A familiar face could soon join Mark Stoops in Lexington. According to FootballScoop, Mike Stoops is expected to join the Kentucky coaching staff to fill the void left by Jon Sumrall, who will serve as Troy’s head coach in 2022.
Mike Stoops has experience at all levels of college football coaching. Like all of the Stoopses, he got his start at Iowa. Mike spent seven seasons at Kansas State before joining Bob Stoops’ inaugural coaching staff at Oklahoma. After five successful seasons in Norman, he became the head coach at Arizona where his younger brother Mark called the Wildcats’ defense.