Kenny Klein
Associate Athletic Director for Media Relations /
Sports Information Director
Kenny Klein is in his 25th year at U of L, currently serving as Associate Athletic Director for Media Relations and as U of L's Sports Information Director.
Klein joined the Cardinal staff in August of 1983, after nearly two seasons as SID at Morehead State. Prior to that stint, Klein spent four years as an undergraduate and graduate assistant at Murray State, where he earned his bachelor's degree in Journalism in 1981.
Klein also worked one season as a student assistant in sports information at Austin Peay State University, and was a sports writer for the Clarksville Leaf-Chronicle.
Klein has coordinated the computerized statistics operation for the past 22 NCAA Final Fours. In his initial season with the Cardinals, Klein edited the 1983-84 U of L basketball media guide which was judged second in the nation by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). Klein, who edited U of L's basketball history book Above the Rim, has also received other publication awards while at U of L and Murray State.
He served as the media coordinator for the 1987 USA Pan American Games men's basketball team, has served on the NCAA Final Four media coordination committee and annually assists in media operations for the Kentucky Derby. He was the local media center committee chairman for the 1996 and 2000 PGA Championships in Louisville, and will serve in a similar capacity for the 2008 Ryder Cup. He assisted in the media operations at the 1999 Ryder Cup in Boston.
A native of Southside, Tenn., Klein is married to the former Donna Graham. Klein has two sons: Alex, a sophomore at U of L, and Brady.
