Today marks an important day in history for the Kentucky football program. Even though the season has been over for weeks, two offseason moves changed the program’s trajectory more than 70 years apart on January 14.
Seventy-five years ago on January 14, 1946, Kentucky hired Paul “Bear” Bryant to coach the Wildcats on the gridiron. According to Corey Price, Bryant’s contract was worth the equivalent of more than $133,000 in today’s money. Some sports writers point to this decision as the epicenter of the financial arms race in college athletics.
At the announcement UK President Dr.