Interview with Don Weber, April 25, 2019
Project: University of Kentucky Athletics: Track and Field Oral History Project
Interview Summary
Don Weber discusses his high school and college running career. He talks about how he came into the position of assistant coach and eventually head coach for the University of Kentucky's track and field program. He talks about his coaching career at UK. He discusses career highlights, the 1988 women's cross country team's NCAA victory, key team members, important UK track athletes and their achievements, and the status associated with UK athletics. He talks about the Civil Rights Movement and Vietnam War protests on campus. He talks about being inducted into the UK Athletics Hall of Fame.Interview Accession
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Head coaches Assistant coaches Career highlights Women in sports Personalities Athletic performance Academic performance Recruitment processes Jim Green Alex Campbell Daryl Anderson Program development Program intensity Pat Etcheberry 1988 Women's cross country Track and field events NCAA championships NCAA champions SEC championships SEC champions Personal growthInterview LC Subject
University of Kentucky University of Kentucky--Sports--History Track and field--Coaching Track and field. Track and field athletes. Coaches (Athletics) College sports--Kentucky College sports--Coaching Career moves Cross-country runners Cross-country running Long-distance runners. Long-distance running. Work ethic. College athletes Halls of fame National Collegiate Athletic Association Southeastern Conference Training. Social status. Sports medicine for coaches and athletes College students--Attitudes College students--Conduct of lifeInterview Rights
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Weber, Don Interview by Dennis Emery. 25 Apr. 2019. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Weber, D. (2019, April 25). Interview by D. Emery. University of Kentucky Athletics: Track and Field Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Weber, Don, interview by Dennis Emery. April 25, 2019, University of Kentucky Athletics: Track and Field Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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