Interview with Bob Bradley, June 30, 2016

Interview Summary

Bob Bradley describes his time at UK in the athletic department from 1977 to present day. He gives a detailed chronology of the coaches who have come and gone throughout that time, as well as major accomplishments of each, both in the basketball and football programs. He focuses on their abilities to work with the academic side of athletics and how different coaches achieved academic success in different ways. Bradley also discusses the chronology of UK athletics in regard to academic performance through the construction and maintenance of the Center for Academic and Tutorial Services (CATS). He describes the process of planning and constructing the current and previous CATS building, and he discusses the many innovations that have come from UK athletics.

Interview Keyword

University of Kentucky UK Athletics Academic advisers University of Kentucky athletics UK athletics Sports College sports Academics Football Basketball Counselors Lessons

Interview LC Subject

Athletics. Basketball. Football. University of Kentucky Lexington (Ky.)

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