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Kentucky Wildcats Head football coach Mark Stoops was fired Sunday, according to multiple reports.
The Wildcats ended the regular season with a 41-0 loss to the Wildcats. Louisville Cardinals. Stoops said after the game that he has no intention of resigning as head coach.
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Kentucky head coach Mark Stoops walks the field before an NCAA college football game against Vanderbilt on Saturday, November 22, 2025, in Nashville, Tennessee. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
“Like, am I going to leave? Are you kidding? … The chance of me leaving is zero,” he said. via ESPN.
“I’ll be here as far as I know. Now I cannot control what decision (will be) made. If you ask me, I said zero. Zero means zero.”
This is the second time in a row that Kentucky has missed a bowl game. The Wildcats went 4-8 in 2024 and finished 5-7 in 2025. Before the loss at Louisville, they lost a big game to Vanderbilt.
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Vanderbilt head coach Clark Lee and Kentucky head coach Mark Stoops meet on the field after an NCAA college football game on Saturday, November 22, 2025, in Nashville, Tennessee. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
Stoops took over as Kentucky's head coach prior to the 2013 season. The team posted a 2–10 record in his first season, but gradually improved during his tenure. The Wildcats won 10 games in 2018 for the first time since 1977.
He was 72–80 and will leave Kentucky as the winningest coach in program history.
He also faces a $36 million buyout within 60 days of his termination, Stoops said. Athletic.
It's unclear who Kentucky will hire next, but the Wildcats will be the latest SEC program to make the move. LSU, Ole Miss, Auburn, Arkansas and Florida made their head coaching decisions Saturday.
Kentucky coach Mark Stoops shook hands with senior players and their families during graduation day ceremonies before the Kentucky Wildcats faced the Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles at Kroger Field in Lexington, Kentucky on November 15, 2025. (Jeff Fogender/Courier Journal/USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)
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Lane Kiffin decided to take the LSU job, and Ole Miss named Pete Golding as his replacement. Auburn hired Alex Golesh, Arkansas took Ryan Silverfield and Florida hired John Sumrall.
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