What Mark Stoops has done over the past decade at Kentucky is remarkable, but it wouldn’t have been possible without Vince Marrow. Stoops’ longtime friend left Nebraska to come to Lexington in 2012 and built the program’s recruiting pipeline to Ohio. “The Big Dog” is as synonymous with Kentucky Football as Stoops to fans and as the Cats continue their rise, the national media is taking notice.
ESPN senior writer Adam Rittenberg has Marrow on his list of the six most valuable assistants in college football. The list is headlined by Ohio State receivers coach Brian Hartline, brother of former Kentucky quarterback Mike Hartline.