Interview with Claudia Young, March 8, 2017

Project: University of Kentucky Athletics: Tennis Oral History Project

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This interview with former Director of Tennis and Women's Tennis Coach Claudia Young begins with a discussion of what brought her to the University of Kentucky in order to coach the university's first women's tennis team. She then talks about colleague Susan Feamster, who was a pioneer in creating women?s sports programs at the University of Kentucky under Title IX of the Education Amendments Act of 1972. Young also recalls the difficulties she faced as the coach of a woman's sport during the early years in which the university was adjusting to compliance with Title IX. She talks extensively about traveling with the team to competitions. Next, Young moves on to talk about the team's seasons from 1978-1982. She also goes through the roster and reflects on the style and abilities of each of her players. Young then moves to discussing the current University of Kentucky tennis teams, talking about the new multi-million dollar facility being built to accommodate them.

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2017oh081_af899

Interviewee Name

Claudia Young

Interviewer Name

Dennis Emery

Interview Date

2017-03-08

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Young, Claudia Interview by Dennis Emery. 08 Mar. 2017. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.

Young, C. (2017, March 08). Interview by D. Emery. University of Kentucky Athletics: Tennis Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.

Young, Claudia, interview by Dennis Emery. March 08, 2017, University of Kentucky Athletics: Tennis Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.





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