To continue learning about something important to the university and to do something new, Lombardi created the sports history course. He has taught Latin American history his speciality in previous Spring semesters. During the Fall, Lombardi is too busy to teach. He gives guest lectures, but said he prefers teaching his own class. Everything else is extra.
Teaching is the main event.
I think that if you don't teach and you're a professor, you've kind of lost your way. Many of Lombardi's relatives were educators. His mother was a librarian and his father was president of Los Angeles City College. Lombardi said he always wanted to follow their career paths. UF Provost Andrew Sorensen said he and Lombardi sometimes reminisce about why they became teachers.