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Stoops’ mother made Vince Marrow promise to stay at Kentucky

Vince Marrow has made a name for himself as one of the best recruiters in college football, turning down multiple offers from top programs to stay at Kentucky with his longtime friend Mark Stoops. During an impromptu appearance on KSR today, we found out Stoops’ mother Dee deserves an assist for keeping Marrow in Lexington.

“Mainly because my buddy Mark,” Marrow said of why he’s still at Kentucky. “His mother, I’ll never forget, in 2013 when I took this job — it’s kind of hard where we’re from in Youngstown, people say mafia and stuff — but she made a threat to me and said, ‘Vince take care of my Marky,’ and I was like, ‘Yes, ma’am.