The University of Kentucky announced Wednesday that Frank Buffano will replace Dean Hood as UK’s safeties coach. Buffano came to UK with Stoops in 2013 and has served as the director of operations ever since.
“I’m so happy to announce the promotion of Frank Buffano from director of football operations to safeties coach,” Stoops said. “To say that Frank has paid his dues is an understatement. We began in 2004 when he was an undergraduate student at Arizona. He became a graduate assistant coach, then coached at Youngstown State, and has been with us since we came to Kentucky, so he has spent 16 years getting to this point.