Former Oklahoma defensive coordinator and secondary coach, Mike Stoops is joining Mark Stoops’ Kentucky staff.
Per FootballScoop, Mike Stoops will be in charge of the Wildcats’ secondary alongside current Kentucky special teams and secondary coach, Steve Clinkscale.
Previously an intern and analyst for Nick Saban’s staff at Alabama, Stoops had two stops at Oklahoma while his older brother, Bob was the head ball coach for the Sooners.
From 1999 to 2003 Mike was the associate head coach, co-defensive coordinator, and defensive backs coach at Oklahoma before taking the head coaching gig at Arizona, leaving before the Sooners’ national championship game against LSU in the Sugar Bowl.
Following eight seasons at Arizona, Stoops came back to Norman, Okla., to assume the defensive coordinator role alongside coaching defensive backs and being named associate head coach once again.
Stoops was retained by Lincoln Riley after Bob Stoops announced his retirement prior to the 2017 season, but was fired following the 2018 48-45 loss to Texas in the Red River Rivalry.
Kentucky finished 8-5 last season and kick-off the 2020 campaign against Eastern Michigan on Sept. 5.
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