Former Kentucky head coach Mark Stoops has been hired by Texas coach Steve Sarkisian as a special assistant, a source close to the situation told Horns247.com.
“Mark Stoops has been hired in a similar special assistant role that Paul Chryst and Gary Patterson were hired in by Texas,” the source said.
Kentucky fired Stoops after 13 seasons, following a second consecutive losing campaign for the program’s all-time wins leader with a record of 72-80, the school announced on Dec. 1…