Kentucky to Fire Curry After Season

Bill Curry, who has a 23-51 record in his seventh season at Kentucky, will be fired at the end of the season, Kentucky Athletic Director C.M. Newton announced Monday.

Newton said at a news conference in Lexington, Ky., that Curry was informed Sunday night that Kentucky would be making a coaching change at the end of the season. He said he wanted Kentucky football fans to “rally behind the football team and finish this season with dignity and class.”

Newton said the decision affects the entire coaching staff and there was no timetable to find a successor.

Curry’s best season was 1993 when the Wildcats finished 6-6 after losing to Clemson in the Peach Bowl.

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John Ralston, the only active member of the College Football Hall of Fame, will retire as San Jose State’s coach after the season.

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Miami Hurricane sophomore quarterback Scott Covington will likely make the first start of his career Saturday at unbeaten West Virginia in place of Ryan Clement.

X-rays confirmed that Clement separated his left (non-throwing) shoulder in Saturday’s 31-6 loss to East Carolina.