LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - Kentucky linebacker coach Mike Stoops announced on Wednesday the passing of his mother, Evelyn “Dee” Stoops. Evelyn Stoops is the matriarch of the Stoops football family. She was married to Ron Stoops, Sr., who was a coach, and four of their six children became coaches: Mark, Mike, Bob and Ron, Jr.

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Mark’s brother and inside linebacker coach at UK, Mike Stoops, took to X to remember his mother and the impact she had on the Stoops family. “My family’s hearts are especially heavy today, as my mom, Evelyn “Dee Dee” Stoops has been reunited with her Lord and Savior and my dad, Ron Stoops, Sr,” he wrote.

Mark Stoops paid tribute to his mom, Evelyn Stoops, on Wednesday after the family announced her death via social media:

Evelyn “Dee” Stoops, mother of Kentucky football coach Mark Stoops, died early Tuesday morning at her home in Youngstown, Ohio. “We had been anticipating it probably since last Friday,” Mark said in his normal appearance on the SEC coaches teleconference just minutes after UK confirmed the news Wednesday.

It's a sad day for the family of former Oklahoma head coach Bob Stoops and Kentucky head coach Mark Stoops as their mother has passed away. On Wednesday, Kentucky linebackers coach Mike Stoops took to X and announced that their mother,

A somber Mark Stoops spoke with resonant passion about his mother during Wednesday's SEC coaches' weekly Zoom. Evelyn 'Dee' Stoops passed away late Tuesday night. "My mother was a very special person,