Rick Pitino Scheduled to Attend Kenny Klein Banner Ceremony in Louisville
Former University of Louisville basketball coach Rick Pitino is scheduled to attend a banner ceremony honoring Kenny Klein, the university's longtime sports information director, at the KFC Yum! Center in Louisville.
Louisville, KY, October 23, 2026 —
Former University of Louisville basketball coach Rick Pitino is scheduled to attend a banner ceremony honoring Kenny Klein, the university’s longtime sports information director. The ceremony is set to take place at the KFC Yum! Center in Louisville.
The announced purpose of the event is to recognize Klein. The information provided describes him as the university’s longtime sports information director but does not give details about his career, the length of his service or the reason a banner is being raised in his honor.
Pitino’s expected attendance is the only additional participant detail provided. No date or time for the ceremony was specified, and no information was supplied about other attendees, speakers or the banner itself. The available details also do not say whether the ceremony is connected to a game or another event at the arena.
The announcement does not include a statement from Pitino, Klein or the university. It also does not identify who organized the ceremony or explain how the banner will be displayed. Those details were not provided, so the event’s broader program and arrangements remain unclear.
For now, the confirmed information is limited to the planned recognition of Klein at the KFC Yum! Center and Pitino’s scheduled attendance. Further details about the ceremony, including its timing and any additional participants, were not included in the information available.
Story summarized from the original created by Eric Crawford on www.wdrbwave.com, see more information here.
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