Now how you gonna get around a nepotism policy and hire the coach’s daughter?
Let’s see. Well, make sure the coach is right there, of course, in the room with the trustees. So they can see her rich powerful daddy.
A divided University of Kentucky Board of Trustees on Tuesday narrowly approved hiring Kirby Willoughby, the daughter of UK Athletics Director Mitch Barnhart, as a graduate assistant in the athletics department.
The trustees voted by voice, and no individual votes were counted. When reporters polled trustees as they left the meeting, eight of the 19 who were present said they voted against the hire…
After the meeting, chairman Britt Brockman said he did not hear enough opposition to request a roll call vote.
… [The coach] was present for most of the meeting…