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Football improving, but bar needs to be set higher

The UK football program has seen five coaches come and go since 2000.

The combined record of the five (which includes the final year of Hal Mumme) is 70-111.

For a program that resides in the historically powerful Southeastern Conference, the continued mediocrity has become expected. Even under Rich Brooks, the program never won more than eight games and fared no better than the Music City Bowl.

Vanderbilt, a program more middling than UK, has had two nine-win seasons since 2000. The last time UK won nine games in a season: 1984. The last time UK won 10 games: 1977, under Fran Curci.