Mark Stoops
Stoops at Kroger Field in 2013 | |
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Special assistant |
| Team | Texas |
| Conference | SEC |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | July 9, 1967 Youngstown, Ohio, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1986–1988 | Iowa |
| Position | Defensive back |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1990–1991 | Iowa (GA) |
| 1992–1995 | Nordonia HS (OH) (AD/DB) |
| 1996 | South Florida (DB) |
| 1997–1999 | Wyoming (DB) |
| 2000 | Houston (co-DC/S) |
| 2001–2003 | Miami (FL) (DB) |
| 2004–2009 | Arizona (DC/DB) |
| 2010–2012 | Florida State (DC/DB) |
| 2013–2025 | Kentucky |
| 2026–present | Texas (Special assistant) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 72–80(.474) |
| Bowls | 4–4 (.500) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Awards | |
| SEC Coach of the Year (2018) | |
Mark Thomas Stoops (born July 9, 1967) is an American college football coach and former player who is the special assistant to the head coach at the University of Texas. He most recently served as head football coach for the University of Kentucky from 2013 to 2025. Stoops is the all-time winningest head coach in the history of the Kentucky football program, surpassing former coach Paul "Bear" Bryant.