Dean Hood

Safeties · Marshall

Headline rating: as position coach · special teams. Every role he has been rated in is below.

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Seasons here1

Programs2

Stints3

Career path

Head-coaching stints since 1936; assistant roles since 2016

2026MarshallSafeties

2024–2025KentuckyDirector of Player Development

2016–2019KentuckySpecial Teams Coordinator/Defensive Backs

Rating78Peak81

Room quality, development (his players gaining more than typical players at the position year to year) and recruiting credit.

Season	Team	Room	Room quality	Development	Recruiting	Season score
2019	Kentucky	Special teams	71	-5.6	0.869	0.42
2019	Kentucky	Defensive backs	76	+11.8	0.869	1.08
2018	Kentucky	Defensive backs	78	-0.6	0.875	0.30
2018	Kentucky	Special teams	68	—	0.875	0.53
2017	Kentucky	Defensive line	70	-1.6	0.844	-0.30
2017	Kentucky	Special teams	72	+8.7	0.844	0.81
2016	Kentucky	Special teams	63	—	0.862	0.22
2016	Kentucky	Defensive line	66	—	0.862	-0.35

Season score: 0 = an average season in this role; positive = better.