While Mark Stoops was previewing Kentucky’s Week 1 matchup in Lexington, his opponent, Miami-Ohio head coach Chuck Martin, spoke about the Redhawks’ challenge against Kentucky during his Monday press conference in Oxford.
On Saturday, Martin will begin his ninth season on the Miami sideline after four years as an assistant at Notre Dame with jobs in South Bend ranging from defensive backs and safeties coach to a two-year stint as offensive coordinator in 2012 and 2013, the former being the BCS National Championship runner-up season, Martin’s first year with the offensive playbook. Since taking over an 0-12 team at Miami in 2014, Martin’s RedHawks won a MAC Championship (2019) and reached bowl eligibility in five of the last seasons with the best record in the MAC since 2016.