With Mark Stoops gone and the winter recruiting window closing fast, Kentucky will have to move at lightning speed to find a new coach.
But speed can lead to mistakes. Remember Rich Scangarello? He was a late hire after the Liam Coen exit, and that disaster set the offense back two years. We cannot let that happen again with the head coaching job.
Here are the names Kentucky needs to delete from the contact list immediately.
1. Dan Mullen
It didn't work at Florida, and I don't want to hear the excuses. If you can't do better than a losing season in Gainesville with all those resources, chances are you won't do much better in Lexington.