It wasn’t even Eastern Kentucky game week and Kentucky assistant coach Dean Hood already was being asked about his potential emotions leading up to the game against his former team on Saturday at Kroger Field.
“I’m sure I’ll get on the sideline and see those kids I recruited, see the kids I sat in their parents’ home and said, ‘Hey, I’m gonna take care of your son’ and wasn’t able to see it to graduation for a lot of those kids,” said Hood, who was head coach of the Colonels for eight seasons before he was let go in 2015 and is now the special teams coordinator and outside linebackers coach at Kentucky.