LEXINGTON, Ky. — Kentucky hired former San Francisco 49ers assistant Rich Scangarello as offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach to replace Liam Coen, who returned to the Super Bowl champion Los Angeles Rams as OC.
The 25-year coaching veteran at the collegiate and NFL levels spent 2021 as the 49ers’ QBs coach during their run to the NFC Championship game with Jimmy Garoppolo behind center. Scangarello, 49, served the team in the same capacity in 2017-18. He joins fellow former San Francisco assistant Zach Yenser, who was hired last week as the Wildcats’ offensive line coach.
Kentucky coach Mark Stoops called Scangarello one of the country’s best QB coaches and appreciated his interest in the position. Stoops added, “We have hired two coaches from one of the best organizations in all of sports. I couldn’t be more excited about where our program is headed.”
Scangarello said he was excited to coach at Kentucky and in the Southeastern Conference and said Stoops’ belief…