Interview with John Butler, November 19, 2015
Project: University of Kentucky Athletics: Baseball Oral History Project
Interview Summary
In this interview, UK Baseball coach Keith Madison talks with former assistant coach, and current UK Athletics Compliance officer, John Butler. They discuss Butler's decision to come to UK. Butler had been teaching high school and coaching when he was offered the job at UK. Butler remembers players on the UK team. He talks about their strengths and personalities. Butler remembers when they had a limited budget and facilities and having to do maintenance on the baseball field. He recalls an incident of getting sick from pesticides. He talks about using a horse auction arena for an indoor practice facility. Butler talks about recruiting baseball players and the coaching strategy that he and Coach Madison used. Butler recalls his first impressions of UK's baseball facilities and the different changes that were made to the facilities. He talks about some of the innovations that they made at UK. Butler talks about getting qualified for the NCAA and the season leading up to it. He talks about his career at Georgia Southern University and going to the College World Series. He talks about playing at Miami Dade College.Interview Accession
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Butler, John Interview by Keith Madison. 19 Nov. 2015. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Butler, J. (2015, November 19). Interview by K. Madison. University of Kentucky Athletics: Baseball Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Butler, John, interview by Keith Madison. November 19, 2015, University of Kentucky Athletics: Baseball Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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