UofL Director of Recruiting Pete Nochta Expected to Join Will Stein's Staff at Kentucky

Will Stein is in the process of creating his first coaching staff. The former Louisville quarterback is leaning into his roots.

KSR has learned that Pete Nochta is expected to join Stein at Kentucky. During the 2025 season, he held the title Director of Recruiting, one of many roles he’s served over the last 10+ years for the Louisville football team.

As the Director of Recruiting, Nochta helped organize the Cards’ recruiting efforts. Recruiting is a large logistical operation, and he was charged with communication between players and the program, admissions, and dabbled in scouting. He was also the NFL Liaison, a role Vince Marrow held during his Kentucky tenure.

Nochta previously had titles as Director of High School Relations and On-Campus Recruiting. He spent a season as the Cards’ tight ends coach in 2014, and was a graduate assistant once his college career ended.

Nochta is a Lexington native who attended Tates Creek High School. His father was a head football coach in the area and won KHSAA Coach of the Year in 1999-00 during his time at Bryan Station. Nochta played tight end at Louisville from 2006-2010, during the beginning of Stein’s time at the school. The tight end started in 20+ games and caught 11 career receptions for 146 yards and two touchdowns. He was a part of the Cards’ 2007 Orange Bowl team.

During the previous offseason, Kentucky lost its top recruiter to Louisville. Vince Marrow had a much larger job than the one previously held by Nochta, but it will be eye-opening to see the longtime Louisville staffer, one who worked for three different head coaches over more than a decade, wearing Kentucky blue.

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