LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - Mark Stoops believes that Kentucky is capable of winning the Southeastern Conference.

The Wildcats' new football coach was introduced on Sunday and pledged to rebuild a program that just finished their third straight losing season and 0-8 in the Southeastern Conference.

Kentucky had announced on Tuesday that the 45-year-old Stoops was going to be the man to replace Joker Phillips, who was fired on Nov. 4. Phillips was 2-10 this season and 13-24 overall.

Stoops, the Florida State defensive coordinator, received a 5-year, $11 million deal. He'll begin his work at Kentucky immediately and will not accompany the Seminoles to their bowl game.

He says there's too much work to do at Kentucky and ``it's hard to be in two places at once.''