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Posted by catmandoo (Member # 1284) on 03-01-2016, 02:59 PM:

Cincinnati co-defensive coordinator Steve Clinkscale has been tabbed Kentucky’s defensive backs coach, it was announced by Coach Mark Stoops on Tuesday.

“I am very impressed with Coach Clinkscale’s knowledge and the way he handles himself with players,” said Stoops, who has an extensive history as a defensive backs coach. “He is well-seasoned in terms of experience. Coaches I greatly respect – Coach (Eddie) Gran and Coach (Darin) Hinshaw – who worked with him in Cincinnati speak very highly of him.”

Clinkscale joins the Kentucky coaching staff after serving three seasons with Cincinnati as secondary coach, including the 2015 campaign as co-defensive coordinator.

A native of Youngstown, Ohio, Clinkscale previously spent a year as the cornerbacks coach at Illinois (2012), after a three-year run with Toledo. He also served as an assistant with Western Carolina in 2008, after opening his coaching career at his alma mater Ashland University (2001-07) in Ohio.

“I’ve been wanting to work with Coach Stoops since he’s been at Kentucky,” Clinkscale said. “This is a great opportunity for me and my family and I’m getting to work with someone who is like-minded. We speak the same language when it comes to defense. I was walking through the training facility with my wife and I told her ‘this feels like a dream come true.’ I’m very happy and I can’t wait to get on the practice field.”

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Posted by Tiptree (Member # 844) on 03-01-2016, 06:01 PM:

Was Cincinnati that good that it was worth poaching three coaches from them? Or is this all we can get?

Posted by boomdaddy (Member # 2644) on 03-01-2016, 10:35 PM:

I don't know who the best available assistant coaches were, that Stoops had to choose from.

The newest assistant coach has ties to Morrow and Youngstown.

We also found out that the latest OC was Stoops's first choice, before he hired his last OC, but he wasn't ready to take the job. They knew each other from a previous school.

It appears to me that Stoops is trying to bring in guys that he can trust. Just my guess.