Former Kentucky associate head coach Vince Marrow continues to talk about his stunning move to in-state rival Louisville.
Marrow admits in an interview with CBS Sports that the secret got out sooner than he wanted. In fact, he hadn’t even talked to good friend Mark Stoops about the potential move.
“It violated what I really wanted,” Marrow said. “It was hard because I wanted to do it my way.”
The Big Dog also said he could have left many times in the past but chose to stay in Lexington.
Here’s an excerpt from CBS Sports:
“You have stuff in college football where guys can selfishly recruit, they control certain things, and I was like, being in this position, you don’t have to worry about that,” Marrow said. “You still work hand-in-hand with the coaches, but you and the head coach are going to be the ones that, at the end of the day, that’s what it’s going to be.”
Marrow leaving for Kentucky’s chief rival only added to the sting for Wildcats fans, but he says that he didn’t have to leave the state is a primary reason why he said yes. Marrow has known Louisville coach Jeff Brohm and the Brohm family for decades, and the two even played football together on the short-lived XFL Orlando Rage. Seven-on-seven coaches and others in the recruiting space had told Marrow for years that if the two ever teamed up, they’d do “serious damage.”
“I could have left many times at Kentucky. I could have left many times,” Marrow said. “What made me stay and why this one was right is because it was in the state of Kentucky, because I got very invested in this state. Some fans are mad, but I love this state and I’m invested in it. When there were tornadoes and floods, I went and went. These people matter to me; these are good people in this state.”
