The primary obstacle to a head coaching change at the University of Kentucky is well known: Mark Stoops’s massive, one-sided contract. With the university on the hook for 75% of his remaining deal—an estimated $40 million—within 60 days of termination, the price is almost prohibitively high.
But that staggering number is just the tip of a very expensive iceberg. The often-overlooked cost of firing Stoops’s entire staff presents another massive financial hurdle.
The price of a failed offense
Offensive Coordinator Bush Hamdan was brought in on a three-year deal to revitalize the offense.