# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kenny-payne
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:22:07.472Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kenny-payne"
name: "Kenny Payne"
slug: "kenny-payne"
description: "Kenneth Victor Payne is an American college basketball coach and former player who is currently the associate head coach at the University of Arkansas. Previously, he was the head coach at the University of Louisville. Prior to being hired at Louisville, Payne spent two seasons as an assistant coach with the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). A 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) and 195 lb (88 kg) small forward, Payne played college basketball at Louisville and was a member of the 1986 NCAA championship squad. He was selected by the Philadelphia 76ers with the 19th pick of the 1989 NBA draft."
tagline: "American basketball player and coach (born 1966)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kenny-Payne.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Basketball Players"
  slug: "basketball-players"
profileType:
  name: "Basketball Player"
  slug: "basketball-player"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3665646"
birthDate: "1966-11-25"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           44.09
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.707778666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenny_Payne"
    title: "Kenny Payne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "كيني باين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%89_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "كينى باين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenny_Payne"
    title: "Kenny Payne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenny_Payne"
    title: "Kenny Payne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenny_Payne"
    title: "Kenny Payne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3814637"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump