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Bar Fight Involving EKU and UK Players Led to Relationship Between Dean Hood and Mark Stoops

Remember that bar fight a few years ago that involved UK quarterback Drew Barker and some Eastern Kentucky University players?

The aftermath of that incident in Richmond led to a relationship between then EKU head coach Dean Hood and UK head man Mark Stoops.

Now, Hood is part of Stoops’ staff at UK.

Here are more details from the Courier-Journal:

When a bar fight between several EKU and UK football players and subsequent incident between the teams at an EKU dorm made headlines in January 2015, it was unlikely the head coaches at either program envisioned the turmoil to help lead to a future job opportunity.