Mark’s brother and inside linebacker coach at UK, Mike Stoops, took to X to remember his mother and the impact she had on the Stoops family. “My family’s hearts are especially heavy today, as my mom, Evelyn “Dee Dee” Stoops has been reunited with her Lord and Savior and my dad, Ron Stoops, Sr,” he wrote.

The Stoops family lost its matriarch with the passing of Evelyn Stoops. A college football coaching family, Evelyn Stoops was the mother of Bob Stoops, Mark Stoops, and Mike Stoops. Thinking about his mother shortly after her while on the SEC teleconference,

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - Kentucky linebacker coach Mike Stoops announced on Wednesday the passing of his mother, Evelyn “Dee” Stoops. Evelyn Stoops is the matriarch of the Stoops football family. She was married to Ron Stoops, Sr., who was a coach, and four of their six children became coaches: Mark, Mike, Bob and Ron, Jr.

Evelyn “Dee” Stoops, mother of Kentucky football coach Mark Stoops, died early Tuesday morning at her home in Youngstown, Ohio. “We had been anticipating it probably since last Friday,” Mark said in his normal appearance on the SEC coaches teleconference just minutes after UK confirmed the news Wednesday.

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A somber Mark Stoops spoke with resonant passion about his mother during Wednesday's SEC coaches' weekly Zoom. Evelyn 'Dee' Stoops passed away late Tuesday night. "My mother was a very special person,