Kentucky Names Pat Biondo First Football GM, Adds Pete Nochta as Assistant GM

Overview

• Head coach Will Stein officially announced Pat Biondo as general manager and Pete Nochta as assistant general manager on Dec. 16.
• LEX 18 reported the GM and assistant GM positions are new roles for Kentucky’s football program.
• Josh Pruitt was retained as director of operations, entering his 14th season at Kentucky and sixth in the role.
• Biondo spent four years at Oregon as director of football recruiting strategy after three seasons in senior recruiting and operations at Texas A&M, contributing to multiple top-15 classes, including No. 3 in 2024 per 247Sports.
• Nochta joins after 10 seasons at Louisville, including four as director of recruiting, and he returns with local roots as a Tates Creek graduate whose father lettered at Kentucky.