFL's St. Louis Rams in 1995-96. The following…
Read moreGuy Morriss
Guy Morriss has coached football at the high school and college levels since 1988, including seven seasons in the SEC at Kentucky and Mississippi State. He began his time in the SEC as the offensive line coach at MSU in 1996 and moved on to Kentucky in 1997 to serve as the offensive coordinator under then-coach Hal Mumme for four seasons. After a recruiting scandal forced Mumme out as head coach, Morriss took over as the interim coach for the 2001 season, leading UK to a 2-9 record. He was hired as the full-time head coach beginning in 2002, leading…
Read moreJerry Claiborne
Jerry Claiborne played halfback for the University of Kentucky from 1946-1949, and returned to his alma mater as head coach of the Wildcats for eight seasons from 1982-1989. He began his coaching career as an assistant coach at Texas A&M from 1954-1957 and as an assistant at Alabama from 1958-1960. He took his first head coaching job at Virginia Tech in 1961 and eventually landed at Kentucky, where he experienced moderate success. Claiborne's Wildcats finished 0-10-1 in his first season in Lexington in 1982, but recovered by posting back-to-back winning seasons in 1983 and 1984. His '83 team was 6-5-1…
Read moreFran Curci
Fran Curci spent 14 seasons as a college football coach at three different programs, including nine seasons as the head coach of the Kentucky Wildcats from 1973-1981. He began his career at the University of Tampa, where he posted three straight winning seasons and a combined record of 25-6. He moved on to coach at the University of Miami for two seasons before landing at Kentucky prior to the '73 season. Curci led the Wildcats to three winning seasons and two SEC titles during his tenure at UK, although one of those conference titles remains unofficial because the Cats were not…
Read moreJohn Ray
John Ray coached college football in the 1950's, 60's and 70's, and spent four seasons as the head coach at the University of Kentucky from 1969-1972. He spent five seasons as the head coach at John Carroll College from 1959-1963, posting three undefeated seasons and a 29-6 overall record in that time, and then spent five more seasons as an assistant coach at Notre Dame before arriving in Lexington to coach the Wildcats. Ray had a dismal four seasons at Kentucky, failing to win more than three games in any season. His teams were a combined 10-33 during his tenure as…
Read moreCharlie Bradshaw
Charlie Bradshaw worked as a college football coach for nearly 30 years from 1954-1982, spending most of his career in the SEC at Alabama, Kentucky and Vanderbilt. He played his college football at Kentucky from 1946-1949 and began his coaching career as an assistant with the Wildcats from 1954-1958, including time as an assistant under the legendary Paul "Bear" Bryant. He spent three more years as an assistant at Alabama from 1959-1961 before returning to Kentucky as its head coach for seven seasons from 1962-1968. Bradshaw led Kentucky to just one winning season in his time as head coach, a…
Read moreBlanton Collier
Blanton Collier coached football at the high school, college and professional levels, including eight seasons as the head coach at the University of Kentucky from 1954-1961. He was working as an assistant with the NFL's Cleveland Browns when he was hired at Kentucky, taking over the Wildcats' program following the departure of the legendary Paul "Bear" Bryant. Collier led the Cats to five winning seasons as head coach, including a 7-3 record in his first season in 1954. He also had his best season in the SEC in 1954, posting a 5-2 record and a third-place finish in the conference…
Read morePaul “Bear” Bryant
Paul "Bear" Bryant is widely regarded as one of the great football coaches of all-time. He's best-known as the head coach of the Alabama Crimson Tide from 1958-1982, but he also coached at Texas A&M, Kentucky and Maryland. Bryant won six national championships, all at Alabama, and won 14 SEC championships during his career (13 at Alabama and one at Kentucky in 1950). He was a 12-time SEC Coach of the Year and three-time AFCA Coach of the Year, and was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1986. His career record as a head coach was 323-85-17…
Read moreBernie Shively
Bernie Shively is best known among Kentucky fans as the university's longtime athletic director from 1938 until he passed away in 1967. Shively began his tenure at UK as an assistant football coach in the early 1940's, and served as the interim head coach for the Wildcats in 1945. His team finished that season with dismal 2-8 record, and Shively hired Paul "Bear" Bryant to take over as head coach the following season. He was 65 when he passed away in December of 1967.
Read moreA. D. Kirwan
A. D. Kirwan was a University of Kentucky graduate who served as the Wildcats' head football coach for six seasons from 1938-1944. Kirwan's teams posted three straight winning seasons from 1939-1941 but never finished better than fifth in the SEC standings. He stepped down as head coach following the 1944 season with an overall record of 24-28-4. Kirwan never coached at another school, and in 1968 he became the seventh President in the history of the University of Kentucky. He stepped down as President in 1969 and passed away in 1971 at the age of 66.
Read moreChet A. Wynne
Chett A. Wynne coached football in the SEC for eight seasons from 1930-1937 at Auburn University and the University of Kentucky. Wynne coached at Auburn from 1930-1933, posting a 22-15-2 record in that time. Auburn was a member of the Southern Conference until 1932, and Wynne's Tigers won the '32 conference championship before moving to the SEC. In 1934 Wynne left Auburn for Kentucky, where he coached from 1934-1937. His teams went a combined 20-19 in that time, never finishing better than sixth in the conference standings. He passed away in 1967 at the age of 68.
Read moreHarry Gamage
Harry Gamage spent more than 30 years as a college football coach between 1924 and 1955, spending most of that time as the head coach at the University of South Dakota. He took his first head coaching job at the University of Kentucky in 1927, where he spent the next seven seasons. Gamage posted four straight winning seasons from 1928-1931 including a 6-1-1 season in 1929, his best season with the Wildcats. His teams never finished better than sixth in the Southern Conference, and he left UK for South Dakota following the 1933 season. Gamage was 32-25-5 as coach of…
Read moreFred J. Murphy
Fred J. Murphy was a college football coach at three different programs in the early 1900's, including three seasons as the head coach at the University of Kentucky from 1924-1926. He posted just one winning seasons with the Wildcats, recording a 6-3 record in 1925. He left Kentucky following the 1926 season with a combined record of 12-14-1 as coach of the Cats. Murphy also served as UK's basketball coach for two seasons from 1925-1926. He passed away in 1956 at the age of 70.
Read moreJack Winn
Jack Winn spent one season as the head coach of the University of Kentucky in 1923, posting a record of 4-3-2 as coach of the Wildcats. It was his lone season as a college head coach at any program.
Read moreWilliam Juneau
William Juneau spent time as the head football coach at Marquette, Wisconsin and Texas before ending his coaching career as the head man at the University of Kentucky from 1920-1922. In three seasons as the Cats' head coach, Juneau was 13-10-2 including a 4-3-1 season in 1921 and a 6-3 season in Kentucky's first year in the Southern Conference. He retired from coaching following the 1922 season, and for his career he won 86 games as a head coach. Juneau passed away in 1947 at the age of 70.
Read moreAndrew Gill
Andrew Gill was an Indiana University graduate who coached the Kentucky Wildcats' football and basketball teams in 1918 and 1919. He led the Cats' football team to a 2-1 record in 1918 before the remainder of the season was canceled due to the 1918 flu pandemic. His 1919 squad finished 3-4-1, bringing his combined record at UK to 5-5-1. Gill passed away in 1947 at the age of 60.
Read moreStanley A. Boles
Stanley A. Boles is best remembered as the University of Kentucky athletic director who hired Adolph Rupp to coach UK's basketball team. Boles served as athletic director from 1917-1933, but also served one season as the head football coach and head men's basketball coach at Kentucky. In his lone season as football coach in 1917 his team compiled a 3-5-1 record. Boles passed away in 1961 at the age of 74.
Read moreJohn J. Tigert
John J. Tigert spent three seasons as a college football coach in the early 1900's, including two seasons as the head coach at the University of Kentucky from 1915-1916. Tigert's teams finished 6-1-1 and 4-1-2 in his two seasons as head coach, bringing his overall record at UK to 10-2-3. Tigert was 1-2-1 in his only other season as a football coach at Kentucky Wesleyan in 1910. He coached UK's women's basketball team for five seasons between 1911 1917, and served as UK's athletic director from 1913-1917. Tigert also served as the President of the University of Florida, and passed…
Read moreAlpha Brumage
Alpha Brummage spent eight seasons as a college football coach in the early 1900's, including two seasons as head coach at the University of Kentucky from 1913-1914. His teams finished 6-2 in 1913 and 5-3 in 1914. Brummage also coached UK's basketball team from 1913-1915. He passed away in 1963 at the age of 82.
Read morePrentiss Douglass
Prentiss Douglass was a halfback at the University of Michigan from 1907-1908 and spent one season as the head football coach at the University of Kentucky in between two stints as an assistant at Michigan. His 1911 UK team finished the season with a 7-3 record including four straight shutouts to start the season. His lone season at Kentucky was his only season as a college head coach. Douglass passed away in 1949 at the age of 62.
Read moreEdwin Sweetland
Edwin Sweetland was a two-sport athlete at Cornell University in the late 1800's and spent 20 years as a college football coach at nine different schools. He coached the Kentucky Wildcats for three seasons beginning in 1909, posting back-to-back winning seasons with a 9-1 record in 1909 and a 7-2 record in 1910. He left Kentucky to coach the Miami (Ohio) Redhawks in 1911 then returned to the Cats in 1912, leading them to another 7-2 record. He was 23-5 as the head coach at Kentucky and won 100 total games as a college head coach. He also coached basketball,…
Read moreJ. White Guyn
J. White Guyn played his college football at the University of Kentucky from 1901-1905 and coached UK for three seasons from 1906-1908. He was 17-7-1 as coach of the Cats, and never coached at another school during his career. Guyn passed away in 1953 at the age of 69.
Read moreFred Schacht
Fred Schacht coached the University of Kentucky football team for two seasons from 1904-1905, winning or tying 16 of the 20 games he coached during that time. He passed away one year later, in 1906, at the age of 31.
Read moreJack Wright
Jack Wright played his college football at Columbia University in the late 1800's and spent two seasons as a college head coach: one season at Washington in 1901 and one season at Kentucky in 1903. His UK team finished the '03 season with a 7-1 record and Wright retired from coaching with a 10-4 record overall. He passed away in 1931 at the age of 55.
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