Kentucky’s Claiborne Steps Down
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LEXINGTON, Ky. — Jerry Claiborne, saying his heart was no longer into recruiting players, resigned unexpectedly Tuesday as Kentucky’s football coach.
“The reason was as I looked forward to what I had to do as far as recruiting goes, being away from my family and doing the things I had to do to have a successful football program, I just did not feel up to it,” the 61-year-old coach said, reading from a prepared statement.
Claiborne had a 41-46-3 record in eight years at Kentucky.
Kentucky athletics director C.M. Newton said Claiborne made the “decision on his own terms and at his own time.”
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