Ole Miss is hiring veteran college football coach Mike Stoops to its staff. A former head coach for the Arizona Wildcats, Stoops served last season as the inside linebackers coach at Kentucky. Hos role with the Rebels is not completely known at this point.
Stoops is 64 years old.
Stoops held assistant coaching positions at Iowa , Kansas State and the Oklahoma. With his hiring by Arizona in November 2003, Stoops became the school’s youngest head coach at hiring at age 41. Upon taking over, he hired his brother, Miami defensive backs coach Mark Stoops, as defensive coordinator.