Mark Stoops has “knocked down doors” throughout his 11 seasons at Kentucky. The longest-tenured coach in the school’s history has snapped streaks and broken barriers, but a few remain ahead of the 2023 football season.
Last fall there were a pair of firsts for Mark Stoops. The Wildcats had not shut out an opponent or returned a kickoff for a touchdown since 2009. They did both in the month of September. Barion Brown housed a kickoff in the opening game of the season, then two weeks later the Cats blanked Stoops’ hometown team 31-0 on a day where the university celebrated him as the program’s winningest coach.