Louisville coach Kenny Payne, despite the team's recent defeat and ongoing struggles, believes the program is making progress and the gap is closing. He expressed the need to bring in veteran leadership through the transfer portal to build around the program. Speculation about his future arose, with some advocating for Louisville to keep him, including Kentucky coach John Calipari. Louisville's AD, Josh Heird, confirmed that Kenny Payne will remain as the head coach 'into the new year,' despite the team's challenges and fan concerns.
Louisville announces they're "sticking with" Kenny Payne @T_Oglesby22's unfiltered reaction... 😂 After Dark is LIVE: https://t.co/c19aPIEj4v https://t.co/VWhfe2aeIL
You can listen to Josh Heird's full audio here from his interview with @ericcrawford regarding Kenny Payne and Louisville men's basketball: https://t.co/2FMSevPxMm
Kenny Payne to remain Louisville men’s basketball coach (via @CardChronicle) https://t.co/Mtoq5Owkk1
John Calipari tackled a lot of topics in his postgame presser Thursday night after a road win at Louisville: - Justin Edwards' breakthrough - Zvonimir Ivisic update - Kenny Payne's Louisville tenure Here's everything Calipari said ⬇️ https://t.co/XzibTqWo9Z
There you go…Kenny Payne remains https://t.co/DQEhmR9iUx
JUST IN: Louisville says Kenny Payne will remain as head coach "into the new year." https://t.co/Ieds2QSGgo
Louisville AD Josh Heird says he is sticking with Kenny Payne as the Cardinals head coach as we move into the new year. https://t.co/7fIvBanmRW
Can confirm through UofL: Kenny Payne will be the Cards head coach into the New Year…. Josh Heird will continue to evaluate the program moving forward like all programs. @ericcrawford had it first.
Josh Heird provided an update to @ericcrawford this morning. “Kenny, and I have had a number of conversations throughout the last week, and Kenny is going to serve as our head coach as we move into the new year.” KP isn’t going anywhere. Sad times. https://t.co/5y1pYN8joq
The exact quote from the AD was that he'd remain as coach "as we move into the new year" which really means nothing other than they're not firing him in the next 10 days https://t.co/3EbYzPjBEt
Crawford gets Heird on record, and he’s backing Kenny Payne. Payne will stay on in the short-term. But: Heird stops short of saying Payne will be coaching for the rest of the season. https://t.co/NP6U4yIOUT
Louisville AD Josh Heird has made the call. Kenny Payne will remain the head men’s basketball coach at U of L. For now. Last night’s scene in Louisville painted a less-than-inspiring outlook for the embattled 2nd-year head coach ⬇️ https://t.co/OpSATF40tr
John Calipari urges Louisville fans to have patience with Kenny Payne | Zagsblog https://t.co/qP0NEXWMWD
STORY: Amid all the rumors, Kenny Payne will remain the Louisville coach per a report by @ericcrawford https://t.co/mDWVGST00A
BREAKING | Amid struggles, Louisville AD Josh Heird says Kenny Payne will remain as basketball coach https://t.co/rQtX5LJWle https://t.co/qdEcxEc4Vj
CRAWFORD | Amid struggles, Louisville AD Heird says Payne will continue as coach https://t.co/Yjj8Kggbfs via @WDRBNews
Despite the constant speculation about his job status, Kenny Payne spoke about the future Thursday night. He discussed how to keep improving this 2023-24 Louisville team, while also addressing his transfer portal hopes for the offseason. ⬇️ https://t.co/BfCOUvuCc5
A lot of chatter wondering if Louisville makes a move on Kenny Payne following last night’s 95-76 loss to Kentucky. Cards are entering a 13-day break. If there’s gonna be an in-season change, this is the time. Some think it’s certain. I’m not 100% convinced. (*ducks*) https://t.co/pGwKlLyjIk
John Calipari Urges Louisville to “stay with” Kenny Payne: https://t.co/XI9vfbZQDS @UKCoachCalipari @BobAllenMotrMal @LouisvilleMBB @WTDistillery @tsnmike @lees_ofdanville @DeniseTerry94
Louisville men's basketball has hit rock bottom. It likely can't get worse than Thursday's blowout home loss to Kentucky, especially in the context of Kenny Payne's disastrous 44-game tenure as head coach. Where do the Cardinals go from here? ⬇️ https://t.co/OpSATF40tr
VIDEO | I would ask folks not to kill the messenger, but the messenger always gets killed. This is where I see things after Thursday's Kentucky-Louisville game, with regard to Kenny Payne's future at Louisville. If I'm wrong, I'll own it. But I haven't made being wrong a habit on…
NEW: Kenny Payne saw a lot of good Kentucky basketball teams in his 10 years on the UK sidelines. And he saw the makings of another one tonight in Louisville. "They’re a machine. They keep coming at you and at you and at you." Story: https://t.co/6epbiuBJnm
Was tonight the last game for Kenny Payne at Louisville? @John_Fanta, @THANS50 and @r22childress talk about it NOW! AFTER DARK: https://t.co/iTjGzQKPyg https://t.co/iTjGzQKPyg
"The gap is closing." Everything Kenny Payne said after another disastrous night for Louisville men's basketball ⬇️ https://t.co/BfCOUvu4mx
The scary thing about this Kentucky team? It’s so loaded you can kinda forget about Antonio Reeves — and then he hits 9 of 10 shots in a half and drops 30 in a rivalry game. “They keep coming at you and at you.” https://t.co/DLw4LdmM7F
I wrote this last week, but it's even more timely now. #Louisville has to cut its losses and move on from Kenny Payne. Sooner than later ... https://t.co/F6u2OOBxWJ
Here's Kenny Payne on where Louisville is right now... and where Louisville is headed in the near future. @WHAS11 https://t.co/FX9gIzUu20
Kentucky senior guard Antonio Reeves here. "There are a lot of scoring threats out there with us. As coach says, everyone can pass, dribble, shoot."
Kenny Payne says he needs to hit the portal in the future to bring in veteran leadership to build around the program #GoCards x #ForTheVille @WHAS11
Louisville coach Kenny Payne on where his program is as opposed to Kentucky, using last season's loss to UK as a comparison for tonight's defeat: "I see segments where the gap is closing. I don't know if fans see it. I don't know if you media guys see it. But the gap is closing."
Kenny Payne says "the gap is closing," even if fans and media can't see. Still much work to do, "but I feel like we're heading in the right direction."
Going to bet that Calipari’s campaign for Louisville to keep Kenny Payne will not change any minds https://t.co/bLve5uVcyc
KENNY PAYNE, asked about his future. “For me it’s been about getting this team better. We are getting better. Keeping them close together.” Asked if there are things he could have done better: “Obviously there are things I could have done better. We had games we could have won.…