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Posted: 3:51 PM Apr 29, 2011
Coach Cal Visiting Eastern Ky. Coal Mines
Coach Cal visited mines in Martin and Pike Counties.
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From Coach Cal's Twitter page
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MARTIN COUNTY, Ky (WSAZ) -- UK Basketball Coach John Calipari is spending Friday touring several eastern Kentucky coal mines.
Coach Cal visited Excel Mines in Martin and Pike Counties that are owned by Joe Craft's Alliance Coal.
Craft told workers if they made it to 400 days without time lost due to an accident, he would bring the coach to the mines.
On his Twitter page, Coach Cal said, “I get to feel for what my relatives did during their time in the mines. You want to talk about salt-of-the-earth folks? These are them."
“It means so much to me & my family that I'm able to share time w/all these hard-working folks,” Coach Cal tweeted.
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Posted by: Thurman
on Apr 30, 2011 at 10:08 AM
I hope Coach Cal went to deep mines, and not the horrible surface mines which are raping our land here in Eastern Kentucky. Hope he goes to Dunham and tells people what he saw. Fat chance though with Joe Craft at his side.
Posted by: Bigdaddyuk
on Apr 30, 2011 at 12:39 AM
Coach Cal is awesome. He is a great leader, we are so fortunate to have him as our coach.
Posted by: Len Conley
on Apr 29, 2011 at 10:15 PM
Way to go Cal. I grew up in Eastern Kentucky and my dad worked in the mines for over 30 years. I'm sure they appreciate your visit as I do. Go Cats!
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