Former Louisville player Kenny Payne has led the Cardinals to an 8-24 record this season, including 3-17 in ACC play.
Louisville plans to fire coach Kenny Payne after he went 12-52 in two seasons, a person with direct knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press late Tuesday night. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because Louisville officials had not yet met with Payne. The coach said after the Cardinals' 94-85 first-round loss to North Carolina State in the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament on Tuesday that he had not been informed of his status with the program.
Payne was a 1,000-point scorer while playing under Hall of Fame coach Denny Crum from 1985-89. He played briefly in the NBA before starting a coaching career that included 10 years as an assistant under John Calipari at Kentucky and two years as an assistant with the New York Knicks. Payne's experience as a recruiter and developer of post players didn't serve him in his first head coaching job.
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