Tag: Kenny Payne

Fearless, focused and vocal, Archie Goodwin ready to lead

Archie Goodwin

A couple of weeks ago, the newly acquainted Kentucky Wildcats found themselves in a brutal conditioning drill with strength and conditioning coach Mike Malone and assistant coach Kenny Payne. The premise of the drill was simple. The players had to complete a set amount of sprints in a short period of time. If anyone failed…

Kenny Payne returns to Louisville in Wildcat blue

Orlando Antigua and Kenny Payne

Kenny Payne’s visits to Louisville in the two decades since he played for the Cardinals have typically been celebrations, a chance for the former small forward and his teammates on the 1986 national championship team to be cheered one more time. Things will likely be different on Friday. Very…

Kenny Payne is already nervous about the Kentucky-Louisville game

Kentucky assistant coach Kenny Payne knows the NCAA championship he helped win at Louisville looks good on his resume, but he knows his NBA experience brings him “instant credibility” that is even more important in recruiting. “What is instant credibility for kids? I want to be a NBA player. The moment you have been in the NBA and are coaching and talking to a kid, you have got his ear,” said Payne. “That’s what they want to hear and be associated with.

Kenny Payne joins Kentucky basketball staff

Kenny Payne has joined the UK men’s basketball coaching staff as an assistant coach, head coach John Calipari announced on Friday.  Payne comes to Lexington after serving as an assistant at the University of Oregon since the summer of 2004.  “Kenny Payne has been a part of our coaching family for the last 10 years…