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Stadium Expansion
The images shown above are a great representation of one major change during the 1999 football season. The image on the left displays the beginning of the renovation to Commonwealth Stadium. With very little seating, the stadium was in desperate need of a renovation that would allow more fans into the stadium to watch the Air Raid offense that was largely started by head coach, Hal Mumme. The renovation of the stadium allowed for 40 new suites and approximately 68,000 new seats, costing around 24 million dollars. The new stadium expansion allowed the eager University of Kentucky fans to come watch more games. The fan base had just previously broken a record of attendance in the previous season by selling out the Outback Bowl in Tampa, Florida.

Hal Mumme
Every great team is lead by a great head coach. For the University of Kentucky, it was Hal Mumme. He had an impressive coaching career working with many different schools during his time of coaching. He coached at schools such as the University of Kentucky, Iowa Wesleyan College, Valdosta College, Southeastern Louisiana College, New Mexico State University, and McMurry University. Throughout his college coaching career he finished with a record of 142-152-1. During his time coaching, he became known for making the “Air Raid Offense” popular in college football. He was able to persuade college football into this offensive scheme because of his large coaching tree. A coaching tree begins when an assistant coach from one team leaves and joins another team, and then implements what he/she learned on the previous team.

Before Mumme and the 1999 Season
Before Mumme, the University of Kentucky football team was run by Bill Curry. Once Hal Mumme took over the football program in 1996, he was able to lead the Wildcats to multiple school records, as well as NCAA and SEC records. The program also had a hard time making it to their qualifiers, but with the addition of Hal Mumme, they were able to immediately make it to their qualifiers. Coming into the 1999 football season, the program only had one returning senior wide receiver, Jimmie Johnson. They were also coming into a season where they had just lost Tim Couch to the NFL draft after he had a standout career at the University of Kentucky and was drafted as the first overall pick.