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LEXINGTON, Ky. --- When a bar fight between several EKU and UK football players and subsequent incident between the teams at an EKU dorm made headlines in January 2015, it was unlikely the head coaches at either program envisioned the turmoil to help lead to a future job opportunity.
But for UK coach Mark Stoops and former EKU coach Dean Hood, the way the two coaches handled those incidents, especially in advance of the teams meeting on the field that fall, helped strengthen a mutual respect already forming due to their northeast Ohio ties.