Kentucky didn’t just hire a play-caller. According to ESPN, the Wildcats hired a coach with a personal connection to the program and a clear blueprint for fixing the thing that’s been holding Kentucky back.
In ESPN’s evaluation of the move, Adam Rittenberg details why the fit makes sense and why the upside is worth the risk.
Kentucky football Will Stein brings something UK has been missing
Rittenberg’s write-up cuts right to what matters most: Stein wanted Kentucky.
Not in the generic “good job, good league” way, in the family-and-roots way. Rittenberg notes that both of Stein’s parents attended Kentucky and that his father, Matt Stein, played defensive end for the Wildcats under Jerry Claiborne.