The new era and a fresh start continues for Will Stein through new upgrades

Dec 3, 2025; Lexington, KY, USA; Kentucky Wildcats fans listen as head football coach Will Stein speaks during his introductory press conference at Nutter Field House. Mandatory Credit: Jordan Prather-Imagn Images | Jordan Prather-Imagn Images

Everything just feels new with Will Stein being the new head coach of the Kentucky Wildcats. There’s new hope, new messaging, new players, a new era, and a new weight room.

That’s right, the Kentucky Football weight room is going to be updated with a $3 million project that was approved by the UK Board of Trustees in late April.

“After 10 football seasons, a modernization and upgrade of the weight room is necessary to meet the strength and conditioning needs of the football program… The $3,000,000 project includes electrical improvements and installation of durable, energy-absorbing flooring to support new state-of-the-art weight and strength training equipment,” the Board of Trustees said in its approval letter.

Not only that, but the Nutter-Shively Complex is also receiving offseason upgrades. This is the first time since the Joe Craft Football Training Facility opened in July of 2016, entering Mark Stoops’s fourth season as the head coach, that it is getting an update.

It’s part of Will Stein shining a light on technology, something he’s done since arriving in Lexington in early December. During his first days on campus, he introduced the Monarc system to his team, giving players a jugs machine that does more than spit out footballs to a stationary target. They also slapped GoPros on the helmets of the quarterbacks, using software that allows the passers to watch film from a first-person perspective.

Will Stein continues to inject the kind of energy and life into this program that it so desperately needed after the last few years. While it make take time for this to translate into winning seasons, the BBN can rest easy knowing its program is in good hands.