William Stein (born September 25, 1989) is an American college football coach and former player who is currently the head football coach at the University of Kentucky. Stein played college football for the Louisville Cardinals as a quarterback from 2008 to 2012. He has held various assistant coaching positions at the University of Louisville, University of Texas at Austin, Lake Travis High School, University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA), and the University of Oregon.
Playing career Stein attended Louisville's Trinity High School where he set a single-season school record for touchdown passes and guided the Shamrocks to three state titles. After high school he walked-on at Louisville, where he played quarterback from 2008 to 2012.
Career statistics Legend Bold Career high
Year Team Class GP Passing RushingRatingAttCompPctYdsTDIntAttYdsAvgTD 2008 Louisville Freshman Redshirted 2009 Louisville Freshman 4 101.0 78 43 55.1 450 0 1 15 -20 -1.3 0 2010 Louisville Sophomore 3 131.1 14 9 64.3 72 1 0 2 22 11.0 0 2011 Louisville Junior 6 141.2 84 52 61.9 620 5 1 24 6 0.3 0 2012 Louisville Senior 12 91.2 34 20 58.8 131 0 0 12 8 0.7 0 Source:
Coaching career Louisville After his playing career concluded, Stein stayed at Louisville as a graduate assistant and quality control coach from 2013 to 2014.
Texas In 2015, Stein was named a quality control coach at Texas, joining his former college coach Charlie Strong and position coach Shawn Watson.
Lake Travis High School Stein was the assistant head coach, offensive coordinator, and quarterbacks coach at Lake Travis High School in Texas from 2018 to 2019, where he coached Garrett Wilson.
UTSA On December 20, 2019, Stein was named the passing game coordinator and wide receivers coach at UTSA. He was promoted to co-offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach on January 8, 2022.
Oregon On December 5, 2022, Stein was named the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at the University of Oregon under head coach Dan Lanning.
Stein was allowed to coach Oregon's offense for the rest of the 2025 season as the Ducks made the College Football Playoff.
Kentucky On December 1, 2025, University of Kentucky (UK) athletic director Mitch Barnhart announced that Stein had been hired as Kentucky's head football coach.
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Oregon profile UTSA profile Louisville profile