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Former Kentucky assistant Darin Hinshaw named Purdue quarterbacks coach

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Darin Hinshaw spent five seasons on the Kentucky coaching staff serving as the quarterbacks coach and co-offensive coordinator under offensive coordinator Eddie Gran. The 52-year-old has bounced around in college since Mark Stoops decided to move his offense in a different direction following the 2020 season.

Hinshaw has found a new job in the Big Ten. New Purdue head coach Barry Odom is bringing the former Kentucky assistant to West Lafayette to work with offensive coordinator and tight ends coach Josh Henson who spent the last three seasons as Lincoln Riley‘s offensive line coach at USC.

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Darin Hinshaw served as an analyst at UCF under Gus Malzahn in 2021. The assistant then accepted a job as UAB’s offensive coordinator under head coach Bryant Vincent in 2002. Malzahn brought Hinshaw back to his alma mater to call plays in 2023, but Malzahn took back over play-calling in 2024. Now Hinshaw is making the move from the Big 12 to the Big Ten after Malzahn left UCF to become Mike Norvell‘s offensive coordinator at Florida State.

Kentucky Football Transfer Portal Tracker

The transfer portal is open for business and so far we know of 20 players who will be seeking out greener pastures this offseason.

  • DL Keeshawn Silver (Committed to USC on Dec. 19)
  • DB Avery Stuart
  • LB Jayvant Brown
  • TE Tanner Lemaster
  • TE Khamari Anderson
  • TE Jordan Dingle (Committed to South Carolina on Dec. 18)
  • OL Courtland Ford (Committed to UCLA on Dec. 17)
  • OL Ben Christman
  • OL Dylan Ray (Committed to Minnesota on Dec. 21)
  • OL Koby Keenum
  • DL Tommy Ziesmer (Committed to EKU on Dec. 15)
  • WR Dane Key
  • WR Barion Brown (Committed to LSU on Dec. 14)
  • WR Anthony Brown-Stephens
  • WR Brandon White
  • EDGE Tyreese Fearbry
  • EDGE Noah Matthews
  • EDGE Caleb Redd (Committed to Kansas on Dec. 20)
  • RB Chip Trayanum
  • QB Gavin Wimsatt

To keep up with the latest players on the move, check out On3’s Transfer Portal wire. Keep closer tabs on the Cats with our staff-only sticky thread on KSBoard, which will have updates on departures and targets throughout the offseason. Not a KSR+ member? Try it out today.

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2024-12-23