Will Stein

Will Stein
	Stein in 2025
Current position
Title	Head Coach
Team	Kentucky
Conference	SEC
Biographical details
Born	September 25, 1989 (age 36); 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)
2025–present	Kentucky

Last updated December 12, 2025

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. ^[1]

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

Year	Class	GP	Passing							Rushing
Louisville Cardinals
Year	Class	GP	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]

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] Stein will be allowed to coach Oregon's offense for the rest of the 2025 season as the Ducks are expected to make the College Football Playoff.^[9]

Head coaching record


Year	Team	Overall	Conference
Kentucky Wildcats (Southeastern Conference)(2026–present)
2026	Kentucky	0–0	0–0
Kentucky:		0–0	0–0
Total:		0–0
^#Rankings from final Coaches Poll. ^°Rankings from final AP Poll.

References

1 2 3 "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.
↑ "Texas hires former Louisville QB Will Stein as GA". Burnt Orange 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. 247 Sports.

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[UK20251201-1] 1 2 3 "Will Stein Named Head Coach of Kentucky Football" (Press release). Kentucky Wildcats. December 1, 2025. Retrieved December 1, 2025.

[2] "Employment Agreement – Assistant Football Coach/Offensive Coordinator" (PDF). publicrecords.uoregon.edu.

[3] "Will Stein College Stats". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on August 1, 2019. Retrieved February 22, 2022.

[4] "Texas hires former Louisville QB Will Stein as GA". Burnt Orange Nation. Archived from the original on November 29, 2020. Retrieved February 22, 2022.

[5] "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.

[6] "Traylor adds Will Stein to coaching staff". UTSA Athletics. Archived from the original on February 22, 2022. Retrieved February 22, 2022.

[7] "Mattox, Stein elevated to co-offensive coordinators". UTSA Athletics. Archived from the original on January 8, 2022. Retrieved February 22, 2022.

[8] Mack, Jared (December 5, 2022). "REPORTS: Oregon to hire UTSA's Will Stein as offensive coordinator". 247Sports. Retrieved December 5, 2022.

[9] Skopil, Erik (December 3, 2025). "Dan Lanning confirms that both Will Stein and Tosh Lupoi will coach during Oregon's CFP run". 247sports.com. 247 Sports.

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