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Will Stein

Current Position

Head Coach

Salary

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Salary

$5,500,000

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Alma MaterLouisville/ 2011

DegreeSport Administration

Age36

High SchoolTrinity

HometownLouisville, KY

Stein News

Kellan Hall with Kentucky head coach Will Stein on his Junior Day visit (Photo courtesy of Kellan Hall)

Will Stein's Kentucky impact: Wildcats have elite 2028 defender's 'full attention'

Greg Smith•04/01/26

Donald Tabron II by Mick Walker -- Lettermen Row --

Four-star QB Donald Tabron on Kentucky: Latest reaction, where things stand

Greg Smith•03/31/26

Mitch Barnhart presents a Kentucky jersey to new head football coach Will Stein, via Crawford Ifland, KSR

Will Stein releases statement on retirement of Kentucky AD Mitch Barnhart

Grant Grubbs•03/03/26

Seneca Driver (5).jpeg

Intel: SEC program making move on elite TE Seneca Driver

Greg Smith•03/02/26

Oregon QB Dante Moore, former OC Will Stein

Dante Moore reveals final message to Will Stein before taking Kentucky job

Nick Schultz•02/10/26

Will Stein is introduced as the new head football coach of the University of Kentucky on December 3, 2025 at Nutter Field House in Lexington, Ky. Photo by Crawford Ifland, Kentucky Sports Radio/On3

Kentucky football takes us on a trip down memory lane with Will Stein

Zack Geoghegan•02/06/26

Coaching History

Kentucky

Head Coach2026 - present

Oregon

Offensive Coordinator2023 - 2025

UTSA

Co-Offensive Coordinator2022 - 2022

UTSA

Wide Receivers Coach2020 - 2021

Lake Travis

Offensive Coordinator2018 - 2019

Texas

Quality Control Coach2015 - 2017

Louisville

Graduate Assistant2013 - 2014