McConnell Comments on University of Louisville Men’s Basketball Coach Kenny Payne

Source: United States Senator for Kentucky Mitch McConnell

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) released the following statement today on the University of Louisville’s historic hiring of Kenny Payne as the school’s new men’s basketball coach:

“I am excited to welcome Kenny Payne back to the University of Louisville family as the new head coach of the men’s basketball team. As a former U of L player and a member of the 1986 championship squad, he’s the right guy at the right time to bring back Cardinal basketball.”

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