However, a longtime Kentucky employee is now departing for the Big 12, and it's a significant person from UK Athletics. Marc Hill, Kentucky's Deputy Director of Athletics, is departing Lexington for Provo, Utah, where he will join BYU's executive team, according to ESPN's Pete Thamel. Most recently, and most notably, he was Kentucky's Deputy Director of Athletics, a role he had held since 2019. AdvertisementAdvertisement AdvertisementA former linebacker at Iowa Wesleyan, Hill began his Kentucky career working in strength and conditioning. He then made the transition to administration, working as an executive associate athletics director before being promoted to deputy athletics director, where he has served as Mitch Barnhart's No.