Will Stein
Will Stein went 6–1 as a head coach, 2026, at Kentucky. Wikipedia’s season articles record one season differently (2026, 5–1); by them his record is 5–1. Share
- Record
- 6–1 career
- Seasons
- 1
- Schools
- 1
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Born
- Sep 25, 1989
- Alma mater
- Louisville 2011
- Best season
- 2026 6–1
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Kentucky | 6–1 (Wikipedia: 5–1) |
Each season links to the team’s season page; bowls and playoff games link to the game. Conference finishes from the Wikipedia article’s record table.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against ranked teams | 3 | 2–1 | 67% |
| Against top-10 teams | 2 | 2–0 | 100% |
| Conference games | 5 | 4–1 | 80% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 3 | 3–0 | 100% |
| At home | 4 | 3–1 | 75% |
| On the road | 3 | 3–0 | 100% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 2 | 2–0 | 100% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 5 | 4–1 | 80% |
His own seven games on file, 2026, as played (vacated wins counted, ties as half a win). Ranks are the AP poll going into the game; rivals are the ones either program’s Wikipedia article names; favorite and underdog by our own Elo rating, which reads only scores.
Most-faced opponents
| Opponent | Games | Record |
|---|---|---|
| South Alabamaseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| LSUseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Oklahomaseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Texas A&Mseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| South Carolinaseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Youngstown Stateseries | 1 | 1–0 |
| Alabamaseries | 1 | 0–1 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Louisville | Graduate assistant | |
| 2014 | Louisville | Quality control coach | |
| 2015–17 | Texas | Quality control coach | |
| 2018–19 | Lake Travis HS (TX) high school | Assistant head coach, offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| 2020–21 | UTSA | Passing game coordinator and wide receivers coach | |
| 2022 | UTSA | Co-offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| 2023–25 | Oregon | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| 2026–present | Kentucky | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Charlie StrongLouisville, Texas
- Bobby PetrinoLouisville
- Tom HermanTexas
- Jeff TraylorUTSA
- Dan LanningOregon
Assistants who became head coaches
- Jay BatemanSiena
Worked under (5)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Strong | Louisville | 2013 | Graduate assistant | |
| Bobby Petrino | Louisville | 2014 | Quality control coach | |
| Charlie Strong | Texas | 2015–16 | Quality control coach | |
| Tom Herman | Texas | 2017 | Quality control coach | |
| Jeff Traylor | UTSA | 2020–22 | 2020–21: passing game coordinator and wide receivers coach; 2022: co-offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Dan Lanning | Oregon | 2023–25 | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach |
Coached under him, later head coaches (1)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jay Bateman | Kentucky, 2026: defensive coordinator | Siena |
Other assistants under him (4)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| Chad Wilt | Kentucky, 2026: inside linebackers | |
| Joe Sloan | Kentucky, 2026: offensive coordinator | |
| Justin Burke | Kentucky, 2026: tight ends coach | |
| Kolby Smith | Kentucky, 2026: running backs coach |
From coaches’ Wikipedia infoboxes (CC BY-SA) and each season’s article for its coordinators: an assistant’s seasons at a school count under its head coach in our records; jobs in the NFL and elsewhere, under the head coach whose own article lists the job that year. Names without a page here link to their Wikipedia articles.
How he coached
Stein’s teams went for it on 29% of fourth downs and on 48% of those where the model said go for it, passed on 50% of plays and took 27.7 seconds a play, in 2026.
| Season | Went for it on fourth | When the model said go | Pass rate | Seconds a play | EPA a play | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 7 g | 15 of 52 29% | 48% | 50% | 27.7 | +0.13 |
His seasons as a head coach from 2004 on, from ESPN’s play by play: fourth downs where he went for it out of every fourth-down decision; how often he went when SportsDataverse’s fourth-down model said going for it was the better call; the share of his offense’s plays that were passes; seconds of game clock per offensive play (lower is faster); and expected points added per offensive play (EPA, a measure of how much each play moved the offense toward points). The season in progress counts its games so far. SportsDataverse’s coach tendencies, from ESPN’s play by play; the EPA and the fourth-down model are SportsDataverse’s.