He always seemed to go 18 for 28 for 135 yards since he had to throw the ball to his running back after scrambling away from the unblocked defensive front.

There are exactly TWO coaches from his staff that are now working at High Schools: Mike Major, who was obviously given a lackluster group of defensive players at UK since Mumme apparently didn’t even ACKNOWLEDGE the defense in the locker room and barely had a word to say to the group on the practice field. Major was most likely a mediocre coach to begin with so it’s understandable that he’s in the High School Ranks.

The other “High Schooler” is the “Fall Guy”, Claude ‘under the table’ Bassett. He’s lucky to have a job in football at all, pee-wee included. He set back UK Football at LEAST 5-7 years as far as recruiting and working on moving up the VERY DIFFICULT SEC Ladder. I’m sure Mumme had an idea that Bassett was doing some shady things but I really don’t think Mumme, as eccentric as he is, was aware that obvious recruiting violations were happening. (Especially since the violations were pretty much out in the open).

Look at the coaches that have succeeded from Mumme’s staff:

Mike Leach: A carbon copy of Mumme offensively yet he’s had much more success that Mumme in a Big Time Conference with a school that has never done much athletic wise.

Guy Morris: He probably made a mistake by leaving UK and taking the Big Bucks at Baylor but even though I’ll admit he coached High School for a year or two it was just something for him to do while preparing for his future. An excellent coach in my opinion.

I’m not going to go down the whole list but I’d like to mention Chris Hatcher, Sonny Dykes, Darrell Patterson, Tony Franklin and Mike Fanoga. Look for Hatcher and Dykes to be head coaches at MAJOR schools in the next 5 years. In my opinion Hatcher made EVERY QB (Especially Coach) much better and Dykes is a great leader and will have an excellent shot in the next 5-10 years to coach at a big time School like Oregon State after paying his dues at a smaller school. I actually think Chris Hatcher could end up in the SEC at TENNESSEE or GEORGIA. It might take 7-10 years but I think Hatcher is one of a handful of EXCELLENT Young coaches.