Mitch Barnhart

Mitch Barnhart
Mitch Barnhartis the athletics director for the Kentucky Wildcats athletics program at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, Kentucky. Barnhart was hired by the university in 2002 succeeding Larry Ivy. Barnhart served in the same capacity at Oregon State University from 1998-2002. He is the university's tenth athletics director. Barnhart's current salary is $600,000 per year. In February 2011 Barnhart signed a 3-year extension on his contract which will keep him at Kentucky until 2019...
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Prices have escalated on a lot of things. Tuition is up; travel expenses are through the roof. There are a lot of things that have to be managed. There are new expenditures that make it a challenge.
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We don't feel the punishment is consistent with the past precedents established by previous NCAA cases. The NCAA has tried to become a more student-friendly organization, but this direction is a significant step away from that.