Will Stein is rapidly placing collectively his first workers as the brand new head coach at Kentucky. That features who they’re anticipated to now rent to be the brand new defensive coordinator for the Wildcats.
In accordance to On3’s Pete Nakos, Kentucky is about to rent Texas A&M DC Jay Bateman. It’s a reputation of somebody who has labored his means up on defensive staffs the previous 20 years, together with three power-level stops since 2019 and two within the SEC since 2022 with him having spent the previous two seasons with A&M.
Bateman has been on workers the final two years with the Aggies, being their defensive coordinator and linebackers coach, below Mike Elko, which might now make it the second of two coordinators to go away the workers in the previous week after Kansas State employed OC Collin Klein. He, in his time right here, has had one of many higher defenses within the nation, as A&M has allowed 22.1 factors and 338.6 yards per sport.
This season, Texas A&M has additional continued that in his second 12 months, with them permitting 21.9 factors and 309.8 yards per sport. They’ve additionally posted among the many finest stats within the nation as they’re finest within the nation in third down conversion fee, tied for the perfect in sacks, top-three in tackles for loss, top-ten in first down conversion fee, and among the many finest in passing yards allowed. That’s been a part of what’s allowed the Aggies to go 11-1, among the best seasons at school historical past, and now make their first-ever look in the School Soccer Playoff.
As for the remainder of his resumé, Bateman has additionally not too long ago labored for 2 seasons as the within linebackers coach at Florida, and earlier than that for 3 seasons because the safeties coach and co-defensive coordinator at North Carolina. He has additionally made stops as defensive coordinator at Military and Ball State within the FBS, in addition to smaller defensive stops at Elon, Lehigh, and Richmond together with 4 years, one as defensive coordinator and three extra as head coach, at Siena.
Since his hiring on December 2nd, Stein, the offensive coordinator at Oregon,
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