After eight seasons and a National Championship, Jimbo Fisher left Florida State to become the head coach at Texas A&M. For three of those years, the offensive-minded head coach tasked Stoops to lead his defense.
Kentucky’s head coach learned a lot in those three years with Fisher. Before he took the SEC Media Days stage, commissioner Greg Sankey asked Stoops if he learned the secret to beating Jimbo.
“I know all of his secrets, but it doesn’t make it any easier,” Stoops laughed.
Some of those secrets, probably better described as lessons, Stoops incorporated into UK’s program when he took over in 2013.