{"id":813042,"date":"2026-03-15T03:41:47","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T03:41:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/813042\/"},"modified":"2026-03-15T03:41:47","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T03:41:47","slug":"will-stein-is-bringing-new-football-technology-to-kentucky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/813042\/","title":{"rendered":"Will Stein is Bringing New Football Technology to Kentucky"},"content":{"rendered":"

After 13 years, things grew stale between Mark Stoops<\/a> and Kentucky. Will Stein<\/a> is not just bringing a new voice to the Wildcats. The 36-year-old is modernizing the program. <\/p>\n

Modernization manifests in different forms. The initial evidence was on the coaching staff. The analyst role was replaced by assistant position coaches who play an active role in recruiting. Kentucky football fans can see Stein\u2019s modern approach whenever a practice highlight<\/a> is shared. <\/p>\n

\u201cIs that a GoPro on Kenny Minchey<\/a>\u2018s head?\u201d Yes, yes it is. Before one could easily slap a camera on a helmet, coaches put stripes down the middle of a helmet to assess what a QB was looking at during a play. This new technology does more than just show a quarterback what he\u2019s looking at during a play. <\/p>\n

\u201cYou get everything from their perspective,\u201d said offensive coordinator Joe Sloan<\/a>. \u201cSo you can see their eyes, right, how efficient they are when their eyes move. Is their head bouncing around, or is it very still, right? And then it also has audio. For a lot of things that we do at the line of scrimmage, it\u2019s really good for them to hear themselves, just how they\u2019re communicating, the volume they\u2019re using, and then how clear and concise they are.\u201d <\/p>\n

Will Stein\u2019s No. 1 DNA trait for his Kentucky football program is connection. They\u2019re using technology to test their signal caller on how well he communicates with his teammates. <\/p>\n

Kentucky uses a Modern Jugs Machine<\/p>\n

It took Will Stein some time to move to Lexington. Before unloading boxes into his new home, he brought a Monarc Seeker<\/a> to Nutter Field House. Traditional jug machines are stationary. Standing in one place and catching the same pass in the same place 100 times can become a monotonous routine. There\u2019s nothing routine about this machine. <\/p>\n

\u201cMan, it\u2019s great. I\u2019m not gonna lie,\u201d said wide receiver Nic Anderson<\/a>. \u201cIt\u2019s amazing, especially with the equipment managers that we have here. They run it for us. Can\u2019t shout out them more. But, yeah, it\u2019s great. I mean, it shoots everywhere. Rarely is the football going to be in the same spot every time, so shooting at different spots in rapid succession is really big for receivers.\u201d <\/p>\n

That\u2019s just one facet of the machine. Receivers can actually work on their route-running with this jugs machine. An equipment manager plugs in the routes and passes a player wants to practice, and the Monarc puts the ball right where it\u2019s supposed to be. It can throw crossing routes on the money, high deep balls, or back-shoulder fades, maximizing a player\u2019s productivity on the field. I\u2019ll let wide receivers coach Joe Price<\/a> explain all of the advantages. <\/p>\n

Will Stein is exhausting all technological options to turn this Kentucky football team into a winner. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After 13 years, things grew stale between Mark Stoops and Kentucky. Will Stein is not just bringing a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":809759,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2026],"tags":[7,54586,9392],"class_list":{"0":"post-813042","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-kenny-minchey-23-pope-john-paul-ii","10":"tag-nic-anderson-22-katy"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116231125587383623","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/813042","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=813042"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/813042\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/809759"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=813042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=813042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=813042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}