After another big football season in the Bluegrass, Mark Stoops is earning some recognition, at least from the folks with College Football News. In a recent story (available here), writer Pete Fiutak tabbed Mark Stoops as the No. 10 football coach in America. In 2017, he was No. 75 on that same list; last year, he was No. 1
Here’s how Fiutak justified this year’s ranking:
“The guy lost his heart-and-soul guys – Benny Snell and Josh Allen – from the great 2018 team. He lost starting quarterback Terry Wilson almost right out of the gate, had to reconfigure things after having issues getting the offense going, and his team still rolled up an eight-win season with five wins in the last six games with a wide receiver playing quarterback as, effectively, a running back.