Joker Phillips out at Kentucky

By: Associated Press

Posted: Sun 2:21 PM, Nov 04, 2012

Joker Phillips will not return as coach of the Kentucky football team after this season, the school announced Sunday.

Phillips, in his third season at Kentucky, is 12-23 with the Wildcats.

"Obviously our football program is not where we want it to be and we are all disappointed; coaches, players, administration and our fans," athletic director Mitch Barnhart said in an open letter to Big Blue Nation.

"After much conversation, evaluation and prayer, I have determined that it is in the best interest of our athletics program to make a change in our football coaching staff at the conclusion of the season."

Barnhart said a search for a new coach will begin immediately.

Kentucky lost Saturday to Vanderbilt to fall to 1-9 overall and 0-7 in the SEC. Vanderbilt's 40-point victory margin was its largest against the Wildcats in 96 years.

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