Courtney Love (American football)

Last updated
Courtney Love
Current position
TitleDirector of player development
Team Kentucky
Conference SEC
Biographical details
Born (1994-09-28) September 28, 1994 (age 28)
Youngstown, Ohio
Playing career
2013–2014 Nebraska
2015–2017 Kentucky
Position(s) Linebacker
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2018 Kentucky (GA)
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
2019–present Kentucky
(Dir. of Player Development)
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
Wuerffel Trophy (2017)

Courtney Love (born September 28, 1994) is an American football coach and former linebacker who is currently the director of player development for the University of Kentucky's football team. He also played college football at Kentucky, where he was the recipient of the Wuerffel Trophy in 2017.

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Playing career

Nebraska

Love initially committed to play college football at Nebraska, where fellow Cardinal Mooney alumnus Bo Pelini was the head coach at. [1] At Nebraska, he compiled 6 tackles in 2014 after redshirting his freshman year in 2013.

After Pelini was fired in 2014, Love announced his intention to transfer to Kentucky, citing wanting to be closer to his grandmother, as well as his connections to members of the coaching staff at Kentucky. [2]

Kentucky

Love initially applied for a hardship waiver when transferring to Kentucky that would have allowed him to play immediately, but was denied and forced to sit out the 2015 season. [3]

Despite sitting out the 2015 season, Love's impact on the program was not affected, as he was one of the players head coach Mark Stoops selected to attend the SEC Media Days in 2016 despite never playing a snap for the Wildcats at that point. [4] In addition to attending media days, he was one of three players to help show off Kentucky's new uniforms and was seen to be the leader of the Wildcats defense. [5]

Love was named the recipient of the Wuerffel Trophy in 2017, an award given to the college football player "who best combines exemplary community service with athletic and academic achievement." [6] He finished his career at Kentucky with 168 tackles, 2 sacks, 3 fumble recoveries, and 1 forced fumble. [7]

College statistics

SeasonClassGPTacklesDefFumbles
SoloAstTotalTFLSacksPDFRYardsFF
Nebraska Cornhuskers
2013 Freshman Redshirt.svg Redshirt
2014 Redshirt.svg Freshman 44261.00.00000
Kentucky Wildcats
2015 Redshirt.svg Sophomore Sat out due to NCAA transfer rules
2016 Redshirt.svg Junior 133937761.01.01101
2017 Redshirt.svg Senior 133458923.51.03200
Career3077971745.52.04301
Source: [8]

Coaching career

At the conclusion of his playing career, Love was hired as a graduate assistant at Kentucky in 2018. [9] He was promoted to director of player development in 2019. [10]

Personal life

A native of Youngstown, Ohio, Love initially split time between his father and mother before later running away to permanently live with his father Cory, a former Marine who had served during the Gulf War. [11] While playing at Kentucky, he volunteered at Amachi Central Kentucky, a mentoring program that pairs adults with children in Kentucky who have parents that are affected by or incarcerated in prison. Love was paired with Antonio McKinney, a boy whose father was incarcerated and quickly formed a bond with him, spending time with him between practice and classes. [12]

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