When star Lafayette quarterback Walker Wood committed to Kentucky in 2015 during his junior season of high school, Shannon Dawson was the UK offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach.
Dawson and UK parted ways after the 2015 season, of course. Yet Wood, a 2017 Kentucky signee, will still be playing at UK for a QB coach who liked him as a prospect enough to offer a scholarship.
Louisville and Cincinnati were the first two schools that offered the dual-threat Lafayette QB. The UC quarterbacks coach at the time was Darin Hinshaw — the same Darin Hinshaw who is now the co-offensive coordinator and QB coach for Kentucky.