Earlier this year, Kentucky football coach Mark Stoops called an audible on the program’s in-state recruiting efforts. He put the Wildcats’ top salesman, Vince Marrow, on the case.
“I’ll tell you this,” Marrow said with a smile last week, “they sure knew I was coming.”
Marrow, the team’s tight ends coach, also has the official title of UK recruiting coordinator and has long been known for his role in bringing some of the best high school talent from Ohio across the border to play for the Wildcats in the Southeastern Conference.
Before Marrow took on a larger role in recruiting Kentucky a few months ago, the Bluegrass had primarily been the territory of offensive line coach and former UK player John Schlarman, who recruited his home state quite well.