Kentucky’s new leader of the outside linebackers and special teams is excited to be back in the Bluegrass.
Dean Hood almost made the move a year sooner. After he was dismissed as EKU’s head coach following the 2015 season, he was quickly hired by a former colleague at Charlotte. Mark Stoops tried to convince Hood to join him at UK, but their timing was off .
“The first time (in 2016) was really difficult. I wanted to come obviously,” Hood told Dick Gabriel tonight on the Big Blue Insider. After spending spring practice in Charlotte, Hood couldn’t leave his players after just a few months.