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New Kentucky Coach Will Stein Brings Pat Biondo with Him From Oregon to Be GM
Kentucky football strengthens its roster management and recruiting with Pat Biondo and Pete Nochta, leveraging their SEC and recruiting experience to build a sustainable program.
- On Tuesday, Kentucky football head coach Will Stein announced Pat Biondo as General Manager and Pete Nochta as Assistant General Manager in a Lexington press release on December 16, 2025.
- To bolster recruiting and culture, Stein and Biondo framed the hires as steps to strengthen roster management and build a sustainable program, citing Biondo's role in Oregon's four top-15 recruiting classes.
- Biondo arrives with a varied résumé, including four seasons as director of football recruiting strategy at Oregon, three senior recruiting seasons at Texas A&M, and nine years in West Virginia women's basketball operations.
- Retaining Pruitt ensures continuity, with Josh Pruitt entering his 14th season and sixth as director of operations to support the Kentucky football program's transition, Stein and Biondo said.
- Drawing on a decade at Louisville, Pete Nochta, Assistant General Manager, brings recruiting experience and local ties as a Tates Creek High School graduate whose father, John Nochta, was a UK letterwinner; he remains in remission from Stage 4 Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
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