NEW from @cmakauskas.bsky.social: The reviews are already glowing for UK QB Kenny Minchey. "Everything we thought, that showed up." www.kentucky.com/sports/colle...

NEW: Three players to watch for UK football in Will Stein's first spring practice, including the center one NFL draft prospect called "One of the toughest guys I’ve ever known." www.kentucky.com/sports/colle...

NEW: Will Stein rank his first practice as UK football coach this morning, but he already is going to have a new boss. On his reaction to Mitch Barnhart's retirement and message to the man who hired him. www.kentucky.com/sports/colle...

NEW: The Orange Bowl ended at 3:38 p.m. on Jan. 1. At 5:52 p.m. Will Stein was on a private jet flying to Lexington. The Herald-Leader goes inside Stein's insane first month as coach with a look at the flights he used to navigate two jobs. www.kentucky.com/sports/colle...

From my one-on-one conversation with Will Stein: "I don’t think you’re going to find a better head coach and coordinator duo in the country than us." www.kentucky.com/sports/colle...

NEW: With spring practice starting Tuesday, I wanted to learn more about new UK QB Kenny Minchey. So, at the NFL Combine, I talked to four of his former Notre Dame teammates about last season's QB competition and their expectations for Minchey at UK www.kentucky.com/sports/colle...

Mitch Barnhart says he will stay out of the search for his replacement. "They don’t need Mitch Barnhart 2.0" More from @jonhalehl.bsky.social: ⬇️ www.kentucky.com/sports/colle...

NEW: What's next in the search for Mitch Barnhart's replacement as UK AD? Some more info on Capilouto's planned listening tour, Barnhart's role in the process and more here www.kentucky.com/sports/colle...

NEW: When the Senior Bowl PR team asked participants to pick the best player in the NFL, Barion Brown had an unexpected answer. He picked four former UK players. So, why does Brown still love UK so much after transferring? I asked him at the combine. www.kentucky.com/sports/colle...

NEW: I spent some time at the NFL combine last week talking to former Oregon players about Will Stein's offense and what they expect from Kentucky's new coach. "He’s gonna get them boys right." www.kentucky.com/sports/colle...

Will Stein's UK contract has been finalized. We reported salary, incentive and buyout information after he was hired in December here. www.kentucky.com/sports/colle...

NEW: At last week’s athletics committee meeting, UK gave the first look at what the Kroger Field entertainment district could look like. Here are the four preliminary options under consideration. www.kentucky.com/sports/colle...

NEW: Mark Stoops is gone. Will Stein was hired to bring a more explosive offense to Kentucky. But the legacy of John Schlarman and the Big Blue Wall remains. www.kentucky.com/sports/colle...

NEW: In my one-on-one interview with Will Stein this week, he mentioned planned changes in the football training center. I asked Mitch Barnhart what those changes might look like after the athletics committee meeting yesterday. www.kentucky.com/sports/colle...

NEW: Spent some time talking one-on-one with Will Stein this afternoon. The first of several stories coming from that interview: What did he make of the Vince Marrow-Pete Nochta spat? How will rivalry change with so many former UofL players on UK's staff? www.kentucky.com/sports/colle...

NEW: Despite Kentucky's struggles last season that ended with a coaching change, most of Mark Stoops' former staff has had no trouble finding high profile new jobs. Here's a look at where they've landed so far. www.kentucky.com/sports/colle...

UK baseball about to open 2026 season in North Carolina. All eyes on SS Tyler Bell, who could be the program's highest drafted player in decades www.kentucky.com/sports/colle...

NEW: We now know how much season tickets for Will Stein's first UK football season will cost. www.kentucky.com/sports/colle...

NEW: Will Stein has hired more than 20 assistant coaches so far. Here's how much UK will spend on the supersized staff in 2026. www.kentucky.com/sports/colle...

NEW: UK football's annual Super Bowl commercial returned to local TV in Lexington for Will Stein's first season. kentucky.com/sports/colle...

NEW: The first Wednesday in February is no longer a huge day for new football coaches, but that doesn’t meant freshmen won’t play a key role in year one for Will Stein. Here’s a look at three that could help immediately. www.kentucky.com/sports/colle...

The latest UK football staff additions, per the school's online roster: Former UofL RB Keith Towbridge as assistant RBs coach. Former Marshall WR Tommy Shuler as assistant WRs coach. Towbridge was at Bethune-Cookman last year. Shuler was coaching HS football in Miami.

NEW: We've now heard from both Will Stein and Nick Mingione about the plan for two-sport star Matt Ponatoski at UK. Both sound confident he will be in college next year. www.kentucky.com/sports/colle...

NEW: There’s been a lot of talk about the age of the new UK football coaches, but the actual numbers might surprise you. A closer look at the advantage of youth in the new era of college football and how much has changed from the Stoops era. www.kentucky.com/sports/colle...

NEW: We know what Will Stein’s first UK football roster will look like, but how good will the Wildcats be in 2026? Two reasons to be optimistic and two reasons to be concerned. www.kentucky.com/sports/colle...

NEW: Kenny Minchey's profile as a transfer might give some Kentucky fans Brock Vandagriff flashbacks, but I caught up with his former HS coach (who played in the NFL) to see why he's confident Minchey can be a star at Kentucky. www.kentucky.com/sports/colle...

NEW: The bulk of Will Stein's first UK football roster is set. Here's a position-by-position look at the roster after the portal window. Who left? Who was added? What's the outlook? www.kentucky.com/sports/colle...

Your UK football roster breakdown post portal.

The football transfer portal closes tonight. Today is also the deadline to enroll in full-term classes for UK's spring semester. There might be a little wiggle room to still get transfers in for spring practice, but the bulk of Will Stein's first roster should be wrapped up soon

NEW: The Champions Blue Board of Governors reviewed five enhancements coming to Kroger Field this morning. The first of the projects will be done this offseason. www.kentucky.com/sports/colle...

NEW: No position on the Kentucky roster required more work when the portal opened than offensive line. But in just more than a week Will Stein and his staff have turned that question into a strength. www.kentucky.com/sports/colle...

Ray Davis was selected 1st team All Pro special teams. That’s a pretty rare accomplishment.

NEW: We now know Willie Rodriguez is coming back, but who else will Kenny Minchey have to throw to? List of portal receiver targets is expanding. www.kentucky.com/sports/colle...

NEW: Start your morning with a look at where UK football's transfer class sits right now and what positions still need starter-level additions. www.kentucky.com/sports/colle...

On3 reports Nasir Addison has removed his name from the transfer portal. That's good news for UK's CB room. He looked good in two fill-in starts in 2025, then missed last two games while preserving a redshirt season. www.on3.com/college/kent...

This move reminds me a lot of Liam Coen targeting Will Levis as a transfer. A bet on the physical tools despite lack of starter reps.

NEW: Will Stein has apparently found his starting QB for 2026. Instead of waiting on Sam Leavitt's final decision, he flipped the QB Nebraska has targeted as its top option. www.kentucky.com/sports/colle...

NEW: Catching up on a busy first transfer portal weekend for Will Stein, Kentucky. Here's what you need to know to start the week. www.kentucky.com/sports/colle...

One thing to remember about transfer portal visit lists: Getting the first visit is often huge. Last winter a bunch of transfers committed before ever actually making their later scheduled visits.

NEW: The transfer portal is officially open. Here's a look at UK's shopping list over the next two weeks. QB is now the biggest need, but OL, CB LB, DL, WR, P also probably need starter-caliber transfers. www.kentucky.com/sports/colle...

NEW: UK QB Cutter Boley is transferring. Will Stein was noncommittal in public comments about Boley since taking the UK job. Now he's in the market for a new starting QB. www.kentucky.com/sports/colle...

NEW: DJ Waller is the first projected starter to announce plans to transfer after the UK coaching change. Here's a rundown of the Wildcats we know are leaving so far. www.kentucky.com/sports/colle...

NEW: The latest hires for UK football staff prove we need to start talking about assistant coach positions differently. There is no such thing as on-field and off-field coaches anymore. Will Stein is using the 2024 rule change to build a new kind of staff www.kentucky.com/sports/colle...

NEW: Here's the latest update on Will Stein's UK football staff. Looks like there is one spot left among the 10 recruiting positions. www.kentucky.com/sports/colle...

NEW: Three takeaways from new UK OC Joe Sloan's introductory presser: 1. On Cutter Boley, Willie Rodriguez 2. Running Will Stein's offense 3. OL transfers needed again www.kentucky.com/sports/colle...

NEW: Can UK athletes arrange NIL deals outside of JMI? Why the secrecy on rev sharing split? Does basketball need a GM? What about those retirement rumors? All that and more in a one-on-one interview with Mitch Barnhart. bit.ly/3KN9ejJ

NEW: So much for easing into things in Will Stein's first season at UK. What you need to know about the 2026 schedule with dates set. www.kentucky.com/sports/colle...

Will Stein’s first Kentucky defensive coordinator will reportedly come from a playoff team.

NEW: I caught up with Jeff Traylor, one of Will Stein's biggest mentors. They lived together, and Traylor gave Stein his first college OC job. "Very few people can be as smart as Will and love people the way Will loves them.” www.kentucky.com/sports/colle...

NEW: As Will Stein balances his responsibilities between Oregon and Kentucky, here's a closer look at what we know about his first UK staff so far. www.kentucky.com/sports/colle...