Stoops extension

Kentucky’s Mark Stoops became the latest SEC coach to receive a raise and contract extension.

Stoops has signed an amended contract that will boost his annual salary from $6.35 million to $8.6 million and extend the deal from 2028 to 2031.

The Wildcats, ranked as high as No. 7 this season after a 4-0 start, are 6-5 going into Saturday’s game against Louisville, but Stoops has the record for victories for a Kentucky coach and a 6558 overall mark in his 10th season.

It’s been an impressive run for Stoops considering the Wildcats were 2-10 in 2012 the season before he was hired.

Kentucky has won as many as 10 games four times since Bear Bryant led the Wildcats to an 11-1 record in 1950.

Stoops has two of those 10-victory seasons with Kentucky going 10-3 in 2018 and 2021.