Kentucky football reportedly fires Mark Stoops

The Kentucky Wildcats fired head soccer coach Mark Stoops on Sunday, in keeping with a number of studies.

The Wildcats ended the common season with a 41-0 loss to the Louisville Cardinals. Stoops mentioned after the sport that he had no plans to resign as head coach.

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Kentucky head coach Mark Stoops walks the sphere earlier than an NCAA faculty soccer sport towards Vanderbilt, Saturday, Nov. 22, 2025, in Nashville, Tennessee. (AP Picture/George Walker IV)

“So, I’ll stroll away? Are you kidding me? … Not one p.c likelihood of me strolling,” he mentioned, via ESPN.

“So far as I am involved, I am staying right here. Now I’ve no management over what determination (will likely be) made. In the event you ask me, I mentioned zero. Zero means zero.”

It’s the second time in a row that Kentucky has missed a bowl sport. The Wildcats have been 4-8 in 2024 and completed 5-7 in 2025. They misplaced an enormous sport to Vanderbilt previous to the loss at Louisville.

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Vanderbilt head coach Clark Lea and Kentucky head coach Mark Stoops meet on the sphere after an NCAA faculty soccer sport on Saturday, Nov. 22, 2025, in Nashville, Tennessee. (AP Picture/George Walker IV)

Stoops took over as Kentucky’s head coach earlier than the 2013 season. The staff was 2-10 in his first season, however improved incrementally over the course of his tenure. The Wildcats gained ten video games in 2018, the primary time since 1977.

He was 72-80 and can go away Kentucky because the winningest coach in program historical past.

In accordance with Stoops, he should pay a $36 million buyout inside 60 days of his dismissal The Athletics.

It is unclear who Kentucky will take subsequent, however the Wildcats will develop into the most recent SEC program to make a transfer. LSU, Ole Miss, Auburn, Arkansas and Florida every made head teaching selections on Saturday.

Kentucky coach Mark Stoops shook fingers with senior gamers and their households throughout senior day ceremonies earlier than the Kentucky Wildcats confronted the Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles on November 15, 2025 at Kroger Subject in Lexington, Kentucky. (Jeff Faughender/Courier Journal / USA TODAY NETWORK through Imagn Photographs)

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Lane Kiffin determined to take the LSU job, whereas Ole Miss named Pete Golding his alternative. Auburn employed Alex Golesh, Arkansas picked up Ryan Silverfield and Florida tapped Jon Sumrall.

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