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The Wildcats compete as part of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision. The program has had 37 head coaches since it began play during the 1881 season. [1] On November 27, 2012, Mark Stoops was introduced as Kentucky's 37th head coach. [2] The team has played more than 1,150 games over 122 seasons of Kentucky football. [1]
The nickname "Wildcats" became synonymous with UK shortly after a 6–2 football road victory over Illinois on October 9, 1909. Commandant Philip W. Corbusier, then head of the military department at old State University, told a group of students in a chapel service following the game that the Kentucky football team had "fought like Wildcats."
Bill Curry surprised the college football world by leaving Alabama for Kentucky in late 1989. [37] [38] Despite the high hopes that the Kentucky football program would rise under his leadership, Curry's Wildcats teams never achieved much success. [39] The Wildcats' best season under Curry was 1993, going on to play Clemson in the 1993 Peach ...
Mark Thomas Stoops (born July 9, 1967) is an American college football coach and former player. He is the head football coach for the University of Kentucky, a position he has held since 2013. 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 ...
Pages in category "Kentucky Wildcats football coaches" The following 152 pages are in this category, out of 152 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The 2025 Kentucky Wildcats football team will represented the University of Kentucky in the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 2025 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Wildcats are led by Mark Stoops in his 13th year as their head coach. The Kentucky football team plays its home games at Kroger Field located in Lexington, Kentucky.
Vanderbilt coach Dan McGugin stated "If you would give me Doc Rodes, I would say he was a greater player than Curry." Rodes was a cousin of earlier Kentucky football player William "Red Doc" Rodes, often called William while Black Doc is called Doc. "Doc" also had two brothers play football at Kentucky: J. W. "Boots" Rodes and Pete Rodes. [5 ...
The 2012 Kentucky Wildcats football team represented the University of Kentucky in the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season.The team, led by third-year head coach Joker Phillips, played their home games at Commonwealth Stadium in Lexington, Kentucky, US, and compete in the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC).