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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]
Matthew LaMont Mitchell (born December 16, 1970) [1] is an American former college basketball coach, who was most recently head coach for University of Kentucky women's basketball. [2] On November 12, 2020, Mitchell announced his retirement from coaching.
In doing so, the 51-year-old coach made clear the lofty hopes he holds for his first Kentucky team and looked forward to the magic of the journey his Wildcats — all of them new to UK basketball ...
The new UK men’s basketball coach and a star of Adolph Rupp’s 1958 NCAA title team share a link. Skip to main content. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800 ...
New Kentucky men’s basketball coach Mark Pope poses for pictures with fans waiting in line outside Rupp Arena on Sunday before Pope’s introductory press conference inside.
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 ...
New Kentucky and former BYU head coach Mark Pope, center, prepares a play against Houston on Jan. 23 in Provo, Utah. Pope has limited high-level high school basketball recruiting experience from ...