Campbellsville High School graduate the late Bobby Brockman will be honored next month for his contributions to Kentucky athletes and coaches. The Kentucky High School Coaches Association gives out an annual award, named after Bob Miller, who was one of its founding coaches. The award goes to a deserving individual in Kentucky for their contribution and service to student athletes and coaches in Kentucky. Brockman is the award recipient for 2019. He will be honored at this year’s Kentucky High School Athletic Association boys’ state basketball tournament on Wednesday, March 6, at 6:30 p.m. in Rupp Arena in Lexington.
Brockman covered local sports for the Central Kentucky News-Journal for more than 32 years. He was a sports historian for Campbellsville University athletics and served as the sports editor for The Big Dawg and Wave radio stations. Brockman covered all fifth region sports, along with statewide and national sporting events, and was considered a local legend and sports aficionado for the entire region and state.
He graduated from Campbellsville High School, where he was a manager for coach Jerry Parker and the boys’ basketball team — the last team in CHS history to win the fifth region tournament, in 1973.
Brockman continued his education at the University of Tennessee, working as a student manager for famed coach Ray Mears. Years later, it would be safe to say that anyone who watched, played, listened to or talked about sports around the state knew the name Bobby Brockman.
Brockman died on Jan. 7, 2018, at age 61. He is survived by his wife of 34 years, Sonja Noel Brockman, 3 daughters: Rachel and Melanie who graduated from CHS, and Savanna Brockman who is a junior at CHS. He is survived by a granddaughter, Eden.
Brockman was also recently inducted into the Fifth Region Athletic Director’s Hall of Fame.
