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Scott Padgett Has Been Named As The Assistant Strength Coach!

Per Alan Cutler Aka Steve Prefontaine:

"Ah, assistant strength coach," says Scott Padgett. "Boom."

With that, Scott Padgett flexes his muscles and laughs. It's his new 'coaching' job at UK.

"I'm excited to have an opportunity to get into coaching and to get to do it at your alma mater, a place that you grew up loving, there is no better place to start of. On top of that, we are going to be a really good program so that makes it even better to start off on top."

Padgett, who hit big shots in the NCAA championship run in 1998, has a goofy funny side, and a serious side. The serious side sometimes gets overlooked. He's thought about coaching for a long time.

"When I was probably a junior or senior in high school. You know really when I came to Kentucky, my goal was really to make it to Kentucky and play. I always planned on being a coach. I was lucky enough to be here at a successful time and have a good career and go on and trick NBA teams to keep me around for 8 years so, it kind of postponed my original goal which was to be a coach."

"Right now my job is to do whatever he (Cal) tells me. Obviously, I have limitations on what I can and can not do. I am not one of the main assistants. Right now it's really learning the game, and if coach says do it you do it."

Padgett is going to be "a mentor to the big guys and help them with things."

"Even if it's just talking to them and walking over after practice and talking with them at the training table about what happened. Whatever I can do to help, that's what I'm here to do and learn."

Congratulations to Scott Padgett, It's great seeing UK alumni on the coaching staff, I still Wonder what Delk's title will be.