Interview with Press Whelan, November 15, 2019
Project: University of Kentucky Athletics: Track and Field Oral History Project
Interview Summary
Press Whelan clarifies details from a previous interview on September 27, 2019. He discusses the development of the Kentucky Relays, who was on the committee, the function of the committee, and garnering recognition for UK's track program. He describes how he supported his athletes in the classroom. He talks about his coaching philosophies. He talks about various athletic directors he worked with. He discusses the climate of racism in athletics on UK's campus in his time of head coaching. He talks about recruitment strategies.Interview Accession
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Advertising College sports--Economic aspects--United States College sports--Kentucky Program budgeting Publicity Track and field Track and field athletes University of Kentucky--Sports--History University of Kentucky. Press Education, Higher--Kentucky--Lexington Philosophies Athletic directors Track and field--Coaching Coaches (Athletics) Professional relations African American college students--Social conditions African American trailblazers African Americans--Education--Kentucky--Lexington Discrimination in sports Racism in sportsInterview Rights
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Whelan, Press Interview by Dennis Emery. 15 Nov. 2019. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Whelan, P. (2019, November 15). 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.
Whelan, Press, interview by Dennis Emery. November 15, 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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