As Butcher was concluding the events surrounding his application, and subsequent interview for the position of Head Coach of Cricket West Indies, he stated how we ‘move on’ in life, when things do not work out. Which led to him reminiscing on his return to the Caribbean, four years later, as Director of Sports at the University of the West Indies in Barbados.

Krissania: Yes, I was just about to ask you to expound on the high-performance program that you developed at the UWI.

Roland: “In 2004, I was given the position of Director of Sports, at the University of West Indies, with the mandate of professionalizing sports at the university. Which was on a very amateur basis; there was no Sports Department. Basically, sports at the university was run by the students, there was no professional expertise available. I came in as the Director and then I had to start all the structures to ensure that we could get professional programs at the university. As well as getting structures in place, I then had to get the requisite facilities to go with the sports. When I came to the university, the few coaches that did coaching for the school were alumni or people who wanted to give back [to the university]. It was very disorganized, so one of the first things that I did was to ensure that we got the best coaches in each sport and they were given contracts for their services.

Full Story