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Player Development in the Mark Stoops Era

QB Drew Barker will soon have his third offensive coordinator in three years. Across the college football landscape, it would be difficult to find many coaching staffs that stay together for more than three years. So, change is inevitable, normal, and expected. The best case scenario in coaching attrition is to lose successful coaches to promotion, not being relieved of duty due to lack of production.

Offensively, Kentucky has undergone both. Neal Brown departed Lexington and is now the head coach at Troy. Shannon Dawson and Tommy Mainord are searching for employment.

Arguably, Mark Stoops inherited the most talent stricken roster in college football.