Derrick Ramsey

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Derrick Ramsey
Kentucky Secretary of Education and Workforce Development
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December 8, 2015 December 10, 2019

Derrick Kent Ramsey (born December 23, 1956) was Kentucky Secretary of Education and Workforce Development in 2018 and 2019, [1] under Governor Matt Bevin, after serving as secretary of the Labor Cabinet from 2015 to 2018. [2] He served as Deputy Secretary of Commerce under another Republican governor, Ernie Fletcher, from 2003 to 2007. [2] Bevin appointed him to the Board of Trustees of University of Kentucky on July 25, 2017. He served until 2023. [3] He was a senior fellow at The Urban Institute, then a senior fellow at the Kentucky Community and Technical College System, leading projects for the chancellor and president. In January 2024, Ramsey became special assistant to KCTCS President Ryan Quarles for strategic partnerships. [4] Quarles had placed second in the 2023 Republican primary for governor.

Ramsey was a professional American football player, playing tight end for nine seasons for the Oakland/Los Angeles Raiders, New England Patriots, and Detroit Lions.

He grew up in Hastings, Florida and attended Hastings High School, where he won state football championships in his first two years. He moved to live with an uncle in Camden, New Jersey, and play for the Camden High School football team, which went 2-8 in his junior year and won the New Jersey state championship in his senior year. [5]

Ramsey was a quarterback and tight end at the University of Kentucky, where he was part of the team that won the 1976 SEC Championship and the 1976 Peach Bowl. [6] He was first-team All SEC and third-team All-American as QB in 1977 when Kentucky finished with a 10-1 record and #6 ranking in the final AP poll. Ramsey also played two games on the basketball team as a walk-on in 1976. [7]

He has a master's degree in sports administration from Eastern Kentucky University and served as the Athletic Director at Coppin State University from 2008 to 2015. [8]

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References

  1. "Former NFL player Derrick Ramsey appointed new secretary". New Pittsburgh Courier. Archived from the original on July 6, 2018. Retrieved July 6, 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Derrick Ramsey to head Labor Cabinet under Bevin". Associated Press State Wire. December 2, 2015.
  3. "Derrick K. Ramsey". uky.edu.
  4. Paducah Sun, Jan. 24, 2024
  5. Hitchner, Emelia. "Catching up with a hometown hero", The St. Augustine Record , June 26, 2016. Accessed July 25, 2019. "'By going to Camden, we thought that opportunity would be afforded to me,' Ramsey said. 'And it was.' While playing at Camden High School, Ramsey added another high school football championship to his resume in 1974."
  6. ukathletics.com - Kentucky Football History and Records Archived July 1, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  7. "Derrick Ramsey". BigBlueHistory.net. Retrieved March 4, 2012.
  8. "Coppin State Athletic Department". July 26, 2011. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 30, 2015.