Since his playing days ended, former UK men’s basketball player Winston Bennett has gone from what he describes as a height of professional athletics, to some of the lowest points a person could experience.
Now he’s a coach at Mid-Continent University in Mayfield, Ky. On a Monday morning between games, he took time to share what he said was his often-humbling life story so far.
Before his 1980s years as a Wildcat, his NBA games, or assistant-coaching stint with Rick Pitino, Bennett’s saga began in Louisville with a fatherly challenge.