Former Texas Tech WR coach Tommy Mainord rejoins Neal Brown at Kentucky
After spending the past three seasons helping Neal Brown build an electric offense at Texas Tech as an assistant coach for outside receivers, Tommy Mainord has agreed to rejoin Brown as Kentucky’s wide...
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By LARRY VAUGHT Veteran coach Dom Dunn, a Louisville native, is thrilled to be back on the field coaching defensive tackles at Western Kentucky after spending the three previous seasons as the director...
View ArticleFlorida WR Tyre Brady says “I am proud to say I am committed to Kentucky” no...
By LARRY VAUGHT With all the buzz over Kentucky football, there is one recruiting saga that is a bit perplexing. No, it’s not whether John Hardin defensive tackle will pick Alabama, Ohio State, Notre...
View ArticleWhat makes Tommy Mainord good coach, good recruiter?
By LARRY VAUGHT Question: What makes receiver coach Tommy Mainord a good coach and recruiter? Neal Brown: “I really didn’t know Tommy when coach (Tommy) Tuberville hired him (at Texas Tech). I knew...
View ArticleTexas WR T.V. Williams gives Kentucky another Yahtzee!!
By LARRY VAUGHT Yahtzee certainly has become the a popular phrase for University of Kentucky football coaches and fans. That’s the code word UK receivers coach Tommy Mainord came up with to note when a...
View ArticleNew UK commit T.V. Williams likes to play fast and hard
By LARRY VAUGHT As receiver T.V. Williams was contemplating his college choice, he looked at how Texas Tech used 5-6, 163-pound receiver Jakeem Grant (32 catches for 284 yards and three scores) during...
View ArticleMainord on Blue, Montgomery, Legree, Robinson, Shields and blocking
By LARRY VAUGHT Question: What kind of progress has junior college transfer Javess Blue made after not arriving here until just before practice started? UK receivers coach Tommy Mainord: “He is...
View ArticleWill Mainord always be known only as the “Yahtzee” guy at Kentucky?
By LARRY VAUGHT Since receivers coach Tommy Mainord came up with the idea to tweet Yahtzee every time UK got a football commitment — a move UK fans and recruits both liked — I asked him how good will...
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By LARRY VAUGHT Before Neal Brown became the offensive coordinator at Texas Tech, Tommy Mainord really didn’t know Brown. “They were looking for somebody that had Texas recruited and had a history of...
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WR Blake Bone can be flamboyant, different but he says “my only mission is to...
By LARRY VAUGHT WOODRUFF, S.C. — He was ranked among the nation’s 50 best receivers by Rivals.com and had 72 catches for 1,247 yards and eight touchdowns after making 65 catches for 1,150 yards and 14...
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Ohio receiver Alex Stump liked Kentucky’s early offer and offense, so he gave...
By LARRY VAUGHT Wide receiver Alex Stump of St. Edward High School in Lakewood, Ohio, said Saturday night that he had given his verbal commitment to Kentucky. “I’ve been thinking about it for over a...
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Blake Bone, Dorian Baker can help Kentucky score even when everything is not...
By LARRY VAUGHT Kentucky receivers coach Tommy Mainord says freshmen Blake Bone and Dorian Baker both will add needed length for the Wildcats next season. “Sometimes when you are covered, you are not,”...
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T.V. Williams has speed, ability to put “defensive coordinators in a bind on...
By LARRY VAUGHT T.V. Williams, who enrolled at UK in January to go through spring practice, is not a big receiver. However, he’s faster than any receiver UK had last year, but also is smaller than any...
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UK receivers coach Tommy Mainord says “basketball games are a great selling...
By LARRY VAUGHT Kentucky receivers coach Tommy Mainord said it didn’t take long to realize after he got to Kentucky that UK’s basketball program would help football recruiting. “I think getting...
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UK signee Jabari Greenwood credits coach Tommy Mainord, signee Kobie Walker...
By LARRY VAUGHT Receiver Jabari Greenwood of Washington, D.C., says his verbal commitment to Kentucky Saturday was not a spur of the moment decision. “I have definitely been leaning to Kentucky,” said...
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Jabari Greenwood hopes his commitment did impact long-time friend Darius Fulwood
By LARRY VAUGHT Kentucky commit Jabari Greenwood is confident that linebacker Darius Fullwood, who committed to UK at the same press conference on Saturday, can help UK a lot. “I think we can bring a...
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Junior college LB Ryan Flannigan will be at UK Aug. 1 and “ready to roll”
By LARRY VAUGHT Junior college linebacker Ryan Flannigan says he’ll be at Kentucky Aug. 1 and ready to start practice when the Wildcats begin preseason preparations. He signed with UK earlier but was...
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