When Mark Stoops was hired to take over the Kentucky Wildcats football program, it was a complete rebuild.
Now, after nine seasons in Lexington, he has built a contending program and become one of the hottest names among the college coaching ranks. So much so that he was recently ranked as a top 15 coach in the sport.
Brad Crawford of 247 Sports released an article this week that ranked the top coaches in the sport, and Stoops made the cut. Coming in at No. 12 on Crawford’s top 15 ranking, Stoops is ranked ahead of James Franklin of Penn State, Matt Campbell of Iowa State, and Kirk Ferentz of Iowa.