Mark Stoops knows the timing was awkward.
As the college football coaching carousel kicked into gear early with several high-profile firings in season and Kentucky climbing into the top 10 of the Associated Press top 25 after a 4-0 start to the 2022 season, Stoops’ name was beginning to be prominently linked to jobs like Nebraska and Auburn.
Stoops, Athletic Director Mitch Barnhart and university President Eli Capilouto began discussing a new contract extension, his second in less than a year, that would silence some of that speculation.
