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THIS WEEK MEET SCOTT DAVENPORT, YOU LIKELY KNOW HIM AS HEAD COACH OF THE MEN'S BASKETBALL TEAM AT BELLERMAN UNIVERSITY.

A PRIVATE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY IN BELL NAP NEIGHBORHOOD.

THE MOST HIGHLY REGARDED MEN'S BASKETBALL PROGRAM IN DIVISION THE LEADING THE TEAM TO WIN THEIR FIRST AND SO FAR ONLY NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP IN 2011.

AND LATER USUAL USHERING THE SCHOOL NAH DIVISION ONE NCAA BASKETBALL.

HE RETIRES AS THE WINNINGEST COACH IN THE PROGRAM'S HISTORY.

SPENT 46 YEARS COACHING STUDENTS IN LOUISVILLE GOING BACK TO BACK STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS AS A HIGH SCHOOL COACH AND WINNING A STATE TITLE AT BALLARD HIGH SCHOOL.

IN FACT HE IS THE ONLY COACH TO WIN A KENTUCKY HIGH SCHOOL NATIONAL TITLE AND AN NCAA TITLE BUT ANYONE WHO KNOWS SCOTTY DAVENPORT WILL TELL YOU HE IS ABOUT A LOT MORE THAN TITLES.

HE IS ABOUT IMPACTING KIDS LIVES.

AND THAT HE HAS.

IT IS ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO SEE SCOTT DAVENPORT HERE IN OUR LOUISVILLE STUDIO.

JUST MONTHS AFTER ANNOUNCING YOUR RETIREMENT FROM COACHING.

HOW ARE YOU FEELING ABOUT RETIREMENT RIGHT NOW?

>> I'VE LIVED MY LIFE WITH THE ONE THEORY, MAKE THE NEXT DAY THE BEST DAY OF YOUR LIFE.

WHEN THOSE FEET HIT THE FLOOR, HOW DO YOU DO THAT?

HOW DO YOU BECOME EXTRAORDINARY?

WELL, I HAVE RECRUITED MY WHOLE LIFE AND WHAT SEPARATES RECRUITS?

THOSE THAT MAKE OTHERS BETTER.

THEY WON'T BE GOOD PLAYERS THEY WILL BE CONSISTENT EVERY DAY, WHETHER YOUR FEET HIT THE FLOOR, HOW CAN YOU MAKE THIS DAY BETTER AND MAKE OTHERS BETTER.

>> THAT'S WHAT YOU DO.

YOU HAVE IMPACTED, I WOULD SAY HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS LIVES.

REALLY OVER YOUR COACHING CAREER OF 47 YEARS I WANT TO START WITH YOUR EARLY INFLUENCES.

WHAT MADE YOU BE THE TYPE OF CARING COACH THAT YOU ARE AND WHAT INITIALLY MADE YOU WANT TO BE A COACH?

>> I LOST MY FATHER ON HALLOWEEN DAY AT 1:15 IN THE AFTERNOON WHEN I WAS NINE YEARS OLD NINE YEARS OLD.

YOU ARE OLD ENOUGH NOT TO HAVE TO GO WITH MOP AND DAD.

YOU GET TO DO YOUR OWN THING.

IT'S A SUNDAY, 15 FEET FROM ME OF A MASSIVE HEART ATTACK.

MY MOTHER, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION THE ESTABLISHES THE WAY I WAS GOING TO BE.

SHE WAS RAISED AND EDUCATED IN A ONE-ROOM SCHOOLHOUSE IN RURAL GREEN COUNTY KENTUCKY.

I VISITED ABOUT A MONTH AGO YOU KNOW IT'S A ONE ROOM SCHOOLHOUSE BECAUSE IT ONLY HAD ONE CHIMNEY.

THERE WAS NO ELECTRIC, THERE WAS NO HEAT.

HOW DID SHE DO THAT?

AND BEFORE SHE PASSED AWAY, I ASKED THAT QUESTION.

SHE SAID IT WAS VERY SIMPLE.

IF WE NEEDED MORE, I JUST WORKED HARDER.

SHE RAN HER OWN BUSINESS FOR 43 YEARS.

DAVENPORT'S BEAUTY SALON.

AND SHE NEVER HAD HOURS BECAUSE IF SHE HAD TO WORK HARDER, LONGER, BUT WHY WOULD SHE NEVER HAVE HOURS?

BECAUSE IF SOMEONE NEEDED HER, SHE WAS THERE FOR THEM.

WELL, SHE WAS THERE FOR MY SISTER VICKI AND MYSELF OUR WHOLE LIFE.

SO THE PEOPLE IMPACTED MY LIFE WERE TEACHERS, COACHES, PRINCIPALS, ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS, AND IT WAS DURING AN ERA WHERE YOU WERE CHALLENGED IF YOU KIND OF MADE UP TO YOUR TEACHERS.

OH YOU ARE TRYING TO BROWN NOSE AND GET PLAYING TIME.

NO, THE DIFFERENCE IN MY LIFE IS I UNDERSTOOD THEY WERE TRYING TO DO THINGS FOR ME.

>> YEAH.

>> NOT THINGS TO ME.

>> YEAH.

>> AND THE PHILOSOPHY THAT I SHARED EVERY DAY AS A COACH IS, THE SMARTEST OF THE SMART WEAR PEOPLE OUT, WEAR EVERY OPPORTUNITY OUT TO HELP OTHERS.

AND I WORE PEOPLE OUT WHO WANTED TO HELP ME.

>> YOU HAD A LOT OF MENTORS AND INFLUENCES, PARTICULARLY COACHES ONE STORY I'VE HEARD YOU TELL IS ABOUT GOING TO GET A NECK TIE TIED FROM A COACH, WHICH ALWAYS STUCK WITH ME BECAUSE IT IS THOSE STORIES THAT IMPACT, CHANGE LIVES.

>> I MADE THE NINTH GRADE BASKETBALL TEAM AS AN EIGHTH GRADER AT SOUTHERN JUNIOR HIGH 7, 8, 9 WHICH IS NOW OLMSTEAD NORTH AND COACH VERNE AN WOHL WAS PERFECT.

REFERENCE POINT, KEN AND BARBIE, HE WAS KEN.

HE WAS PERFECT.

HE WANTED US TO LOOK GREAT ON THE DAY OF A GAME SO HAD YOU TO WEAR A TIE.

WELL, TOM TIE I HAD WAS FROM FOURTH GRADE GOING TO MY FATHER'S FUNERAL AND IT WAS A CLIP ON TIE THAT WOULD HAVE HIT ME ABOUT RIGHT HERE.

THAT WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN SWAGGIE.

SO MY MOTHER GOES TO THE LOCAL DEPARTMENT STORE RIGHT ON 7th STREET, HARLAN'S DEPARTMENT STORE BUYS ME TWO TIES.

WHAT IS MY PROBLEM NOW?

HOW DO YOU TIE IT?

>> HE SNEAKS ME INTO SCHOOL THE DAY BEFORE.

I ASKED HIM THE DAY BEFORE BEFORE PRACTICE, I SAID COACH, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO TIE A TIE.

HE SAID ME MEET ME HERE AT 7:40.

HE SNEAKS ME IN HIS ROOM, TIES THE TIE AROUND HIS NECK AND IT WAS PERFECT.

THE NEXT GAME HE START TEACHES ME,000 TIE A TIE.

THINKING BARK BACK, KELSEY, THINK OF THE EVENTS WHERE I'VE WORN A TIE.

YOU WIN A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP AS A COACH AT BALLARD, YOU WEAR A TIE.

ON THAT DAY, WHO AM I THANKING?

MY COACH.

THANK YOU.

YOU COACH AT THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE AND YOU WIN AN ELITE EIGHT AND YOU GO TO THE FINAL FOUR.

TIE THAT TIE.

SONS WEDDINGS.

MY MOTHER'S FUNERAL.

YOU WIN A NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP AT BELLARMINE, YOU TIE THAT TIE.

I HAVE NEVER WORN ONE THAT I HAVE NOT BEEN THANKFUL FOR COACH.

THERE IS AN IRONY TO THE STORY.

HE HAD ONE SON.

HIS SON'S NAME IS SCOTTY.

>> WOW.

>> TEACHERS, COACHES ARE SO IMPACTFUL.

AND WE SHOULD BE APPRECIATIVE OF THEM EVERY DAY.

>> AS YOU LOOK BACK OVER THIS INCREDIBLE CAREER, I KNOW THOSE ARE THE TIMES THAT STAND OUT TO YOU AND IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, THE ACCOLADES AND THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP AND ALL OF THE THINGS, COACH OF THE YEAR.

I MEAN THE LIST GOES ON.

BUT I KNOW WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO YOU IS EACH OF THOSE LIVES YOU HAVE IMPACTED.

>> I CALL THOSE EMOTIONAL PAYCHECKS.

YOU CAN CASH THOSE IN A LIFETIME.

>> AND THAT'S WHAT MAKES YOU A GREAT COACH.

I KNOW YOU HAVE HAD A LOT OF INFLUENCES ALSO IN YOUR LIFE, BESIDE THAT.

I MEAN YOU MENTION YOU WORKED WITH DEARNY CRUM, RICK PITINO, WHAT WHAT ARE SOME OF THE CAREER INFLUENCES YOU LOOKED BACK ON AND WHAT DID YOU LEARN FROM THOSE PEOPLE AND PASS ON.

>> WELL,.

>> UP FRONT I'M THE LUCKIEST COACH THAT HAS EVER COACHED ANY SPORT, ANY LEVEL, PRO, COLLEGE, MALE, FEMALE.

I'M THE LUCKIEST.

WHY WAS I SO FORTUNATE?

THE COACHES WHO IMPACTED MY LIFE IS MY APPROACH WAS I WAS ABLE TO WORK WITH THEM, NOT FOR THEM.

AND THE POWER OF TEAM, IF IT IS A COACHING STAFF, THE PLAYERS IN THE LOCKER ROOM.

IF IT'S A COMMUNITY THE POWER OF TEAM, TO ME, HAS ALWAYS BEEN WHEN EVERYBODY WANTS THE SAME THING AND THEN IS WILLING TO DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO ACHIEVE IT.

THAT IS POWER.

WELL, WHEN THAT OCCURS, YOU SEE PEOPLE CELEBRATE EACH OTHER.

NOT HEY LOOK AT ME.

AND THESE YOUNG PEOPLE I HAVE BEEN FORTUNATE TO COACH, IF IT IS A RIDE HOME...

THERE ARE SO MANY ENDLESS STORIES.

I ANNOUNCE TO MY TEAM AT 7:00 ON A SUNDAY NIGHT THE PLAN OF WHAT WAS GETTING READY TO TRANSPIRE.

AND THEN I LITERALLY SPENT ALL NIGHT GOING THROUGH EVERY CONTACT THAT I HAD TO MY DISPOSAL.

OF THANKING EVERY PLAYER, ASSISTANT COACH, EVERY MANAGER, EVERY MENTOR, EVERY ADMINISTRATOR THAT I COULD POSSIBLY REACH OUT TO TO THANK THEM, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WITHOUT THEM-- AND SOME OF THE RESPONSES WILL NEVER, EVER LEAVE ME.

>> A LEGACY YOU HAVE LEFT BEHIND.

AND WHAT MADE YOU WANT TO RETIRE NOW?

>> THAT IS AN UNBELIEVABLE QUESTION.

THREE YEARS AGO WE WON THE CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT, NEVER DONE IN THE HISTORY OF BASKETBALL.

BELLARMINE WE RESTRUCTURED MY CONTRACT, OUR ATHLETIC DIRECTOR, AND PART OF IT WAS THAT MY SON WOULD BE THE NEXT COACH AT BALANCE MINE, HE IS A BALANCE MINE GRADUATE, LIVES A HALF MILE FROM THE STORE.

THERE WAS-- FROM THE SCHOOL.

THERE WAS NO QUESTION.

WE HAD A PLAN.

I WE HAD A PLAN AND I HAVE BELIEVED IN PLANS ALL ALONG BECAUSE TO ME, YOU ALWAYS HEAR THE WORD CULTURE IN ATHLETICS AND I CAN'T PUT MY ARMS AROUND YOU THAT I CAN A PLAN BECAUSE THAT MEANS, A PROGRAM MEANS YOU HAVE A PLAN: OURS WAS ACADEMIC A&M AND POLITICALLY AND SOCIALLY.

SO AT THIS POINT LET'S PASS IT TO DOUG AND LET'S GO: PART OF IT WAS THE RIDICULOUS NCAA FOUR YEAR TRANSITION FROM DIVISION 2 TO DIVISION IS ENDED SO HE DOES NOT HAVE THAT HANGING OVER HIS HEAD.

I GUESS MY LAST DREAM IN LIFE WOULD SEE ON THAT SELECTION SUNDAY FOR THEM GO LET'S GO LIVE TO BELLARMINE UNIVERSITY IN LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY AND YOU SEE THAT REACTION WHEN THEIR NAME IS CALLED.

IF IT WASN'T ME, NO ONE BETTER THAN MY SON.

>> I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT.

WHEN BELLARMINE MAKES IT TO WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN THE BIG DANCE, AND IS UNABLE TO PLAY BECAUSE OF THOSE RECLASSIFICATION RULES.

WHAT WAS THAT LIKE FOR YOU?

>> IT WAS THE MOST DIFFICULT I HAVE EVER-- THE REASON-- BECAUSE I WORKED WITH THOSE PLAYERS.

WE RAN UP THE RAMP TUESDAY NIGHT, 7:00, NATIONAL TV, 9200 PEOPLE IN THE BUILDING.

WE THOUGHT WE WERE IN THE KNIT BECAUSE WE N.I.T.

WE WERE GOING TO BE ON THE NATIONAL STAGE AND WE WERE GOING TO PLAY AT 10:00 THE NEXT MORNING.

AND THOSE PLAYERS WERE DEVASTATED.

AND I GUESS THE MOST FRUSTRATION, AS WE TRIED TO GET THE RULE CHANGED, I LOOKED THEM IN THE EYE EVERY DAY.

IF THE NCAA ADMINISTRATION HAD TO LOOK THOSE PLAYERS IN THE EYE EVERY DAY, THEY WOULD HAVE CHANGED THAT RULE.

TRUST ME.

THEY WOULD HAVE CHANGED THAT RULE BECAUSE I KNOW WHAT IT DID TO THOSE PLAYERS AND THEIR DREAMS.

>> AND IT REALLY SHIFTED THE PROGRAM SOMEWHAT.

YOU DEALT WITH COVID, YOU ARE OR DEALING WITH THAT.

YOU ARE ALSO THE GAME OF BASKETBALL ITSELF IS CHANGED DRAMATICALLY FROM WHEN YOU STARTED.

YOU ARE OR DEALING WITH NIL NOW.

WHAT IS YOUR PERSPECTIVE ON ALL OF THESE CHANGES AND WHERE DOES THIS SPORT GO FROM HERE?

>> YOU SHIFT.

MY GOAL IS LIFE HAS ALWAYS BEEN, IN COACHING, THE PLAYERS SHOULD USE THE GAME.

NEVER LET THE GAME OF BASKETBALL USE THEM.

HOW DO YOU USE THE GAME?

WELL, IT SHOULD TEACH YOU DISCIPLINE, PASSION, ATTENTION TO DETAIL, AND YOU HAVE THREE YOUNGSTERS, SO WE HAD FOUR FRESHMEN THIS YEAR.

IF YOU DO THE MATH, THEY'RE GOING TO BE IN THE REAL WORLD PAST THE YEAR 275.

>> OH MY GOSH, WOW.

>> 18-22 YEARS OLD.

LET'S JUST SAY THEY WORK UNTIL THEY'RE 65.

OKAY.

PAST THE YEAR 2K 075-- 2075.

SO HOW DO YOU PREPARE THEM.

THAT BALL WILL STOP BOUNCING.

IF YOU PREPARE THEM TO ATTENTION TO DETAIL, TO BEING ON TIME.

TO BEING ENTHUSIASTIC, TO HAVE THE OVERACHIEVE.

THEY'RE USING THE GAME.

THE GAME WILL NEVER USE THEM.

THAT IS MY CONCERN NOW.

SOME YOUNG MAN WHO HAS GONE TO FOUR HIGH SCHOOLS, FOUR COLLEGES , AND HE IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH TO BE IN THE NBA WHEN HE IS 28 YEARS OLD, WHAT HAPPENS?

WHEN HE IS 30, WHAT PES?

SO THAT IS MY BIG CONCERN.

I DO NOT WANT TO BE ONE OF THE COACHES, OH NIL, ALL THE PORTAL, I'M NOT THAT.

NOW, I WOULD LOVE THE HEAR FROM THE PEOPLE WHO MADE THE DECISION TO STAND UP AND EXPLAIN THEIR RATIONALE.

I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR THAT.

BUT IT IS WHAT IT IS.

THE END OF THE DAY, THIS WILL-- I USE THIS, KELSEY, IN THE NCAA CENSUS JUNE OF 24, 2024, THERE WERE OVER 522,000 NCAA DIVISION ONE AND TWO AND THREE ATHLETES OVER 522,000.

AT THE END OF THE DAY, WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT?

A VERY, VERY MINUTE BUNCH.

THERE ARE 360 NBA PLAYERS IN THE WORLD.

30% OF THEM ARE INTERNATIONAL: WHY CAN'T YOU USE THE GAME OF BASKETBALL ACADEMICALLY, ATHLETICALLY AND SOCIALLY TO MAKE YOUR LIFE BETTER?

THAT'S THE GOAL.

MY FIRST JOB EVER WAS AT AARON'S HIGH SCHOOL FIRST AND CHESSNUT VERY, VERY SEGREGATED SCHOOL NOT BASED ON RACE, BASED ON ECONOMICS VERY ECONOMICALLY CHALLENGED SCHOOL.

VERY, VERY.

MY NEXT JOB, I'M THE J.V.

COACH OF BALLARD HIGH SCHOOL, ARGUABLY ONE OF THE MOST AFFLUENT SCHOOLS IN JCPS.

I APPRECIATE THEM.

I DON'T CARE IF IT'S PORTLAND, THE EAST END, WHEREVER.

WELL, LONG STORY SHORT, I'M THE HEAD COACH AT BALLARD AND THE NEXT THING YOU KNOW I'M THE ASSISTANT COACH AT THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE.

PRIVATE JETS, FIVE STAR HOTELS, WE GO TO THE FINAL FOUR, WE GO TO MAUI, GO TO THE FINAL FOUR.

ONE END OF THE SPECTRUM TO THE OTHER I LEAVE IN 2005 AFTER GOING TO THE FINAL FOUR AND I TAKE THE HEAD COACHING POSITION AT BELLARMINE.

NOW I'M ON A BUS RIDING EIGHT AND A HALF HOURS TO KANSAS CITY AND YOU SAY, WELL WHY WOULD YOU HAVE EVER DONE THAT?

WELL, BELLARMINE BELIEVED IN EVERYTHING I BELIEVED IN ACADEMICALLY ATHLETICALLY AND SOCIALLY.

I HAD BEEN A HEAD COACH AT BALLARD WE WON A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP, BUT JUST TO IMPACT THOSE LIVES ON AND OFF THE COURT, AND THEN 20 YEARS LATER, AFTER 47 YEARS, 2008, MY MOTHER PASSED AWAY AND RIGHT BEFORE SHE DID THAT, SHE UTTERED THE WORDS TO ME.

SHE SAID, YOU KNOW, SCOTTY, I REALLY THINK IF YOU JUST WORK HARDER, YOU MIGHT GET A REAL JOB AND MAKE SOMETHING OUT OF YOURSELF.

THREE YEARS LATER WE WIN A NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP.

AND I IMMEDIATELY THOUGHT, WELL, I WONDER WHAT SHE IS THINKING.

BUT WHAT WAS IMPACTFUL, WHAT WAS THE MOST IMPACTFUL THING EVER, IN MY LIFE WAS A JOB IS A VOCATION BY DEFINITION.

AND I NEVER HAD A JOB.

I HAD AN AVOCATION AND I WAS AN ADVOCATE OF YOUNG PEOPLE MY ENTIRE CAREER BECAUSE PEOPLE WERE AN ADVOCATE OF ME.

THAT'S WHY.

>> WHAT IS YOUR ADVICE YOU HAVE GIVEN TO DOUG STEPPING INTO THIS POSITION?

>> WE HAVE TALKED.

DOUG-- I MET WITH DUG DOUG, LIKE ALL OUR JUNIORS IN THE SPRING SEMESTER OF THEIR JUNIOR YEAR AND WE TALK ABOUT THEIR SENIOR YEAR AND WE TALK ABOUT INTERNSHIPS AND WE TALK ABOUT PLANS.

THEY'RE A JUNIOR IN COLLEGE MUCH THE FINISH LINE IS STARTING TO BE THERE AND EARLY IN THAT COLLEGE CAREER THEY'RE GOING TO CHANGE OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND DOUG HAD A DUAL MAJOR OF BUSINESS, POLITICAL SCIENCE, HE HAD ONLY MADE SEVEN BS HIS ENTIRE CAREER AT BELLARMINE.

WHEN I WAS IN COLLEGE, I WISH I HAD MADE SEVEN BS.

I SAID TO HIM, DOUG, WALL STREET WITH THE BUSINESS, POLITICAL SCIENCE, LAW SCHOOL, DAD, I'M GOING TO BE A BASKETBALL COACH.

AND MY ADVICE WAS CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THAT DREAM THAT YOU SET FORWARD WHEN YOU WERE IN COLLEGE.

AND I SAID, YOU KNOW WE WILL ALWAYS BE HERE FOR YOU.

AND BUT THAT GOES, WHAT I SAID TO THE PLAYERS AND WHAT I'VE SAID TO EVERY PLAYER I'VE EVER COACHED UNTIL I TAKE MY LAST BREATH ON THIS EARTH, I WILL BE HERE FOR YOU.

BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT COACHES DID FOR ME.

TEACHERS.

ADMINISTRATORS, PRINCIPALS, ATHLETIC DIRECTORS.

I MEAN I HAVE BEEN AROUND THE BEST OF THE BEST.

IF THE OPPORTUNITY PRESENTED ITSELF TO DO IT AGAIN, YOU KNOW, HINDSIGHT COACHES LIVE AND HINDSIGHT IS 2020.

WHAT WOULD YOU CHANGE?

KNOWING THE LANDSCAPE OF COLLEGE ATHLETICS, I WOULD DOUBLE DOWN ON PUTTING PLAYERS FIRST AND THE PORTAL OPPORTUNITIES, I HAVE NEVER, 20 YEARS-- 47 YEARS OF COACHING, NOT PUT PLAYERS FIRST.

BUT AT SOME POINT, IT HAS TO BE A TWO-WAY STREET AND WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO?

IN OTHER WORDS, WE ARE PROVIDING A, B, C, D, NOW HERE IS WHAT IS EXPECTED OF YOU BECAUSE THAT'S THE REAL WORLD.

THAT'S THE REAL WORLD.

AND I THINK WE'VE GOT TO ENHANCE THAT EXPERIENCE TO PREPARE THEM LIKE I SAID, THAT NEXT 60, 50 YEARS OF THEIR LIFE.

>> LOOKING BACK, WHAT DO YOU WANT YOUR LEGACY TO BE?

>> I HOPE PEOPLE LOOK BACK AND SAY HE MADE OARS BETTER-- HE MADE OTHERS BETTER.

IF I COULD REPAY ALL THE PHENOMENAL LEADERS THAT I HAVE WORKED WITH AND FOR, IF I COULD REPAY THEM, HOW MUCH BETTER THEY MADE ME, I WOULD JUST REPAY THEM IN ONE WAY.

PASSING THAT ON BY MAKING OTHERS BETTER LIKE THEY DID ME.

I MEAN THOSE STORIES ARE ENDLESS FROM AARON'S HIGH SCHOOL TO BALLARD HIGH SCHOOL, COACHING AT VCU, THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE, BELLARMINE UNIVERSITY.

WE STARTED A SCHOLARSHIP FUND FOUR YEARS AGO CALLED THE DAVENPORT FAMILY SCHOLARSHIP.

AND IT TAKES CARE OF OUR STUDENT MANAGERS EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES.

THAT SCHOLARSHIP WAS FOUNDED BY AN IDEA THAT DOUG CALLED ME IN HIS OFFICE ONE MORNING.

IT WAS DECEMBER OF 2020.

HE SAID DAD, I GOT AN IDEA.

I THOUGHT OF THIS AT PRACTICE.

I SAID WHAT HAVE YOU GOT.

HE SAID SIT DOWN.

WHY DON'T WE START A SCHOLARSHIP.

I SAID WHAT?

HE SAID THE DAVENPORT FAMILY.

LIKE WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?

HE SAID EVERY DAY 10 TIMES A DAY, 20, YOU USE THE PHRASE IT TAKES EVERYBODY.

YOU USE THAT PHRASE.

WHY DON'T WE INCLUDE THE MANAGERS AND ESTABLISH A SCHOLARSHIP FUND IN OUR FAMILY NAME?

WE JUST HAD OUR FOURTH ANNUAL DAVENPORT DERBY DASH ON WED WEDNESDAY OF DERBY WEEK.

AND THAT SCHOLARSHIP, AS IT GROWS WILL APPROACH BEING ENDOWED AT BELLARMINE LONG AFTER THE DAVENPORTS ARE GONE, FOR THE STUDENT MANAGERS.

>> WHAT IS NEXT?

I KNOW YOU ARE NOT GOING TO BE TOE GOLF COURSE AND, YOU KNOW, TAKING IT EASY.

WHAT DO YOU SEE AS YOUR NEXT CHAPTER BEING?

>> I STILL WANT TO HELP BELLARMINE.

THAT WAS STRUCTURED THREE YEARS AGO WHENEVER THIS CONTRACT ENDS, IT WAS OPEN ENDED.

I WOULD STILL BE IN A POSITION TO HELP BELLARMINE.

AGAIN, BECAUSE I BELIEVE WE HAVE THE SAME BELIEFS IN ACADEMICALLY, SOCIALLY, EDUCATIONALLY AND HOW TO AFFECT EVERY FACET OF THIS COMMUNITY IN ANY WAY POSSIBLE BECAUSE IS, AGAIN, PEOPLE HAD THAT IMPACT ON MY LIFE.

GROWING UP ON CENTRAL AVENUE, KELSEY, I'M GOING TO STOP RIGHT HERE AND SAY THIS.

THAT MEETING AND THIS WILL SHOCK PEOPLE-- THAT I MET WITH OUR PLAYERS LASTED SEVEN MINUTES.

I TALKED SEVEN MINUTES.

>> THAT IS SHOCKING.

>> I WAS READY.

I SAID THIS, WE HAD PLANNED ALL WEEK.

WE HAD BEEN ON SPRING BREAK.

THE STAFF KNEW, EVERYBODY WAS AWARE.

BUT I ENDED.

I SAID-- AND I DEMANDED THE PLAYERS TO LOOK ME IN THE EYE AND STEP FORWARD IN YOUR SEAT AND YOU LISTEN HARDER THAN YOU HAVE EVER LISTENED TO ME IN YOUR LIFE.

AND I SAID THIS IS THE LAST WORDS OF COACHING I EVER APPLIED IN MY LIFE.

I SAID WHEN YOU GET TO THIS POINT IN YOUR LIFE OF WHERE I AM, TOWARD THE END OF YOUR JOURNEY, IF YOU CAN UTTER THESE WORDS, THEN YOU'VE REACHED YOUR GOAL.

THIS SHOULD BE YOUR GOAL.

18-22 YEARS OLD, RIGHT NOW YOUR NEXT 47 YEARS LIKE I COACHED, I SAID IF THAT DOOR OPENS AND SOMEBODY WALKS IN THIS ROOM AND SAYS HEY, COACH, YOU GOT ONE WISH, WHAT DO YOU WANT?

YOU CAN HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANT.

WHAT DO YOU WANT?

I LOOKED AT THESE PLAYERS AND SAID HERE IS MY ANSWER AND THIS SHOULD BE YOUR GOAL TO BE ABLE TO ANSWER LIKE I'M GOING TO.

SO IF THAT INDIVIDUAL SAYS WHAT IS YOUR ONE WISH, COACH?

I JUST WISH I COULD DO EVERY SECOND AGAIN.

IF I COULD DO IT ALL OVER.

IF YOU CAN SAY THAT AT THAT POINT IN YOUR LIFE OF WHERE I AM, THEN YOU HAVE HAD A GREAT LIFE.

AND I JUST WISH I COULD DO EVERY SECOND OF IT OVER AGAIN.

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THAT'S ALL ON INSTAGRAM AT KET IN LOU.

THANKS FOR SPENDING A LITTLE TIME GETTING TO KNOW LOUISVILLE.

HOPE TO SEE YOU HERE NEXT TIME.

UNTIL THEN, MAKE IT A GREAT WEEK.

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