If such a manual existed, the first line in “How To Be A College Football Coach” would be “Never look ahead.”
Yet no one would blame new University of Kentucky outside linebackers and special teams coach Dean Hood if he took at least a small peak past UK’s 2017 season opener at Southern Mississippi on Sept. 2 to the Wildcats’ home debut a week later against Eastern Kentucky University.
Hood, of course, was EKU’s head coach for eight years from 2008-15. He was relieved of his duties after the 2015 season in spite of a 55-38 overall record, three FCS playoff berths and two Ohio Valley Conference championships at Eastern.