Interview with Shirley Laney

Partial Transcript: The following is an unrehearsed interview with Shirley Laney

Segment Synopsis: Laney introduces herself and provides biographical information, including birthplace, parents names and other relevant information about growing up.

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Partial Transcript: One of the topics has to do with the Basketball Bill that was passed here I think in 1975...

Segment Synopsis: Laney discusses the Basketball Bill and other topics that relate to girls sports and Laney's role in Western Kentucky sports.

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Partial Transcript: What would you say were typical reactions to the beginning of basketball competition for high school girls in this part of Kentucky, as far as you know?

Segment Synopsis: Laney discusses reactions for the beginning of high school girl's basketball in Kentucky. She discusses the principal's reactions to the coaching problem, and how a community reacted to their team in the tournament.

Keywords: Coaching; Glascow KY; Tournaments

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Partial Transcript: Going back a minute to what you said about a lot of the women in physical education, at that time, were the obvious choices for coaching...

Segment Synopsis: Laney discusses why she thinks more men coached girl's basketball teams than women, including the time constraints, negativity in women in athletics, and going into Physical Education teaching. Also how coaches were trained for girl's sports, how it was by people who already knew the fundamentals and discipline and grew a team over the years.

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Subjects: Coach training physical education

Partial Transcript: Before I tell you that can I tell you another question, another story...

Segment Synopsis: Laney tells a story about Western Kentucky University's change in choosing to host the girl's high school track tournament.

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Partial Transcript: How would you characterize the development of high school basketball for girl's in western Kentucky...

Segment Synopsis: Laney discusses the development of high school girl's basketball through college games and its development, scholarships, camps and coaches clinics, and officiating.

Keywords: Coaching; Scholarship

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Partial Transcript: I'd like to switch to some other sports...

Segment Synopsis: Laney discusses high school girl's golf, including how college teams and scholarships helped, the LPGA tournaments on TV giving role models, and country clubs helping develop golfers.

Keywords: Carol Mann; Country Clubs; Cynthia Powell; Golfing; Janice Johnson; Lee Davis; LPGA

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Partial Transcript: What about some other, um, sports? Do you have any ties with any sports...

Segment Synopsis: Laney discusses high school girl's and collegiate track, including the coaches, the volunteers that helped at meets, and the support of track versus basketball.

Keywords: Cecil Ward; Coaches; Gale Harris; Gene Moore; Track; Track meet

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