Rumors swirled last November that Stoops was a primary candidate for the Texas A&M job.
Kentucky head football coach Mark Stoops answers a question from a media member during the fourth and final day of SEC Media Days which was held at the Omni Dallas Hotel in Dallas on July 18, 2024.During his appearance at SEC Media Days on Thursday, Kentucky head coach Mark Stoops said he was “pursued pretty aggressively” by“We’ll leave it at that out of respect for everybody involved,” Stoops said at the Omni Hotel in Dallas.
Stoops enters this year as the longest-tenured football coach in the SEC. He has spent the last 11 seasons at Kentucky, leading the Wildcats to a 73-65 record and eight straight bowl appearances.“There’s only been 19 coaches in the history of the SEC that have been 12 years at their institution,” Stoops said. “I’m proud to be a member of that group. I’ve been grinding at Kentucky for a long time, and very proud of that and want to continue to do that.”Andrew Armstrong rode the bench in D-II.
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