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Five coaches have received national coaching awards while the head coach of Kentucky: Rupp, Sutton, Pitino, Smith, and Calipari. Four Wildcat coaches: Rupp, Sutton, Pitino, and Calipari have been inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame. [1] [2] Kentucky's current head coach is Mark Pope, who has held the position since April 12, 2024. [2]
On April 12, 2024, Pope was hired to become the 23rd men's basketball head coach at Kentucky. [6] Pope's coaching debut at Kentucky was a 103–62 win against Wright State University. The score received some media attention for being a 41-point win, as #41 was the number of Pope when he was a player at Kentucky. [7] [8]
The presumed favorite. SCOTT DREW. Current: Baylor head coach (21st year).. Why it makes sense: The talk around UK for the past couple of years has centered on Drew as Mitch Barnhart’s preferred ...
Of course, only two coaches have ever surpassed the 1,000-win mark in NCAA Division I men’s basketball: Jim Boeheim of Syracuse (1,015 wins) and Mike Krzyzewski of Army and Duke (1,202 wins).
Eastern Kentucky Colonels men's basketball coaches (24 P) This page was last edited on 16 February 2025, at 21:02 (UTC). Text ...
Jerry Tipton has covered University of Kentucky basketball for the Herald-Leader since 1981-82. The Hall of Fame writer just completed his final week on the beat and takes years of fond memories ...
Joe B. Hall was the head basketball coach at Kentucky from 1972 to 1985. Although he had been an assistant at Kentucky since 1965, Coach Hall was given a difficult task: to follow in the footsteps of his predecessor, Adolph Rupp. In the 1978 NCAA tournament, he coached the Wildcats to their fifth NCAA championship. He was named National Coach ...
The new coach must also deal with the fish bowl. He’ll live in it. Before C.M. Newton hired Pitino in 1989, the athletics director courted P.J. Carlesimo, who had just coached Seton Hall to the ...