The First Bank & Trust Friday Q&A: Program Investments, Future Schedules, And More

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1) You come into a little extra cash that you cannot retain, $40 million to be exact, and you are required to donate it to VT Athletics. How would you stipulate/earmark the donation be used? If for more than one thing what would the order of project priority be? – 2hhoops3

Chris Coleman: It’s funny that you should ask this question, because my mind wandered earlier this week, and I thought to myself: “If you came across a bunch of money, how would you approach Whit Babcock?”

I eventually came up with the conclusion that I’d probably just DM him on Twitter and say something like, “Yo, Whit, I just came across $40 million. We should talk.” With a smile emoji, of course. In all seriousness, I don’t know how I’d approach it, but I’d certainly like to find out one day.

As far as how I’d want to spend it, the first place my head goes is to sports science. I’ve got two stories to share that have helped form my view.

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