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Former Murray State head coach Dean Hood returns to Kentucky as Director of Player Development

Former Murray State head coach Dean Hood is returning to Kentucky as Director of Player Development.

Hood previously worked on Mark Stoops’ staff as special teams coordinator, outside linebackers coach and defensive backs coach.

For the last four seasons, Hood worked as head coach at Murray State.

Here are more details from UK Athletics:

University of Kentucky head football coach Mark Stoops has announced the hiring of Dean Hood to serve as the Wildcats’ director of player development. Hood returns to UK after serving the last four seasons as the head football coach at Murray State University in Murray, Kentucky.