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Unseld’s legacy is at the heart of a controversy in his hometown of Louisville, where the college he helped put on the basketball map the University of Louisville is under fire from another alumnus.
Butch Beard is a former basketball star at Louisville who went on to play 10 years in the NBA. He also coached the New Jersey Nets as well as at Howard University and Morgan State. A former Mr. Basketball in Kentucky, he signed to play at Louisville one year after Unseld started there.
Beard has asked the school to remove his name and accomplishments from any existing or future mentions, citing what he sees as a lack of commitment to hiring black role models in the athletic department as well as the school’s lack of recognition of Unseld, according to reports.
Wednesday afternoon Cardinal news and notes
Share this story NET Rankings Update: No. 29 (down 3 from yesterday . thanks, Kentucky). The CJ’s Shannon Russell writes about the surprisingly solid play of the Cardinal basketball freshmen so far this season. A new episode of the CC Podcast is available for your ears, your mind and your soul, right here. Charles Minlend debut on the horizon? Butch Beard doesn’t think Louisville has been hiring enough minority coaches or doing enough to honor his legacy, and so he wrote a letter to Dr. Bendapudi asking her to remove his name from everything associated with U of L. According to Beard, “the university’s commitment to young black men is far from what it should look like in 2021.”