Kentucky fires head football coach Mark Stoops after he made bold statement: reports

The Kentucky Wildcats fired caput shot manager Mark Stoops connected Sunday, according to aggregate reports.

The Wildcats ended the regular play with a 41-0 nonaccomplishment to the Louisville Cardinals. Stoops said aft the crippled helium had nary volition of stepping down arsenic caput coach.

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Kentucky caput manager Mark Stoops walks the tract earlier an NCAA assemblage shot crippled against Vanderbilt, Saturday, Nov. 22, 2025, successful Nashville, Tennessee. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)

"Like, I'm going to locomotion away? Are you kidding me? ... Zero percent accidental I walk," helium said, via ESPN.

"I’m going to beryllium present arsenic acold arsenic I’m concerned. Now I can’t power what determination (is going) to beryllium made. If you’re asking me, I said zero. Zero means zero."

It’s the 2nd consecutive clip Kentucky missed retired connected a vessel game. The Wildcats were 4-8 successful 2024 and finished 5-7 successful 2025. They mislaid a large crippled against Vanderbilt anterior to the Louisville defeat.

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Vanderbilt caput manager Clark Lea and Kentucky caput manager Mark Stoops conscionable connected the tract aft an NCAA assemblage shot crippled Saturday, Nov. 22, 2025, successful Nashville, Tennessee. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)

Stoops took implicit arsenic Kentucky’s caput manager earlier the 2013 season. The squad was 2-10 successful his archetypal play but improved incrementally implicit the people of his tenure. The Wildcats won 10 games successful 2018 – the archetypal clip they person done that since 1977.

He was 72-80 and volition permission Kentucky arsenic the winningest manager successful programme history.

Stoops besides has a $36 cardinal buyout owed wrong 60 days of his dismissal, according to The Athletic.

It’s unclear who Kentucky volition prosecute next, but the Wildcats volition go the latest SEC programme to marque a move. LSU, Ole Miss, Auburn, Arkansas and Florida each made head-coaching decisions connected Saturday.

Kentucky manager Mark Stoops shook hands with elder players and their families during elder time ceremonies earlier the Kentucky Wildcats faced disconnected against the Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles astatine Kroger Field successful Lexington, Kentucky connected Nov. 15, 2025. (Jeff Faughender/Courier Journal / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)

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Lane Kiffin decided to instrumentality the LSU job, portion Ole Miss named Pete Golding his replacement. Auburn hired Alex Golesh, Arkansas picked up Ryan Silverfield and Florida tapped Jon Sumrall.

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