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Murray State to hire Kentucky football special teams coordinator Dean Hood as coach

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As head coach at EKU, Dean Hood played a part in one of the strangest trick plays you'll ever see. Jon Hale/The Courier-Journal

LEXINGTON - Mark Stoops is in the market for a new special teams coordinator.

Dean Hood, who served in that role for Kentucky the last three seasons, is set to be named the new head coach at Murray State University, a source confirmed to the Courier Journal Tuesday. The news was first reported by FootballScoop.com.

The move is a return to the Ohio Valley Conference for Hood, who previously served as Eastern Kentucky University's head coach from 2008 to 2015.