Report: Louisville 'Expected' to Hire Vince Marrow as General Manager

Marrow has been with Kentucky since 2013, and is one of the top recruiters in all of college football.

Kentucky associate head coach/tight end coach Vince Marrow worked his squad through drills during the Kentucky Wildcats' Blue White scrimmage at Kroger Field on Saturday afternoon in Lexington, Kentucky. April 13, 2024 | Jeff Faughender/Courier Journal / USA TODAY NETWORK

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The Louisville football program's recruiting department has reportedly just received a major boost.

Kentucky tight ends/associate head coach and recruiting coordinator Vince Marrow is "expected" to become the next general manager for the Cardinals, according to ESPN's Pete Thamel. Marrow is finalizing a three-year deal with Louisville, and he will oversee roster management, recruiting and the transfer portal, per Thamel.

Greg Brohm, the older brother of UofL head coach Jeff Brohm, currently handles "all general manager duties for the program" as their Chief of Staff. It is unknown at this time how Marrow's hiring would impact Brohm's.

Marrow has been with Kentucky since Mark Stoops was hired as the head coach in 2013. He's also served as the Wildcats' recruiting coordinator since 2014, and added the title of associate head coach in 2019. During his time on Stoops' staff, he has been a dominant force in recruiting the Midwest, as well as one of the top recruiters in all of college football.

All 12 of UK's recruiting classes since Marrow became their recruiting coordinator have ranked in the top-40, four have ranked in the top-25, and his best class came in 2022 when it ranked as the No. 14 class in the nation - all per the 247Sports Composite. Of the 25 highest-ranked recruits of the modern era (since 1999) to commit to Kentucky, 19 of them came while Marrow was their recruiting coordinator.

Due to his prowess as a recruiter, Marrow was routinely a target of other programs during his time in Lexington. He shot down Michigan State in 2020, as well as Michigan in 2015, along multiple other rumors over years. Even this past winter following the end of UK's season, Marrow's name had reportedly been tied to Louisville, and he actively interviewed for the head coaching jobs at Bowling Green and Southern Miss.

Prior to his tenure with Kentucky, the 56-year-old native of Youngstown, Ohio had stints as the tight ends coach at Nebraska and Toledo, the UFL's Omaha Nighthawks, and in NFL Europe with the Berlin Thunder and Rhein Fire. He also served as the head coach at Springfield (Oh.) Holland HS in 2009.

(Photo of Vince Marrow: Jeff Faughender - Courier Journal / USA TODAY NETWORK)

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