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JonDenio
- title Director of Equipment Operations
- phone (859) 257-2920
- email ukadequipment@uky.edu
- Is in his eighth season as the director of equipment operations
- Handles the management of UK’s Nike account, working directly with each coaching staff in UK’s 22-sport intercollegiate athletics program. He also oversees the department’s inventory control software system as well as contract purchasing any athletic equipment needed by the athletic department
- Came to the Bluegrass after serving seven years as an assistant director of equipment at the University of Oklahoma
- Worked two seasons as an assistant equipment manager for the Washington Redskins, in charge of on-field setup and maintenance, and player footwear
- Spent four years as a student equipment manager working with the football team at his alma mater, the University of Missouri
- Spent the 1999 and 2000 summers as a college intern with the New York Jets equipment department
- Earned a degree from Missouri in economics, personal finance and sociology in 2002
- Married to the former Brooke Holt of Fremont, Neb., and the couple have one son, Kason
- Native of Mexico, Mo.