Chuck Smith

During his days at Boyle County and Western Kentucky University, Brandon Smith was a quarterback and set numerous records during his prep career. Now he’s the defensive coordinator at South Warren High School and has two players — defensive...

LEXINGTON — He played in all 12 games last season as a reserve linebacker and special teams player, but now Kentucky sophomore Khalid Henderson is expecting more. “I know more about what to expect and what I can do,” said Henderson, who...

Franklin County standout Ryan Timmons still is not ready to make his college choice and recently has added scholarship offers from California and Missouri to those he already had and Florida — thanks to receivers coach Joker Phillips —...

LEXINGTON — The offense that Neal Brown will implement at Kentucky — and the one he successfully used at Troy and Texas Tech — is going to be different from what the Wildcats have used. However, the new offensive coordinator says it is...

Even after the season got started, there was no way to predict that it would end so well for Rees MacShara. MacShara said he thought he was capable of having a big year at Morehead State, but the Boyle County graduate’s rushing numbers in his first...

Former Kentucky recruiting coordinator Chuck Smith believes adding Neal Brown as offensive coordinator will do more than just help UK’s offensive production. Smith understands how important having a recruiting base in Texas could be for UK, and...

Current Denver Broncos tight end Jacob Tamme never played on the same team as Neal Brown at Boyle County High School, but that doesn’t mean UK’s new offensive coordinator didn’t have an impact on Tamme. “Neal definitely...

Since he coached Neal Brown in high school, former Kentucky linebackers coach Chuck Smith is obviously going to be a bit biased in his opinion about the Texas Tech offensive coordinator. However, he has no doubts that Brown would be a “tremendous...

If not for Joker Phillips, Jacob Tamme might not be playing in the NFL today. Okay, maybe that’s a stretch but remember that it was Phillips who wisely moved Tamme from receiver to tight end as soon as he took over as offensive coordinator back in...

LEXINGTON - During his first six seasons at Kentucky, linebackers coach Chuck Smith went to five straight bowl games from 2006-2010. However, the last two years UK has won just six of of 21 games and is 1-8 this season after losing Saturday at Missouri....

LEXINGTON — Freshman linebackers Khalid Henderson and Pancho Thomas wanted to believe they were good enough to play as true freshmen this season. Now they know they are indeed good enough to help Kentucky as the Wildcats get set to host Western...

LEXINGTON — Bud Dupree had over 1,000 receiving yards and 10 touchdowns in his senior season at Wilkinson High School in Irwintown, Ga., which is one reason the thought he could be a playmaking tight end at Kentucky. However, he also had 62...