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Posted by catmandoo (Member # 1284) on 02-11-2011, 09:33 PM:

Both Andre Woodson and Glenn Holt will bring a lot of hands on expieriance to the coaching staff and the offensive side of the ball.

Former Kentucky quarterback Andre Woodson admits it hasn't been easy accepting that his football playing days are over.

But coaching is something Woodson believes can help him cope.

Woodson and ex-UK receiver Glenn Holt have joined Joker Phillips' staff as student assistants. Both have enrolled at UK for the spring semester. Woodson said he's about two semesters away from a degree in kinesiology, and Holt expects to get his sociology degree in December.

Woodson said he talked to Phillips about joining the UK staff in the fall, but Woodson didn't enroll in time. Now he thinks the timing is perfect.

"I just didn't want to walk away from the game entirely," Woodson said. "You've just got to move on and understand that life goes on. I think coaching is the perfect way to help me to do that. I can stay involved with the game, help some of the younger kids out and help the program out."

Holt is excited to be joining the program in the midst of its streak of five consecutive bowl games. Holt lettered at Kentucky from 2002-05 and never got to play in a bowl game. UK's bowl streak started the following year with a trip to the Music City Bowl.

Holt played four seasons in the NFL after leaving UK, three with the Cincinnati Bengals.

"I was just telling the guys in a meeting today, appreciate that you've been able to go to bowl games," Holt said. "I was here four years and didn't get to one. ... They're very fortunate. They'll say, 'Well, you played in the NFL. You played behind Chad Johnson.' Yeah, but I never went to a bowl game."

Holt and Woodson started shortly after UK returned from the BBVA Compass Bowl last month. As student assistants, they're allowed to work with players in the off-season when the coaches are prohibited from doing so. Holt will assist Tee Martin with the wide receivers.

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