A rare May coach poaching is set to go down as Kentucky head coach Mark Stoops is set to hire Florida International defensive coordinator Matt House, according to a report from Jon Hale of the Louisville Courier-Journal.
House’s hiring was necessitated when Maryland pulled outside linebackers coach Andy Buh away to serve as its defensive coordinator, which was in response to the Terps’ sitting defensive coordinator Scott Shafer abruptly leaving the staff in April.
House spent one season under Ron Turner at FIU, and the Golden Panthers promptly dropped from 51st to 81st nationally in yards per play allowed. House’s defenses ranked in the 60’s in that category for the two years he coordinated defenses at Pittsburgh prior to his move to South Florida.
At Kentucky, House would handle inside linebackers and serve as the club’s special teams coordinator. With the move, defensive coordinator D.J. Eliot will switch from inside to outside linbackers.