Will Stein
Stein in 2025 | |
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Kentucky |
| Conference | SEC |
| Record | 0–0 |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | September 25, 1989 Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 2008–2012 | Louisville |
| Position | Quarterback |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2013 | Louisville (GA) |
| 2014 | Louisville (QC) |
| 2015–2017 | Texas (QC) |
| 2018–2019 | Lake Travis HS (TX) (AHC/OC/QB) |
| 2020–2021 | UTSA (PGC/WR) |
| 2022 | UTSA (Co-OC/QB) |
| 2023–2025 | Oregon (OC/QB) |
| 2026–present | Kentucky |
William Stein (born September 25, 1989) is an American college football coach and former player who is currently the head football coach at the University of Kentucky. Stein played college football for the Louisville Cardinals as a quarterback from 2008 to 2012. He has held various assistant coaching positions at the University of Louisville, University of Texas at Austin, Lake Travis High School, University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA), and the University of Oregon.
Playing career
Stein attended Louisville's Trinity High School where he set a single-season school record for touchdown passes and guided the Shamrocks to three state titles.[1] After high school he walked-on at Louisville, where he played quarterback from 2008 to 2012.[2]
Career statistics
| Legend | |
|---|---|
| Bold | Career high |
| Louisville Cardinals | |||||||||||||||||
| Year | Class | GP | Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rating | Att | Comp | Pct | Yds | TD | Int | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | |||||||
| 2008 | Freshman | Redshirted | |||||||||||||||
| 2009 | Freshman | 4 | 101.0 | 78 | 43 | 55.1 | 450 | 0 | 1 | 15 | -20 | -1.3 | 0 | ||||
| 2010 | Sophomore | 3 | 131.1 | 14 | 9 | 64.3 | 72 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 0 | ||||
| 2011 | Junior | 6 | 141.2 | 84 | 52 | 61.9 | 620 | 5 | 1 | 24 | 6 | 0.3 | 0 | ||||
| 2012 | Senior | 12 | 91.2 | 34 | 20 | 58.8 | 131 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 0.7 | 0 | ||||
| Source:[3] | |||||||||||||||||
Coaching career
Louisville
After his playing career concluded, Stein stayed at Louisville as a graduate assistant and quality control coach from 2013 to 2014.
Texas
In 2015, Stein was named a quality control coach at Texas, joining his former college coach Charlie Strong and position coach Shawn Watson.[4]
Lake Travis High School
Stein was the assistant head coach, offensive coordinator, and quarterbacks coach at Lake Travis High School in Texas from 2018 to 2019, where he coached Garrett Wilson.[5]
UTSA
On December 20, 2019, Stein was named the passing game coordinator and wide receivers coach at UTSA.[6] He was promoted to co-offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach on January 8, 2022.[7]
Oregon
On December 5, 2022, Stein was named the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at the University of Oregon under head coach Dan Lanning.[8]
Stein will be allowed to coach Oregon's offense for the rest of the 2025 season as the Ducks made the College Football Playoff.[9]
Kentucky
On December 1, 2025, University of Kentucky (UK) athletic director Mitch Barnhart announced that Stein had been hired as Kentucky's head football coach.[1]
Head coaching record
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | Coaches# | AP° | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky Wildcats (Southeastern Conference) (2026–present) | |||||||||
| 2026 | Kentucky | 0–0 | 0–0 | ||||||
| Kentucky: | 0–0 | 0–0 | |||||||
| Total: | 0–0 | ||||||||
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References
- ^ a b "Will Stein Named Head Coach of Kentucky Football" (Press release). Kentucky Wildcats. December 1, 2025. Retrieved December 1, 2025.
- ^ "Employment Agreement – Assistant Football Coach/Offensive Coordinator" (PDF). publicrecords.uoregon.edu.
- ^ "Will Stein College Stats". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on August 1, 2019. Retrieved February 22, 2022.
- ^ Eberts, Wescott (February 23, 2015). "Texas hires former Louisville QB Will Stein as GA". Burnt Orange Nation. SB Nation. Archived from the original on November 29, 2020. Retrieved February 22, 2022.
- ^ "Cavaliers tap UT analyst, ex-Louisville QB Stein as new offensive coordinator". Lake Travis Football. Archived from the original on April 10, 2021. Retrieved February 22, 2022.
- ^ "Traylor adds Will Stein to coaching staff". UTSA Athletics. Archived from the original on February 22, 2022. Retrieved February 22, 2022.
- ^ "Mattox, Stein elevated to co-offensive coordinators". UTSA Athletics. Archived from the original on January 8, 2022. Retrieved February 22, 2022.
- ^ Mack, Jared (December 5, 2022). "REPORTS: Oregon to hire UTSA's Will Stein as offensive coordinator". 247Sports. Retrieved December 5, 2022.
- ^ Skopil, Erik (December 3, 2025). "Dan Lanning confirms that both Will Stein and Tosh Lupoi will coach during Oregon's CFP run". 247sports.com. 247Sports.