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posted 03-24-2020 07:56 PM
Kentucky’s new safeties coach is a familiar face around the Joe Craft Football Training Facility. Frank Buffano has been with Mark Stoops since the head coach came to Lexington. The two have known each other much longer.
“Let me put it to you this way. When I was in high school here’s how it went: Coach Stoops was a senior, Bo Pelini was a junior, Vince Marrow was a sophomore and I was a freshman,” Buffano said on the Behind Kentucky Football Podcast.
“It all goes back to Cardinal Mooney. That’s really where it all started. It’s a family there.”
Cardinal Mooney High School in Youngstown is also where Buffano started his coaching career. He temporarily left the profession until Stoops joined his brother Mike’s staff at Arizona in 2004. Aside from a couple of seasons coaching in his hometown at Youngstown State, he’s stuck by Stoops’ side.
Kentucky’s Director of Operations for the last seven seasons, Buffano will not have to learn a new playbook or teach the safeties a new style of play. Dean Hood’s replacement knows the personnel well, creating a smooth transition for the experienced group.
“I’m extremely excited to coach them. I’m just excited to be able to work with them and make them better, not only as football players, but better people. I want to continue to help them grow both on and off the field. That’s my goal. That’s why I got into coaching,” he said.
Buffano’s path to SEC assistant coach was a long one, but his persistence eventually paid off.
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