WKU's track and field team will face a 50 percent budget cut and other athletic programs will face a five percent budget cut for the upcoming season.
Head Coach Erik Jenkins informed his team of the cuts Tuesday evening.
"Mr. Todd Stewart is my boss. This came down from the top of the Hill and I relayed that message to my team," Jenkins told the Herald on Wednesday. "We have done well athletically and academically on this campus. This is out of my hands and is in the hands of the athletic department."
The track and field program has seen 39 of its athletes named as NCAA All-Americans since 2011.