Rich Brooks Officially Retires

Today at 11 AM Rich Brooks made the official announcement to retire as the head football coach of the University of Kentucky Wildcats. The move to retire comes as no surprise as Brooks said after a loss to Clemson in the Music City Bowl that he was 80% sure he was not going to return as UK's football coach in 2010. The 68-year old Rich Brooks lead UK to a 39-47 record and going to four straight bowl games for the first time in school history. Offensive Coordinator Rich Brooks will become the next head coach of Kentucky Football. Rich Brooks will certainly be missed by many in the Commonwealth and will be remembered for all of the hard work and effort he put into rising UK Football from probation to where it is today.

Here is Coach Brooks on his decision to retire:

“I have decided that it is time for me to step away and turn this program over,” Brooks said. “My hope is that not only will it be competitive but reach the heights that I failed to achieve.”