Kentucky is anticipated to fireplace soccer coach Mark Stoops, sources informed ESPN’s Pete Thamel on Sunday, with the method set to formally play out Monday.
Stoops simply accomplished his thirteenth season at Kentucky with a 5-7 document after going 4-8 in 2024.
Stoops, 58, went 72-80 general at Kentucky with 10-win seasons in 2018 and 2021.
Stoops is incomes $9 million this 12 months and is signed by means of June 2031. However, the college made the choice to maneuver on from a coach who authored a powerful period in Lexington.
Stoops could be owed 75% of his remaining wage, which equates to roughly $37.7 million.
After a season that ended Saturday with a 41-0 loss to in-state rival Louisville, Stoops stated he wasn’t going anyplace.
Requested after the sport about the potential for stepping down, Stoops informed reporters, “Like, I’ll stroll away? Are you kidding me? … Zero % likelihood I stroll.”
ESPN’s Adam Rittenberg contributed to this report.