Ron Kordes. Secretariat. Two peas in a pod.

Ron Kordes is being inducted into the Kentucky Athletic Hall of Fame this year. The head man at Louisville Assumption High School and director of KIVA, winner of multiple state, mythical high school, and JO national championships, you'd be hard-pressed to find someone more deserving.

Also being inducted into the Kentucky Athletic Hall of Fame this year? Secretariat. And on the surface, you wouldn't think there's much of a connection between the two, but you'd be wrong:

Secretariat's nickname was "Big Red." Ron Kordes' favorite gum...is Big Red.

Secretariat is a horse. Ron Kordes' favorite saying is "Why the long face?"

ESPN ranked Secretariat 35th on its list of the top 100 athletes of the 20th century. Ron Kordes has read ESPN's list of the top 100 athletes of the 20th century.

In 1973, Secretariat was named winner of an Eclipse Award, for Horse of the Year. In 2005, Ron Kordes was named winner of a Prepvolleyball.com award, also for Horse of the Year.

Secretariat was born on March 30, 1970. Ron Kordes was born much, much earlier.