University of Kentucky track and field head coach Edrick Floreal is leaving the Wildcats to take the same job at the University of Texas.
"I would be remiss if I didn't start off by thanking Mitch Barnhart and everyone at Kentucky," Floreal said in a Texas news release. "I'm so grateful for all the support they gave me in building a world-class program there."
Floreal, who was hired by Kentucky in 2012, led the UK women to a fourth-place finish in the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships at Eugene, Ore., last weekend, the team's second consecutive fourth-place national finish.