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The 2012 Kentucky Wildcats football team represented the University of Kentucky in the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team led by third-year head coach Joker Phillips played their home games at Commonwealth Stadium in Lexington Kentucky US and compete in the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). On November 4 2012 Kentucky Athletic director Mitch Barnhart announced that the university would not retain Phillips as head coach after the season.