Mark Stoops
Last coached Kentucky Wildcats, 2025- Record
- 82-80
- Win percentage
- .506
- Games
- 162
- Seasons
- 132013–2025
Season history
Every season the coach has run a program.
| Season | Team | Record | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Kentucky | 5-7 | AP preseason — | AP final — | SRS 2.9 | SP+ 1.8 | Offense 25.5 | Defense 23.7 |
| 2024 | Kentucky | 4-8 | AP preseason — | AP final — | SRS 3.0 | SP+ 5.5 | Offense 24.5 | Defense 20.9 |
| 2023 | Kentucky | 7-6 | AP preseason — | AP final — | SRS 5.3 | SP+ 10.5 | Offense 31.6 | Defense 22.2 |
| 2022 | Kentucky | 7-6 | AP preseason #20 | AP final — | SRS 5.5 | SP+ 13.0 | Offense 23.2 | Defense 9.9 |
| 2021 | Kentucky | 10-3 | AP preseason — | AP final #18 | SRS 9.0 | SP+ 13.4 | Offense 35.1 | Defense 22.3 |
| 2020 | Kentucky | 5-6 | AP preseason — | AP final — | SRS 3.9 | SP+ 2.2 | Offense 25.9 | Defense 24.1 |
| 2019 | Kentucky | 8-5 | AP preseason — | AP final — | SRS 5.6 | SP+ 9.1 | Offense 30.1 | Defense 22.2 |
| 2018 | Kentucky | 10-3 | AP preseason — | AP final #12 | SRS 14.7 | SP+ 13.1 | Offense 29.5 | Defense 16.3 |
| 2017 | Kentucky | 7-6 | AP preseason — | AP final — | SRS 0.5 | SP+ 2.7 | Offense 30.8 | Defense 29.5 |
| 2016 | Kentucky | 7-6 | AP preseason — | AP final — | SRS 0.3 | SP+ -2.6 | Offense 30.8 | Defense 33.4 |
| 2015 | Kentucky | 5-7 | AP preseason — | AP final — | SRS -3.1 | SP+ -0.3 | Offense 26.8 | Defense 27.2 |
| 2014 | Kentucky | 5-7 | AP preseason — | AP final — | SRS 0.1 | SP+ 6.6 | Offense 29.8 | Defense 24.8 |
| 2013 | Kentucky | 2-10 | AP preseason — | AP final — | SRS -6.4 | SP+ -2.5 | Offense 27.6 | Defense 31.2 |
Coaching history
Every job, not only the years spent running a program.
| Years | Team | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2013–2025 | Kentucky | Head Coach |
| 2010–2012 | Florida State | Defensive Coordinator (under Jimbo Fisher) |
| 2010–2012 | Florida State | Secondary Coach (under Jimbo Fisher) |
| 2004–2009 | Arizona | Defensive Coordinator (under Mike Stoops) |
| 2004–2009 | Arizona | Secondary Coach (under Mike Stoops) |
| 2001–2003 | Miami | Secondary Coach (under Larry Coker) |
| 2000 | Houston | Co-Defensive Coordinator (under Dana Dimel) |
| 1997–1999 | Wyoming | Secondary Coach (under Dana Dimel) |
| 1996 | South Florida | Secondary Coach |
Notable staff
Assistants who went on to run a program of their own.
| Years | Coach | Role | Head coach at |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019–2021 | Jon Sumrall | Inside Linebackers Coach | Head coach at Florida 2025– |
| 2013–2014 | Neal Brown | Offensive Coordinator | Head coach at North Texas 2025– |
| 2018–2019 | Walt Wells | Quality Control Coach | Head coach at Eastern Kentucky 2019– |
| 2017–2019 | Dean Hood | Outside Linebackers Coach, Special Teams Coordinator | Head coach at Murray State 2020–2024 |