Mark Thomas Stoops (born July 9, 1967) is an American college football coach and former player. He is the head football coach for the University of Kentucky, a position he has held since 2013. Stoops is the all-time winningest head coach in the history of the Kentucky Wildcats football program with an overall record of 77–73 in 12 seasons, including a losing record of 36–62 in the SEC. He is also the longest-tenured current SEC football coach.

Stoops, one of six children born to Ron and Evelyn "Dee Dee" Stoops, attended Cardinal Mooney High School in Youngstown, Ohio, where his father was an assistant coach and defensive coordinator. He is the brother of former Oklahoma head coach Bob Stoops and former Arizona head coach Mike Stoops.

After graduating from high school, Stoops played college football for the Iowa Hawkeyes from 1986 to 1988.

Stoops was a graduate assistant coach at Iowa from 1989 to 1991. He later became the athletic director and defensive backs coach at Nordonia High School in Macedonia, Ohio (1992–1995).

In 1996, Stoops was the defensive backs coach for South Florida.

Stoops served as the defensive backs coach for the University of Wyoming Cowboys from 1997 to 1999.

At Wyoming, Stoops served under head coach Dana Dimel. When Dimel was hired at the University of Houston, he took Stoops with him to join the Cougars as co-defensive coordinator (along with Dick Bumpas) and safeties coach in 2000.

In February 2001, Stoops was named the defensive backs coach for the University of Miami Hurricanes, replacing Chuck Pagano, who left to go to the Cleveland Browns.