< PreviousKENTUCKY 68 @UKFootball n His nickname is “Big Mal” n He chose Kentucky because it’s home n After football, his dream job is to be an astronaut n The person he admires most is his mom n If he had to eat only one meal the rest of his life he would choose steak and potatoes MALACHI WOOD #71 n OL n 6-8 n 283 n Fr.-HS n Richmond, Ky. n Other than play in the NFL, his dream job is to be a coach n One thing most people don’t know about him is that he has a pet lizard, Dash n Besides playing football, he’s also good at drawing n Three words to describe him are quiet, funny, and chill LA’VELL WRIGHT #29 n RB n 6-0 n 214 n So.-1L n Louisville, Ky. n He chose Kentucky because it’s home and where he always wanted to play n One word to describe him on the field is “physical” n His go-to karaoke song is anything by Tyler Childers n Besides playing football, he also enjoys hunting n His favorite family recipe to make is chicken and dumplings CARSON WRIGHT #43 n LB n 5-10 n 205 n Fr.-HS n Pikeville, Ky. n His nickname is “Tom Cat” n One thing most people don’t know about him is that he’s scared of mice n The highlight of his life so far has been his commitment to Christ n Three words to describe him are funny, caring and tough n His sports hero is Lawrence Taylor because he’s the best edge rusher of all time TOMMY ZIESMER #96 n DL n 6-2 n 257 n Fr.-HS n Danville, Ky. 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When the Wildcats took on Iowa in the TransPerfect Music City Bowl in December of 2022, it extended a school-record streak of seven-consecutive bowl games, all under Stoops. Kentucky reached the postseason by posting a 7-5 record, the sixth-consecutive season (not including the Covid-shortened 2020 season) that UK has won at least seven games. Stoops has personal milestones as well as he enters his 11th season at Kentucky, longest term of any coach in school history. The Wildcats’ victory at Florida in 2022 was Stoops’ 61st win, breaking the school record of 60 held by Paul “Bear” Bryant. Called “the best program builder in all of college football” a year ago by ESPN analyst Tom Luginbill, Stoops’ success hasn’t come easily. Inheriting a program that was 2-10 the year before he arrived, Stoops’ rebuilding efforts took time. Two games into the 2016 season his record was 12-26, but the pro- gram took off from there and the coach has engineered a 54-33 (.621) mark since. In addition to last season’s achievements, a partial accounting of Stoops’ exploits fea- tures: • Four straight bowl wins – the Citrus Bowl on Jan. 1, 2022, the 2020 Gator Bowl, the 2019 Belk Bowl and the Citrus Bowl on Jan. 1, 2019 – first time in school history that UK won four straight bowls • A school-record 20-game win streak against non-conference competition (2018- 22), which was the nation's longest active streak until being broken. • First win at Tennessee since 1984 (2020) • First New Year’s Day Bowl win since 1951 (2018 season) • First 10-win season since 1977 (2018) • First SEC Coach of the Year since 1983 (2018) • First final poll ranking since 1984 (2018) • First bowl win since 2008 (2018) • First win vs. Florida since 1986 (2018) • First bowl appearance since 2010 (2016) Several of Stoops’ players have also won All-America accolades, along with hon- ors such as the Bronko Nagurski Award, Chuck Bednarik Award, Paul Hornung Award, Ronnie Lott Trophy, Ray Guy Award, Danny Wuerffel Trophy, Jason Witten Man of the Year, Pop Warner Award, Academ- ic All-America and National Good Works Team. Off the field, Stoops has been active in fundraising and events for the UK Children’s Hospital and he was named Honorary Coach of the 2022 National Good Works Team. The bountiful crop of victories and hon- ors are the fruit of the last seven seasons, but the harvest didn’t come easily. Arriving in 2013, taking over a team that had gone 2-10 the season before, it took three years of plowing, planting and growing before the results came. Stoops earned his first bowl game as head coach in 2016, when the Wildcats overcame an 0-2 start to go 7-3 down the stretch and advance to the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl. UK duplicated seven wins in 2017, playing in the Franklin-American Mortgage Music City Bowl. Led by linebacker Josh Allen, the Nation- al Defensive Player of the Year, and Benny Snell Jr., the school’s all-time leading rusher, the 2018 squad went 10-3. It was UK’s best season in 41 years, topped by a win over Penn State in the VRBO Citrus Bowl. It was only the third 10-win season in school his- tory. In addition, the 2018 campaign featured a win at Florida -- the Wildcats’ first victory over the Gators in 32 years -- resulting in UK being named the National Team of the Week by the Football Writers Association of America. The regular season concluded with a 56-10 win at in-state rival Louisville, the largest margin of victory in the history of the Governor’s Cup series. UK was No. 11 in the final USA To- day coaches’ poll and No. 12 in the final Associated Press tabulation, the school’s first appearance in the final rankings since 1984. The 2018 season also continued a re- markable trend -- since Stoops took over as coach of the Cats in 2013, UK was the only school in the nation that tied or improved its win total in six straight seasons. CollegeFootballNews.com listed Stoops as the best coaching performance of the KENTUCKY @UKSportsNetwork 73 Head Coach University of Kentucky n Mark Stoops season and he was named Southeastern Conference Coach of the Year by The Asso- ciated Press, Athlon Sports and the league coaches. The 2019 season was one of the most un- usual in school history. A succession of inju- ries decimated the quarterbacks and Stoops turned to wide receiver Lynn Bowden Jr. to man the QB position. Running the ball almost exclusively, UK went 6-2 down the stretch and closed the season with four straight wins, topped by a dramatic come- from-behind Belk Bowl win over Virginia Tech when Bowden threw the game-win- ning touchdown pass with only 15 seconds remaining. Stoops followed with the Covid-short- ened 2020 season that was capped by a Ga- tor Bowl win over No. 23 North Carolina State. The momentum continued in 2021 with another 10-win season -- the second under Stoops and only the fourth in school history -- capped by a dramatic come-from-behind win over Iowa in the Vrbo Citrus Bowl. How has Stoops accomplished all of this? The coach would tell you that there’s been nothing magical about the process. True to his blue-collar roots in Youngstown, Ohio, the methodical ad- vancement made by Stoops’ teams is a re- flection of the coach’s rocksteady work eth- ic, tireless recruiting, and ability to adapt. Stoops came to Kentucky from Florida State, where he was defensive coordinator from 2010-12. He inherited a unit a unit ranked 108th in the nation in total defense and turned it into one of the nation’s best. In the 2012 season, the Seminoles were sec- ond in the nation in total defense, allowing 254.1 yards per game, and sixth nationally in scoring defense at 14.7 points per game. Playing well against the run and the pass, FSU was third in the country in rushing de- fense and led the nation in pass defense. FSU led the ACC in seven defensive cate- gories. Stoops also coached the defensive backs under head coach Jimbo Fisher. Eight Seminoles on defense earned 2012 All-ACC honors, including four first-team selections, highlighted by one of the nation’s top defensive end duos in Bjoern Werner and Cornellius Carradine, who combined for 24 sacks and 31 tackles for loss. Werner was a finalist for the 2012 Bronko Nagurski Award as the National Defensive Player of the Year and was among the national leaders in sacks with 13. Stoops also coached cornerback Ronald Darby to ACC Defensive Rookie of the Year. The Seminoles’ prowess was a continuation of the 2011 season, when Stoops’ defenders led the nation in fewest yards allowed per carry (2.3), ranked fourth in the nation in to- tal defense (275 yards per game), second in rushing defense (82.7 ypg), fourth in scoring defense (15.1 points per game), and eighth in tackles for loss (8.6 per game) and quar- terback sacks (3.1 per game). FSU led the ACC in eight defensive categories. Stoops overhauled the Florida State de- fense in 2010, his first season as defensive coordinator. The Seminoles gave up 19.6 points per game, third-best in the ACC and 20th nationally. FSU ranked 42nd nationally in total defense that season; in contrast, the team was 108th nationally in total defense and 94th in scoring defense in 2009, the year before Stoops’ arrival. FSU improved its overall defense by more than 80 yards per game, primarily by limiting opponents to 75 fewer rushing yards per game. The Seminoles ranked third in the nation in quarterback sacks and were 21st in tackles for loss. In the secondary, Stoops coached Xavier Rhodes to ACC Defensive Rookie of the Year honors and National Defensive Freshman of the Year accolades. During Stoops’ three seasons, FSU went 10- 4, 9-4 and 12-2, including wins over South Carolina in the 2010 Chick-fil-A Bowl, No- Alabama ..........................................0-3 Alabama State .................................1-0 Arkansas .........................................1-0 Auburn ............................................0-2 Austin Peay ......................................1-0 Central Michigan ............................1-0 Charlotte .........................................1-0 Chattanooga ....................................1-0 Eastern Kentucky .............................2-0 Eastern Michigan .............................2-0 Florida .............................................3-7 Georgia .........................................0-10 Georgia Tech ...................................0-1 Iowa ................................................1-1 Louisiana-Lafayette ..........................1-0 Louisiana-Monroe ...........................2-0 Louisville .........................................5-4 LSU ................................................1-1 Miami (Ohio) ...................................2-0 Middle Tennessee ............................1-0 Mississippi State ..............................4-6 Missouri ..........................................7-3 Murray State ....................................1-0 New Mexico State ...........................2-0 North Carolina State ........................1-0 Northern Illinois ..............................1-0 Northwestern ...................................0-1 Ohio ................................................1-0 Ole Miss ..........................................0-3 Penn State........................................1-0 South Carolina .................................7-3 Southern Miss ..................................1-1 Tennessee ........................................2-8 Tennessee-Martin.............................2-0 Texas A&M ......................................0-1 Toledo .............................................1-0 Vanderbilt ........................................7-3 Virginia Tech ...................................1-0 Western Kentucky ............................0-1 Youngstown State ............................1-0 Total ............................................66-59 Stoops vs All OpponentsKENTUCKY 74 @UKFootball Mark Stoops n Head Coach University of Kentucky tre Dame in the 2011 Champs Sports Bowl and Northern Illinois in the 2013 Orange Bowl. Stoops was defensive coordinator and DBs coach at Arizona from 2004-09, work- ing for his brother, Mike, who was head coach of the Wildcats. During Mark’s time there, Arizona’s records improved steadily, going 3-8, 3-8, 6-6, 5-7, 8-5 and 8-5. The Wildcats advanced to the Las Vegas Bowl and Holiday Bowl during the last two years. Stoops inherited an Arizona unit that was 109th in the nation in total defense and 107th in scoring defense in 2003, the year before he arrived. By the end of his term at Arizona, the Wildcats ranked in the nation’s top 25 in total defense his final two seasons and ranked as high as 33rd in scoring de- fense. Mark and Mike are also brothers of Bob Stoops, who spent 18 years as the Oklaho- ma head coach and has been elected to the College Football Hall of Fame. The el- dest Stoops brother, Ron Jr., is retired after coaching at Youngstown State. Mark and Mike have reunited in Lexington, as Mike joined the UK staff in 2022 as inside line- backers coach. Prior to Arizona, Mark Stoops coached the defensive backs three years at Miami (Fla.). The 2001 national champion Hurri- canes led the nation in pass efficiency de- fense, scoring defense and turnover margin. That team also established a school record with 27 interceptions and 45 total take- aways. Stoops’ 2002 secondary led the nation in pass defense and pass efficiency defense. Despite having to replace all four starters in the defensive backfield, the 2003 team led the nation in pass defense. In his three seasons, Miami went 35-3, including the 12-0 Rose Bowl title campaign, plus appear- ances in the Fiesta and Orange bowls. Ten Miami defensive backs who played at least one season under Stoops were eventually selected in the National Football League draft – seven in the first round. Stoops got his first experience in leading a defense as co-defensive coordinator at Houston in the 2000 season. He coached the secondary at Wyoming from 1997-99 and the Cowboys notched three straight winning seasons. A highlight of his time there was a school-re- cord 24 interceptions in the ’97 season. His first full-time coaching job was in 1996 at South Florida, helping USF in the start-up of its program before the Bulls had their first kickoff in ’97. Stoops has recruited and developed nu- merous outstanding defensive backs, many of whom went on to National Football League careers. Among the notables are Antoine Cason and Michael Johnson at Arizona, Miami’s Philip Buchanon, Kelly Jennings, Brandon Meriweather, Ed Reed, Antrel Rolle, Mike Rumph and Sean Taylor and Wyoming’s Bri- an Lee. Stoops was raised in Youngstown, Ohio. As did brothers Bob and Mike, Mark played in the secondary at the University of Iowa for Hall of Fame coach Hayden Fry. He par- ticipated in four bowl games as a player. Fry hired Stoops as a graduate assistant coach at Iowa in the 1990 and ’91 seasons. The Hawkeyes won the 1990 Big Ten title and played in the Rose Bowl, duplicating feats Stoops also achieved as a player. Stoops went on to coach four years in high school before entering the collegiate ranks. Stoops has two sons, Will and Zack. Year School Position W-L Bowl 1990 Iowa Graduate Assistant 8-4 Rose 1991 Iowa Graduate Assistant 10-1-1 Holiday 1992-95 Nordonia HS Defensive Backs 1996 South Florida Defensive Backs 0-0 1997 Wyoming Defensive Backs 7-6 1998 Wyoming Defensive Backs 8-3 1999 Wyoming Defensive Backs 7-4 2000 Houston Co-Defensive Coord., Safeties 3-8 2001 Miami (Fla.) Defensive Backs 12-0 Rose 2002 Miami (Fla.) Defensive Backs 12-1 Fiesta 2003 Miami (Fla.) Defensive Backs 11-2 Orange 2004 Arizona Defensive Coordinator, DBs 3-8 2005 Arizona Defensive Coordinator, DBs 3-8 2006 Arizona Defensive Coordinator, DBs 6-6 2007 Arizona Defensive Coordinator, DBs 5-7 2008 Arizona Defensive Coordinator, DBs 8-5 Las Vegas 2009 Arizona Defensive Coordinator, DBs 8-5 Holiday 2010 Florida State Defensive Coordinator, DBs 10-4 Chick-fil-A 2011 Florida State Defensive Coordinator, DBs 9-4 Champs Sports 2012 Florida State Defensive Coordinator, DBs 12-2 Orange 2013 Kentucky Head Coach 2-10 2014 Kentucky Head Coach 5-7 2015 Kentucky Head Coach 5-7 2016 Kentucky Head Coach 7-6 TaxSlayer Gator 2017 Kentucky Head Coach 7-6 Music City 2018 Kentucky Head Coach 10-3 Citrus 2019 Kentucky Head Coach 8-5 Belk 2020 Kentucky Head Coach 5-6 TaxSlayer Gator 2021 Kentucky Head Coach 10-3 Citrus 2022 Kentucky Head Coach 7-6 Music City The Mark Stoops Coaching File Business Friends Working for the Future of Kentucky Apply Online! mhcu.org Where banking is a snap! 271 W. 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Lexington, KY 40509 859-543-0337 “Where Family Comes to Live”KENTUCKY 76 @UKFootball Frank Buffano was hired in March of 2020 after serving seven years as the director of football operations at UK. He assists Chris Collins with the defensive backs and works primarily with the safeties. In 2022, he also was the co-special teams coordinator. Prior to Kentucky, Buffano was a sec- ondary coach and linebackers coach at Youngstown State. He began his career at Arizona under Mike Stoops, serving as a de- fensive graduate assistant coach his last two seasons after three years of working as a vid- eo graduate assistant with the Wildcats. 2008-09 Defensive Grad Assistant Arizona 2010 Secondary Youngstown State 2011-12 Linebackers Youngstown State 2020 Safeties Kentucky 2021-22 Safeties/Co-Special Teams Coordinator Kentucky 2023 Safeties Kentucky FRANK Buffano Safeties Jay Boulware is the newest member to Kentucky’s coaching staff. Hired on Dec. 12, 2022, he brings a plethora of success to the Commonwealth as he has more than 25 years of coaching experience and has been a part of 16 teams that advanced to bowl games. Most recently, he served as an offensive in- tern in the National Football League for the Pittsburgh Steelers, working specifically with the running backs, including UK’s all-time leading rusher, Benny Snell Jr. Before the Steelers, he served as the as- sociate head coach for special teams and tight ends coach at Texas, his alma mater, helping the No. 19 Longhorns finish 7-3 overall and capture the Alamo Bowl title in 2020. He also spent seven years at Oklahoma, working under then-head coach Bob Stoops from 2013-16 and Lincoln Riley from (2017-19) and had stints at Auburn, Utah, Stanford, Arizona and Northern Illinois. Boulware was an offensive lineman at Texas before entering the coach- ing ranks. 1997-2000 Tight Ends/Co-Offensive Line Northern Illinois 2001-03 Tight Ends/Running Backs/Offensive Line Arizona 2004 (Summer) NFL Minority Coaching Fellowship Program San Francisco 49ers 2004 Running Backs Stanford 2005-06 Tight Ends/Co-Special Teams Utah 2007-08 Running Backs/Special Teams Iowa State 2009-12 Tight Ends/Special Teams Auburn 2013-19 Running Backs/Special Teams Oklahoma 2014 (Summer) NFL Minority Coaching Fellowship Program New Orleans Saints 2020 Assoc. Head Coach/Tight Ends/Special Teams Texas 2021 Offensive Intern Pittsburgh Steelers 2023-present Running Backs/Special Teams Kentucky JAY Boulware Running Backs/Special Teams Coaching Staff n 2023 University of Kentucky Liam Coen is in his second season at Ken- tucky, the first in his current term as the offen- sive coordinator and quarterbacks coach. He returned to the Bluegrass in 2023 after serv- ing one season as the offensive coordinator with the Los Angeles Rams. Before Kentucky, Coen spent three years on the Rams' staff from 2018-20. He served as assistant wide receivers coach in 2018 and 2019 before taking on assistant quarterbacks coach in 2020, when he helped Jared Goff post his fourth consecutive season with 3,800 or more passing yards. Coen played collegiate football at UMass and had an illustrious career as a four-year starter at quarterback from 2005-08. He set nearly every career UMass passing record, including most yards gained (11,031), highest pass- ing efficiency (152.92), completion percentage (63.9), completions (830) and touchdowns (90). 2010 Quarterbacks Coach Brown 2011 Quarterbacks Coach Rhode Island 2012-13 Quarterbacks Coach Brown 2014-15 Pass Game Coord./Quarterback Coach UMass 2016-17 Offensive Coordinator/ Quarterbacks Maine 2018-19 Assistant Wide Receivers Coach Los Angeles Rams 2020 Assistant Quarterbacks Coach Los Angeles Rams 2021 Offensive Coord./Quarterbacks Coach Kentucky 2022 Offensive Coordinator Los Angeles Rams 2023-present Offensive Coord./Quarterbacks Coach Kentucky LIAM Coen Offensive Coordinator/QuarterbacksKENTUCKY @UKSportsNetwork 77 Chris Collins enters his third season at Kentucky coaching the defensive backs. Col- lins was hired in June of 2021 after four sea- sons as the safeties coach at Georgia State. He helped the Panthers advance to a bowl game in three of his four seasons. Collins was a four-year letterwinner and two-year captain as a safety and outside line- backer at Western Carolina from 2006-09. He finished his career with 303 tackles, 19 tackles for loss, nine forced fumbles and five pass breakups. 2011-12 Defensive Assistant Western Carolina 2013-14 Secondary/Special Teams Coordinator Catawba 2015 Defensive Graduate Assistant Appalachian State 2016 Assistant Linebackers Coach Western Carolina 2017-18 Assistant Safeties Coach Georgia State 2019-20 Assistant Safeties Coach / Recruiting Coordinator Georgia State 2021-present Kentucky Defensive Backs CHRIS Collins Defensive Backs Vince Marrow, aka the “Big Dawg," enters his 11th season at Kentucky, currently handling the duties of associate head coach/tight ends coach/recruiting coordinator/NFL liaison. Marrow’s tight ends were a big factor in UK producing six consecutive seasons of 2,000 or more rushing yards with at least one 1,000-yard rusher in five of those (Stan- ley “Boom” Williams -2016; Benny Snell Jr., - 2017, 2018; Lynn Bowden - 2019; Chris Rodriguez Jr. - 2021). Marrow also has been instrumental in UK signing 10 straight top-50 recruiting classes, including the highest-rated class in UK history in 2021. Marrow had a professional playing career as a member of NFL rosters on five teams, including Buffalo, Carolina, New York Jets, Chicago and San Francisco. After his NFL days ended, Marrow played for the Frankfurt Galaxy of NFL Europe in 1998, earning all-league honors with 32 receptions for 345 yards. He also played for the Orlando Rage in the XFL in 2001. He began his collegiate playing career at Youngstown State before transferring to Toledo. Marrow played two seasons at Toledo, earning sec- ond-team All-MAC honors in 1991 before being drafted by the Bills in 1992. 2005-06 Tackles, Tight Ends Berlin (NFL Europe) 2006-07 Tackles, Tight Ends Rhein (NFL Europe) 2008 Tight Ends Toledo 2009 Head Coach Holland HS 2010 Tight Ends Omaha (United Football League) 2011-12 Graduate Assistant/Tight Ends Nebraska 2013 Tight Ends Kentucky 2014-18 Tight Ends, Recruiting Coordinator Kentucky 2019-present Associate Head Coach/Tight Ends Kentucky VINCE Marrow Associate Head Coach/Tight Ends/Recruiting Coordinator Former Wildcat Anwar Stewart was named the defensive line coach at Kentucky in January of 2020. He returned to the Blue- grass after one season as the defensive line coach at Appalachian State. Stewart is quite familiar with the Kentucky football program after playing linebacker/de- fensive end from 1996-99 under head coach- es Bill Curry and Hal Mumme and having served as a student assistant and defensive assistant under head coach Mark Stoops from 2017-18. During his playing days at Kentucky, he totaled 64 tackles, including nine tackles for loss and eight sacks, playing both linebacker and defensive end. 2014 Defensive Quality Control Montreal Alouettes 2015 Defensive Ends Montreal Alouettes 2016 Defensive Line Montreal Alouettes 2017-18 Defensive Assistant Kentucky 2019 Defensive Line Appalachian State 2020-present Defensive Line Kentucky ANWAR Stewart Defensive Line 2023 University of Kentucky n Coaching StaffNext >