University of Louisville to honor Kenny Klein with arena banner

The University of Louisville will raise a banner honoring longtime sports administrator Kenny Klein during a home basketball game on January 2.

FTMQ Sports, written by our newsroom20 October 2026 at 01:080 views

The University of Louisville will raise a banner to honor former sports information director and administrator Kenny Klein during a men's basketball game on January 2. WHAS11 and Yahoo Sports reported that the announcement was made on Monday by Louisville Vice President and Director of Athletics Josh Heird. [1][2][5][6]

According to Yahoo Sports, the ceremony will take place inside the KFC Yum Center when the Louisville Cardinals host Stanford. Klein will join several men's basketball legends who already have banners hanging inside the arena rafters. [2][4]

Kentucky Today reported that St. John's University and former Louisville head coach Rick Pitino are also planning to honor the former sports information director. Klein previously served as a longtime athletics administrator for the Cardinals sports programs. [1][2][7]

The University of Louisville will honor Kenny Klein with a banner on January 2.
The ceremony will occur at the KFC Yum Center during a game against Stanford.
Louisville Vice President and Director of Athletics Josh Heird announced the honor.
St. John's and Rick Pitino are also honoring the former sports information director.

Sources

Every paragraph above points to the numbered items it rests on. Read the originals here.

[1]Louisville to honor longtime athletics administrator Kenny Klein with bannerWHAS11, 4h ago (the report this story comes from)
[2]Kenny Klein will have his own banner inside the KFC Yum CenterYahoo Sports Top, 1h ago
[3]Louisville to Raise Banner for Kenny Kleingocards.com, 5h ago
[4]CRAWFORD | Louisville is putting Kenny Klein’s name in the rafters. It’s exactly where it belongs.WDRB, 4h ago
[5]Louisville basketball to honor Kenny Klein with banner at KFC Yum CenterYahoo Sports, 5h ago
[6]Louisville basketball to honor Kenny Klein with banner at KFC Yum CenterThe Courier-Journal, 5h ago
[7]U of L raising banner for Kenny Klein; Pitino, St. John's also honoring ex-SIDKentucky Today, 4h ago

Background

[8]Kenny Klein on Wikipedia
[9]2026 deaths in the United States on Wikipedia

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