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John Calipari Calipari in 2014 Sport ( s ) Basketball Current position Title Head coach Team Kentucky Conference SEC Record 271 -- 63 Annual salary $7,450,000 Biographical details ( 1959 - 02 - 10 ) February 10, 1959 ( age 59 ) Moon Township, Pennsylvania Playing career 1978 -- 1980 UNC Wilmington 1980 -- 1982 Clarion Position ( s ) Point guard Coaching career ( HC unless noted ) 1982 -- 1985 Kansas ( associate assistant ) 1985 -- 1988 Pittsburgh ( assistant ) 1988 -- 1996 UMass 1996 -- 1999 New Jersey Nets 1999 -- 2000 Philadelphia 76ers ( assistant ) 2000 -- 2009 Memphis 2009 -- present Kentucky International 2011 -- 2012 Dominican Republic 2017 -- present USA U-19 Head coaching record Overall 674 -- 202 ( college ) 72 -- 112 ( NBA ) Accomplishments and honors Championships NCAA Division I Tournament ( 2012 ) 4x NCAA Regional -- Final Four ( 1996 *, 2008 *, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015 ) 4 × C - USA Tournament ( 2006 -- 2009 ) 5 × C - USA regular season ( 2004, 2006 -- 2009 ) NIT ( 2002 ) 5 × A10 Tournament ( 1992 -- 1996 ) 5 × A10 regular season ( 1992 -- 1996 ) 5 × SEC regular season ( 2010, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017 ) 6 × SEC Tournament ( 2010, 2011, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 ) Awards 3 × Naismith College Coach of the Year ( 1996, 2008, 2015 ) Associated Press Coach of the Year ( 2015 ) 3 × NABC Coach of the Year ( 1996, 2009, 2015 ) Basketball Times Coach of the Year ( 1996, 2015 ) Sports Illustrated Coach of the Year ( 2009 ) 2 × Adolph Rupp Cup ( 2010, 2015 ) 3 × A10 Coach of the Year ( 1993, 1994, 1996 ) 3 × C - USA Coach of the Year ( 2006, 2008, 2009 ) Jim Phelan National Coach of the Year ( 2009 ) 3 × SEC Coach of the Year ( 2010, 2012, 2015 ) Basketball Hall of Fame Inducted in 2015 Medal record Head Coach for Dominican Republic Dominican Republic national team FIBA Americas Championship 2011 Mar del Plata Men 's Basketball Centrobasket 2012 Puerto Rico Men 's Basketball Marchand Cup 2011 Marchand Cup Men 's Basketball John Vincent Calipari ( born February 10, 1959 ) is an American basketball coach. Since 2009, he has been the head coach of the University of Kentucky men 's team, with whom he won the NCAA Championship in 2012. He has been named Naismith College Coach of the Year three times ( in 1996, 2008 and 2015 ), and was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2015. He was previously the head coach at the University of Massachusetts from 1988 to 1996, the NBA 's New Jersey Nets from 1996 to 1999 and the University of Memphis from 2000 to 2009, and was the head coach of the Dominican Republic national team in 2011 and 2012. Calipari has coached Kentucky to four Final Fours, in 2011, 2012, 2014 and 2015. He also led UMass and Memphis to the Final Four in 1996 and 2008 respectively ; those appearances were later vacated, although Calipari was not personally implicated by the NCAA in either case. As a college coach, Calipari has 21 20 - win seasons, eight 30 - win seasons, and three 35 - win seasons. Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Playing career 1.2 Coaching career 1.2. 1 University of Massachusetts 1.2. 2 New Jersey Nets 1.2. 3 University of Memphis 1.2. 4 University of Kentucky 1.2. 4.1 2009 -- 10 1.2. 4.2 2010 -- 11 1.2. 4.3 2011 -- 12 1.2. 4.4 Hall of Fame 2 Controversies 2.1 Marcus Camby 2.2 Insult directed at journalist 2.3 Derrick Rose 2.4 Overall wins 3 Head coaching record 3.1 College 3.2 NBA 4 See also 5 References 6 External links Biography Calipari was born in Moon Township, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He is of Italian descent. Playing career John Calipari, 1979 -- 1980 UNCW basketball team Calipari lettered two years at UNC Wilmington before transferring to Clarion University of Pennsylvania, from which he graduated with a bachelor 's degree in marketing. He played point guard at Clarion during the 1981 and 1982 seasons, leading the team in assists and free throw percentage. Coaching career From 1982 to 1985, Calipari was an assistant at the University of Kansas under Ted Owens and Larry Brown. Calipari had several jobs as the lowest coach in the pecking order when Ted Owens hired him as a volunteer assistant for the Jayhawks ' 1982 -- 83 season, including serving food at the training table. `` I was blessed to have the chance. Can you imagine being 22, 23 and your first opportunity to be around the game is at a program like Kansas ? '' From 1985 to 1988, he was an assistant coach at the University of Pittsburgh under Roy Chipman and Paul Evans. From 1988 to 1996, he was head coach at the University of Massachusetts. From 1996 to 1999, he was head coach and Executive VP of basketball operations for the NBA 's New Jersey Nets. During the 1999 -- 2000 season, he was an assistant coach for the Philadelphia 76ers under coach Larry Brown, before moving on to his next position at the University of Memphis. He was inducted into the National Italian American Sports Hall of Fame in 2004. Calipari is famous for popularizing the dribble drive motion offense, developed by Vance Walberg, which is sometimes known as the Memphis Attack. Calipari is a published author with several titles to his credit, including Bounce Back : Overcoming Setbacks to Succeed in Business and in Life and Players First : Coaching from the Inside Out. Additionally, Calipari starred in the 30 for 30 documentary from ESPN `` One and Not Done '' which details his professional career. In his 22 official seasons ( 23 seasons overall ) as a collegiate head coach, Calipari 's record is 667 -- 194 (. 775 ). His record in the month of March is 107 -- 37 (. 743 ). His NCAA adjusted ( the records of two appearances being removed ) official record in the NCAA tournament is 38 -- 12 (. 760 ), and in the NIT is 15 -- 6 (. 714 ). His teams have made 15 NCAA tournament appearances ( 13 official, due to 2 later being vacated ), including reaching the Sweet Sixteen 12 times ( 10 official, due to 2 later being vacated ), the Elite Eight 10 times ( 8 official, due to 2 later being vacated ), the Final Four 6 times ( 4 official, due to 2 later being vacated ), the NCAA Championship Game 3 times ( twice officially, with the 2008 Championship Game appearance while at Memphis being vacated by the NCAA ), winning the NCAA Championship at Kentucky in 2012, and finishing NCAA Runner Up in 2014. As a college coach, Calipari has 21 20 - win seasons ( 20 official ) and 9 30 - win seasons ( 8 official ). He has also coached 6 teams to the NIT, winning the NIT Championship at Memphis in 2002. He is one of only four coaches in NCAA Division I history to direct three different schools to a # 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament. University of Massachusetts From 1988 to 1996 at UMass, Calipari led the Minutemen program to five consecutive Atlantic 10 titles and NCAA Tournament appearances, including periods where the program was ranked first nationally. He finished with a 193 -- 71 record overall, with a 91 -- 41 record in Atlantic 10 conference games. Calipari was named Atlantic 10 Coach of the Year in 1992, 1993, and 1996. He was also named the Naismith, NABC, Basketball Times & Sporting News National Coach of the Year in 1996. He led UMass to its first - ever appearance in the Final Four with the play of the John R. Wooden Award winner and Naismith College Player of the Year Marcus Camby, although this appearance was later vacated by the NCAA because Camby had accepted about $28,000 from two sports agents who were luring him to enter the NBA draft after his Sophomore season. Calipari helped accelerate the construction of the Mullins Center, UMass ' basketball and hockey facility. He also reached out to eastern Massachusetts and Boston to enlarge the fan base. Before moving on to the New Jersey Nets, Calipari became the second winningest coach in UMass history behind Jack Leaman. In February 2010, Pat Forde, at the time the writer of a regular college sports column called `` Forde Minutes '' for ESPN.com, recalled the 1992 team : Calipari 's greatest strength as a coach is his ability to create teams that play together. His 1992 Massachusetts team remains one of the most overachieving units The Minutes has ever seen, featuring a shooting guard with range so limited he made one 3 - pointer all season ( Jim McCoy ), a 6 - foot - 3 power forward ( Will Herndon ), and a left - handed center who stood all of 6 -- 7 ( Harper Williams ). Somehow, that collection of marginal talent went 30 -- 5 and advanced to the NCAA Sweet 16. In the Sweet 16 matchup with Kentucky in 1992, official Lenny Wirtz issued Calipari a controversial technical foul for being outside the coach 's box during a crucial UMass possession. Kentucky went on to face Duke in the next round in one of the greatest games in college basketball history, won on a last - second shot by Christian Laettner. In 1993, UMass defeated defending NCAA champion and preseason # 1 North Carolina in the pre-season NIT in Madison Square Garden. The following year # 3 UMass defeated defending NCAA champion and # 1 Arkansas in the Hall of Fame Tip - Off classic, which resulted in UMass becoming the first New England college basketball team to be voted # 1 in the Associated Press poll. During Calipari 's tenure at UMass, the program became one of the most dominant in college basketball despite recruiting just one McDonald 's All - American ( Donta Bright ) and having only two players drafted by an NBA team ( Lou Roe and Marcus Camby ). The 1996 team alone, called by Forde a team `` with one superstar ( Marcus Camby ) and a collection of complementary parts ''. By winning both the Atlantic 10 regular season and conference tournament championships from 1992 to 1996, UMass became the second team in college basketball history to win 5 consecutive regular season and conference tournament championships ( NC State was the first. ) New Jersey Nets In the 1996 -- 97 season, John Calipari replaced Butch Beard as head coach of the New Jersey Nets. After a 26 -- 56 debut season, the Nets made a major draft - day trade in June 1997, acquiring Keith Van Horn, Lucious Harris and two other players for Tim Thomas. The 1997 -- 98 season was a lone bright spot for the Nets in the late 1990s. The team played well under Calipari, winning 43 games and qualifying for the playoffs on the last day of the season. The Nets were seeded eighth in the Eastern Conference and lost to the Chicago Bulls in the 1998 playoffs in three straight games. The 1998 -- 99 season was delayed for three months due to an owners ' lockout of the players. When the abbreviated 50 - game season began, the Nets were a choice by experts as a surprise team. However, Sam Cassell was injured in the first game and the team started poorly. With the Nets underachieving at 3 -- 15, the Nets traded Cassell to the Milwaukee Bucks, while the Nets acquired Stephon Marbury from the Minnesota Timberwolves. After two more losses, Calipari was fired as head coach with the team at 3 -- 17. He finished his tenure with an overall record of 72 wins and 112 losses, and a. 391 overall winning percentage. He then joined Larry Brown as an assistant coach for the Philadelphia 76ers. University of Memphis Calipari directing his players during an away game against Conference USA rival University of Houston in January 2007. Calipari became head coach at the University of Memphis beginning in 2000 -- 01. In Calipari 's first nine years as head coach at Memphis, he won 214 games ( 38 wins were vacated ), posted seven consecutive 20 - win seasons, plus one more in his final season ( including an NCAA record four consecutive 30 - win seasons, though the third season was vacated and this record no longer holds ) and earned seven consecutive postseason bids ( plus one in his final season ). His 2007 -- 2008 team 's 38 victories set a new NCAA Division I Men 's Basketball record for most victories in a season, a record that now belongs to the 2011 -- 2012 Kentucky Wildcats due to NCAA violations that vacated all of Memphis ' wins. The nine consecutive 20 - win seasons and the nine consecutive postseason appearances would have been the most in school history, though that officially stands now at seven because of the vacated 2007 -- 08 season. He was named Conference USA Coach of the Year in 2006, 2008, and 2009. In 2008, he was named Naismith College Coach of the Year, receiving the honor for the second time. In 2009, he was named Sports Illustrated College Basketball Coach of the Year. He built a national program by recruiting blue chip players from the Eastern part of the country, such as Dajuan Wagner from Camden ( NJ ), Darius Washington Jr. from Orlando ( FL ), Rodney Carney from Indianapolis ( IN ), Shawne Williams from Memphis ( TN ), Joey Dorsey from Baltimore ( MD ), Chris Douglas - Roberts from Detroit ( MI ), Antonio Anderson from Lynn ( MA ), Robert Dozier from Lithonia ( GA ), Derrick Rose from Chicago ( IL ), and Tyreke Evans from Aston ( PA ). While at Memphis, Calipari popularized the dribble drive motion offense that was invented by former Pepperdine basketball coach, Vance Walberg. On January 21, 2008, Calipari led the Tigers to the No. 1 ranking in the AP Poll for only the second time in school history. In 2006 and 2008, Memphis earned a No. 1 seed in the NCAA men 's basketball tournament. In 2008, Calipari 's Tigers advanced to the national championship game, their first under his leadership. They also won 38 games, the most regular - season wins in NCAA history ( his 2011 -- 12 Kentucky team would also go on to win 38 games ). His team, however, would lose to the Kansas Jayhawks, 75 -- 68, in overtime. This team later had its entire season record vacated by the NCAA because ETS invalidated Derrick Rose 's SAT. Despite this, Rose still denies any wrongdoing. The NCAA began to investigate the test and contacted the ETS. Because the NCAA had begun to investigate, ETS decided to review the test. The ETS sent three letters to Rose 's family 's former address in Chicago ( instead of his dorm in Memphis ) to ask that Rose verify some information on his test. Because he did not reply to the letters, ETS invalidated his SAT. This happened even though the NCAA investigated and reported that they could not find significant evidence to prove that Rose did not take the test. Because the ETS had invalidated the test, the NCAA retroactively declared Rose ineligible. To this day, the official position of the NCAA is that Rose did take his own SAT. If not for the vacated wins, Calipari would be the winningest coach in Tigers history, as he would have 252 wins to Larry Finch 's 220. University of Kentucky Calipari on the bench for the Kentucky Wildcats, 2009 On March 30, 2009, four days after Memphis ' season ending loss to Missouri in the NCAA Tournament, multiple sources reported that Calipari would agree to be the head coach at the University of Kentucky, after UK 's head coach, Billy Gillispie, was fired after two unsuccessful seasons at the school. Calipari rejected a counter offer by Memphis for Kentucky 's 8 year, $31.65 million contract. According to university officials, John Calipari signed a written contract on March 31, 2009. The contract was worth $34.65 million over 8 years, plus incentives. On April 1, 2009, the University of Kentucky Director of Athletics, Mitch Barnhart, formally introduced John Calipari as the new coach of the University of Kentucky Wildcats. During the press conference, Calipari spoke at length about his relationships with former UK basketball players and coaches, and also in his difficulties in accepting the UK job, largely due to his deep emotional ties with both the city of Memphis and University of Memphis. Calipari stated, `` Coming to UK was the easy part, it was leaving the city of Memphis that was the hard part. '' He went on to refer to the University of Kentucky coaching position as his `` dream job ''. Calipari became the 22nd coach overall at Kentucky, and just the 7th coach in the last 79 years for the Wildcats. 2009 -- 10 Main article : 2009 -- 10 Kentucky Wildcats men 's basketball team In his first year as head coach, Calipari had a highly touted recruiting class, including the No. 1 overall rated recruit, John Wall, plus fellow 5 - star recruits, DeMarcus Cousins, Eric Bledsoe, and Daniel Orton. On December 21, 2009, Calipari led the Cats to their 12th victory of the season and the program 's 2,000 th victory ever. Kentucky won its 44th SEC Regular Season Championship in 2009 -- 10, with a 14 -- 2 conference record. Calipari 's team followed this up with the UK 's 26th SEC Tournament Championship, with an overtime defeat of Mississippi State, 75 -- 74, in the SEC Tournament title game. In the NCAA Tournament, however, No. 1 seed Kentucky ( East Region ) was upset by West Virginia in the Elite 8, to finish the season at 35 -- 3. 2010 -- 11 Main article : 2010 -- 11 Kentucky Wildcats men 's basketball team In his second season at Kentucky, Calipari recruited the No. 1 rated point guard in the 2010 class, Brandon Knight. In addition to Knight, Calipari also signed two other 5 - star recruits, Terrence Jones and Doron Lamb. In 2010 -- 11, Kentucky finished the regular season with a record of 22 -- 8, with a 10 -- 6 record in SEC regular season play. UK would go on to win its second consecutive SEC Tournament Championship, defeating Florida, 70 -- 54, in the SEC Tournament title game. As a result, Kentucky received a No. 4 seed in the NCAA Tournament ( East Regional ). During the NCAA Tournament, Kentucky would go on to defeat No. 1 overall seed Ohio State, 62 -- 60, in the Sweet - 16. In the Elite Eight, Calipari 's team would avenge an early season loss to North Carolina, by defeating the Tar Heels, 76 -- 69, securing Kentucky 's first Final Four appearance since 1998. In the Final Four, UK fell to the eventual NCAA Champions, UConn, by one point, 56 -- 55, finishing with a final record of 29 -- 9. 2011 -- 12 Main article : 2011 -- 12 Kentucky Wildcats men 's basketball team Tom Izzo and Calipari, two of the highest paid college coaches in 2012, talk while scouting a blue chip recruit In this third season, Kentucky landed another No. 1 recruiting class with four consensus five star players : Anthony Davis, Marquis Teague, Michael Kidd - Gilchrist and Kyle Wiltjer. Kentucky came into the season ranked # 2 in the country. They finished the regular season with a 30 -- 1 record, their only loss to Indiana by a buzzer - beater and went 16 -- 0 in conference play. In the SEC tournament, Kentucky lost in the championship game to Vanderbilt 71 -- 64. In the NCAA Tournament, Calipari 's team was selected as the overall # 1 seed in the tournament, representing as the South Region # 1 seed. Kentucky avenged the early season loss to Indiana beating them in the Sweet Sixteen 102 -- 90, and knocked off Baylor in the Elite Eight 82 -- 70, to advance to their second consecutive Final Four. In the Final Four in New Orleans, Kentucky first faced their in - state rival, the Louisville Cardinals and Rick Pitino, winning 69 -- 61. Two days later, in the National Championship game, Kentucky played in another early season rematch against the Kansas Jayhawks, winning a hard fought contest 67 -- 59. The win secured Calipari his first NCAA Championship, a NCAA record 38 - win season, and the 8th overall NCAA Championship for Kentucky. By doing so, John Calipari became the 5th head coach to win a NCAA Championship at Kentucky ( a NCAA record ), and the first coach to do so at the school since Tubby Smith in 1998. Following the 2012 championship, UK Athletics Director Mitch Barnhart announced on May 4 that Calipari 's contract had been renegotiated. Under the new contract, Calipari will make up to $8.0 million annually ( not including bonuses ), which further cements his status as one of the most highly compensated college basketball coaches in the country. Mike Krzyzewski, coach of the Duke University team, leads the NCAA at an annual salary of $9.8 million. Hall of Fame On September 11, 2015 John Calipari was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. As of the 2015 -- 2016 NCAA Division I college basketball season, John Calipari is one of only 6 active coaches enshrined. Controversies Marcus Camby UMass had its 4 -- 1 1996 NCAA Tournament record vacated when the NCAA discovered that UMass player Marcus Camby had accepted a reported $40,000 in cash and gifts from an outside agent with no connection to the program. Insult directed at journalist In 1997, while coaching the New Jersey Nets, Calipari directed profanities at Star - Ledger sports reporter Dan Garcia and referred to him as a `` Mexican idiot ''. Garcia sued for $5,000,000 for emotional distress. Though the case was dismissed and Calipari apologized for his remarks, he was still fined $25,000 by the NBA. Derrick Rose The NCAA investigated allegations that a player on the 2007 -- 08 University of Memphis team committed `` knowing fraudulence or misconduct in connection with his entrance examination '' and had an unknown individual complete his SAT examination. The NCAA informed Calipari in a letter that he was not considered `` at risk '' in this investigation. The player was identified as Derrick Rose. Subsequently, allegations surfaced that Rose 's brother, Reggie, had been allowed to travel to Tiger road games for free. On August 20, 2009, the NCAA ruled that Rose was ineligible and forced Memphis to vacate the entire 2007 -- 08 season, including the NCAA Tournament and its standing as runner - up. It took the line that because Rose 's SAT score had been voided by the Educational Testing Service, which administers the SAT, strict liability required that Rose be ruled ineligible even though Memphis officials had n't known at the time that Rose was ineligible. The committee also determined that even without the questions about his SAT score, Rose would have lost his eligibility in December 2007 due to his brother being allowed to travel with the team for free. On October 7, 2011, the Memphis Commercial - Appeal reported that on May 28, 2010, John Calipari, Derrick Rose, and University of Memphis athletic director R.C. Johnson reached a $100,000 out - of - court settlement with three attorneys who represented Memphis season ticket holders and threatened a lawsuit over the vacated 2007 -- 08 season. Also as part of the settlement, Calipari donated his near - $232,000 bonus to the Memphis scholarship fund. Overall wins On February 26, 2011, after Kentucky beat the Florida Gators in Rupp Arena, Calipari was recognized for his 500th career victory as a Division I men 's basketball coach. Over the course of the next few months, the NCAA 's Committee on Infractions ( COI ) and the University of Kentucky exchanged letters debating whether Calipari had indeed reached the 500 - win milestone. Due to games vacated by the NCAA in two different seasons ( the 1996 season at UMass and the 2008 season at Memphis ), the NCAA only officially recognized Calipari 's 500th all time coaching victory on March 15, 2012. Head coaching record College Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason UMass Minutemen ( Atlantic 10 Conference ) ( 1988 -- 1996 ) 1988 -- 89 UMass 10 -- 18 5 -- 13 8th 1989 -- 90 UMass 17 -- 14 10 -- 8 6th NIT First Round 1990 -- 91 UMass 20 -- 13 10 -- 8 T -- 3rd NIT Semifinals 1991 -- 92 UMass 30 -- 5 13 -- 3 1st NCAA Sweet Sixteen 1992 -- 93 UMass 24 -- 7 11 -- 3 1st NCAA Round of 32 1993 -- 94 UMass 28 -- 7 14 -- 2 1st NCAA Round of 32 1994 -- 95 UMass 29 -- 5 13 -- 3 1st NCAA Elite Eight 1995 -- 96 UMass 31 -- 1 ( 35 - 2 ) * 15 -- 1 1st NCAA Final Four * UMass : 189 -- 70 (. 730 ) * 91 -- 41 (. 689 ) Memphis Tigers ( Conference USA ) ( 2000 -- 2009 ) 2000 -- 01 Memphis 21 -- 15 10 -- 6 2nd ( National ) NIT Semifinals 2001 -- 02 Memphis 27 -- 9 12 -- 4 1st ( National ) NIT Champions 2002 -- 03 Memphis 23 -- 7 13 -- 3 1st ( National ) NCAA Round of 64 2003 -- 04 Memphis 22 -- 8 12 -- 4 T -- 1st NCAA Round of 32 2004 -- 05 Memphis 22 -- 16 9 -- 7 T -- 6th NIT Semifinals 2005 -- 06 Memphis 33 -- 4 13 -- 1 1st NCAA Elite Eight 2006 -- 07 Memphis 33 -- 4 16 -- 0 1st NCAA Elite Eight 2007 -- 08 Memphis 0 - 1 ( 38 -- 2 ) * * 0 - 0 ( 16 -- 0 ) * * * * NCAA Runner - up * * 2008 -- 09 Memphis 33 -- 4 16 -- 0 1st NCAA Sweet Sixteen Memphis : 214 -- 68 (. 759 ) * * 101 -- 25 (. 802 ) * * Kentucky Wildcats ( Southeastern Conference ) ( 2009 -- present ) 2009 -- 10 Kentucky 35 -- 3 14 -- 2 1st ( East ) NCAA Elite Eight 2010 -- 11 Kentucky 29 -- 9 10 -- 6 2nd ( East ) NCAA Final Four 2011 -- 12 Kentucky 38 -- 2 16 -- 0 1st NCAA Champions 2012 -- 13 Kentucky 21 -- 12 12 -- 6 T -- 2nd NIT First Round 2013 -- 14 Kentucky 29 -- 11 12 -- 6 T -- 2nd NCAA Runner - up 2014 -- 15 Kentucky 38 -- 1 18 -- 0 1st NCAA Final Four 2015 -- 16 Kentucky 27 -- 9 13 -- 5 T -- 1st NCAA Round of 32 2016 -- 17 Kentucky 32 -- 6 16 -- 2 1st NCAA Elite Eight 2017 -- 18 Kentucky 26 -- 11 10 -- 8 T -- 4th NCAA Sweet Sixteen Kentucky : 273 -- 64 (. 810 ) 121 -- 35 (. 776 ) Total : 678 -- 202 (. 770 ) * * * National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion * ^ UMass had its 4 -- 1 record in the 1996 NCAA tournament and Final Four standing vacated after Marcus Camby was ruled ineligible due to his contact with a sports agent. * * ^ The NCAA vacated 38 wins and 1 loss from Memphis 's 2007 -- 08 season under Calipari due to violations of NCAA rules. * * * ^ Under current NCAA official records, Calipari 's record as of March 31, 2018 is 678 -- 202 (. 770 ), which accounts for the 4 vacated wins ( and one vacated loss ) in the 1995 -- 96 NCAA Tournament at UMass, and the 38 vacated wins ( and 1 vacated losses ) at Memphis in the entire 2007 -- 08 season. Overall record with vacated wins is 720 -- 204 (. 779 ) NBA Legend Regular season Games coached Games won Games lost W -- L % Win -- loss % Post season PG Playoff games PW Playoff wins PL Playoff losses PW -- L % Playoff win -- loss % Team Year W -- L % Finish PG PW PL PW -- L % Result New Jersey 1996 -- 97 82 26 56. 317 5th in Atlantic -- -- -- -- Missed Playoffs New Jersey 1997 -- 98 82 43 39. 524 3rd in Atlantic 0. 000 Lost in First Round New Jersey 1998 -- 99 20 17. 150 7th in Atlantic -- -- -- -- Fired Career 184 72 112. 391 0. 000 See also List of college men 's basketball coaches with 600 wins List of NCAA Division I Men 's Final Four appearances by coach References Jump up ^ `` USA TODAY Sports ''. USA TODAY Sports. Retrieved 2018 - 03 - 02. ^ Jump up to : `` April 27, 2009, Letter from NCAA to John Calipari '' ( PDF ). Louisville Courier - Journal. 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Brooklyn Nets head coaches Max Zaslofsky ( 1967 -- 1969 ) York Larese ( 1969 -- 1970 ) Lou Carnesecca ( 1970 -- 1973 ) Kevin Loughery ( 1973 -- 1980 ) Bob MacKinnon # ( 1980 -- 1981 ) Larry Brown ( 1981 -- 1983 ) Bill Blair # ( 1983 ) Stan Albeck ( 1983 -- 1985 ) Dave Wohl ( 1985 -- 1987 ) Bob MacKinnon ( 1987 -- 1988 ) Willis Reed ( 1988 -- 1989 ) Bill Fitch ( 1989 -- 1992 ) Chuck Daly ( 1992 -- 1994 ) Butch Beard ( 1994 -- 1996 ) John Calipari ( 1996 -- 1999 ) Don Casey ( 1999 -- 2000 ) Byron Scott ( 2000 -- 2004 ) Lawrence Frank ( 2004 -- 2009 ) Tom Barrise # ( 2009 ) Kiki Vandeweghe # ( 2009 -- 2010 ) Avery Johnson ( 2010 -- 2012 ) P.J. Carlesimo # ( 2012 -- 2013 ) Jason Kidd ( 2013 -- 2014 ) Lionel Hollins ( 2014 -- 2016 ) Tony Brown # ( 2016 ) Kenny Atkinson ( 2016 -- ) ( # ) denotes interim head coach. Memphis Tigers men 's basketball head coaches Frederick Grantham ( 1920 -- 1921 ) W.H. DePriest ( 1921 -- 1922 ) Lester Barnard ( 1922 -- 1924 ) Zach Curlin ( 1924 -- 1943 ) No team ( 1943 -- 1944 ) Zach Curlin ( 1944 -- 1948 ) McCoy Tarry ( 1948 -- 1951 ) Eugene Lambert ( 1951 -- 1956 ) Bob Vanatta ( 1956 -- 1962 ) Dean Ehlers ( 1962 -- 1966 ) Moe Iba ( 1966 -- 1970 ) Gene Bartow ( 1970 -- 1974 ) Wayne Yates ( 1974 -- 1979 ) Dana Kirk ( 1979 -- 1986 ) Larry Finch ( 1986 -- 1997 ) Tic Price ( 1997 -- 1999 ) Johnny Jones # ( 1999 -- 2000 ) John Calipari ( 2000 -- 2009 ) Josh Pastner ( 2009 -- 2016 ) Tubby Smith ( 2016 -- 2018 ) Penny Hardaway ( 2018 -- ) Pound sign ( # ) denotes interim head coach. Kentucky Wildcats men 's basketball head coaches No coaches -- managers only ( 1903 -- 1910 ) Harold Iddings ( 1910 -- 1911 ) Edwin Sweetland ( 1911 -- 1912 ) John J. Tigert ( 1912 -- 1913 ) Alpha Brumage ( 1913 -- 1915 ) John J. Tigert ( 1915 -- 1917 ) Stanley A. Boles ( 1917 -- 1918 ) Thomas Andrew Gill ( 1918 -- 1919 ) George Buchheit ( 1919 -- 1924 ) Clarence Applegran ( 1924 -- 1925 ) Ray Eklund ( 1925 -- 1926 ) Basil Hayden ( 1926 -- 1927 ) John Mauer ( 1927 -- 1930 ) Adolph Rupp ( 1930 -- 1972 ) Joe B. Hall ( 1972 -- 1985 ) Eddie Sutton ( 1985 -- 1989 ) Rick Pitino ( 1989 -- 1997 ) Tubby Smith ( 1997 -- 2007 ) Billy Gillispie ( 2007 -- 2009 ) John Calipari ( 2009 -- ) Kentucky Wildcats men 's basketball 2011 -- 12 NCAA champions 1 Darius Miller 3 Terrence Jones 5 Jarrod Polson 14 Michael Kidd - Gilchrist 20 Doron Lamb 23 Anthony Davis ( MOP ) 25 Marquis Teague 30 Eloy Vargas 33 Kyle Wiltjer Head coach John Calipari Assistant coaches Orlando Antigua Kenny Payne John Robic Naismith College Coaches of the Year Men 's coaches 1987 : Knight 1988 : Brown 1989 : Krzyzewski 1990 : Cremins 1991 : Ayers 1992 : Krzyzewski 1993 : D. Smith 1994 : Richardson 1995 : Harrick 1996 : Calipari 1997 : Williams 1998 : Guthridge 1999 : Krzyzewski 2000 : Montgomery 2001 : Barnes 2002 : Howland 2003 : T. Smith 2004 : Martelli 2005 : Weber 2006 : Wright 2007 : Bennett 2008 : Calipari 2009 : Dixon 2010 : Boeheim 2011 : Fisher 2012 : Self 2013 : Larrañaga 2014 : Marshall 2015 : Calipari 2016 : Wright 2017 : Few 2018 : Bennett Women 's coaches 1987 : Summitt 1988 : Barmore 1989 : Summitt 1990 : VanDerveer 1991 : Ryan 1992 : Weller 1993 : Stringer 1994 : Summitt 1995 : Auriemma 1996 : Landers 1997 : Auriemma 1998 : Summitt 1999 : Peck 2000 : Auriemma 2001 : McGraw 2002 : Auriemma 2003 : Goestenkors 2004 : Summitt 2005 : Chatman 2006 : Hatchell 2007 : Goestenkors 2008 : Auriemma 2009 : Auriemma 2010 : Yori 2011 : VanDerveer 2012 : Mulkey 2013 : McGraw 2014 : McGraw 2015 : Banghart 2016 : Auriemma 2017 : Auriemma 2018 : Schaefer Associated Press College Men 's Basketball Coach of the Year winners 1967 : Wooden 1968 : Lewis 1969 : Wooden 1970 : Wooden 1971 : McGuire 1972 : Wooden 1973 : Wooden 1974 : Sloan 1975 : Knight 1976 : Knight 1977 : Gaillard 1978 : Sutton 1979 : Hodges 1980 : Meyer 1981 : Miller 1982 : Miller 1983 : Lewis 1984 : Meyer 1985 : Frieder 1986 : Sutton 1987 : T. Davis 1988 : Chaney 1989 : Knight 1990 : Calhoun 1991 : Ayers 1992 : Williams 1993 : Fogler 1994 : Stewart 1995 : Sampson 1996 : Keady 1997 : Haskins * 1998 : Izzo 1999 : Ellis 2000 : Eustachy 2001 : Doherty 2002 : Howland 2003 : Smith 2004 : Martelli 2005 : Weber 2006 : Williams 2007 : Bennett 2008 : K. Davis 2009 : Self 2010 : Boeheim 2011 : Brey 2012 : Haith 2013 : Larrañaga 2014 : Marshall 2015 : Calipari 2016 : Self 2017 : Few 2018 : Bennett * Selection later vacated Jim Phelan Award winners 2003 : Slonaker 2004 : Martelli 2005 : Smith 2006 : Howland 2007 : Bennett 2008 : Ryan 2009 : Calipari 2010 : Dixon 2011 : Morrill 2012 : Brey 2013 : Altman 2014 : Miles 2015 : Huggins 2016 : Gard 2017 : Martin NABC Coach of the Year winners 1959 : Hickey 1960 : Newell 1961 : Taylor 1962 : Taylor 1963 : Jucker 1964 : Wooden 1965 : van Breda Kolff 1966 : Rupp 1967 : Wooden 1968 : Lewis 1969 : Wooden 1970 : Wooden 1971 : Kraft 1972 : Wooden 1973 : Bartow 1974 : McGuire 1975 : Knight 1976 : Orr 1977 : D. Smith 1978 : Foster & Lemons 1979 : Meyer 1980 : Olson 1981 : Hartman & Miller 1982 : Monson 1983 : Carnesecca 1984 : Harshman 1985 : Thompson 1986 : Sutton 1987 : Pitino 1988 : Chaney 1989 : Carlesimo 1990 : Heathcote 1991 : Krzyzewski 1992 : Raveling 1993 : Fogler 1994 : Keady & Richardson 1995 : Harrick 1996 : Calipari 1997 : Haskins 1998 : Guthridge 1999 : Krzyzewski & O'Brien 2000 : Keady 2001 : Izzo 2002 : Sampson 2003 : T. Smith 2004 : Martelli & Montgomery 2005 : Weber 2006 : Wright 2007 : Lickliter 2008 : McKillop 2009 : Anderson & Calipari 2010 : Boeheim 2011 : Fisher 2012 : Izzo 2013 : Crews 2014 : Marshall 2015 : Calipari 2016 : Self 2017 : Few 2018 : Bennett Adolph Rupp Cup winners 2004 : Martelli 2005 : Weber 2006 : Williams 2007 : Ryan 2008 : Pearl 2009 : Pitino 2010 : Calipari 2011 : Fisher 2012 : Self 2013 : Larrañaga 2014 : Marshall 2015 : Calipari Atlantic 10 Conference Men 's Basketball Coach of the Year 1977 : Massimino 1978 : None selected 1979 : Massimino 1980 : Rice 1981 : English & Rice 1982 : Catlett 1983 : O'Brien & Satalin 1984 : Chaney 1985 : Chaney 1986 : Boyle 1987 : Chaney & Penders 1988 : Chaney 1989 : Wenzel 1990 : Parkhill 1991 : Carroll 1992 : Skinner 1993 : Calipari 1994 : Calipari 1995 : Baron 1996 : Calipari 1997 : Martelli 1998 : Purnell 1999 : Macarchuk 2000 : Chaney 2001 : Martelli 2002 : Matta 2003 : Baron 2004 : Martelli 2005 : Martelli 2006 : Hobbs 2007 : Baron 2008 : S. Miller 2009 : Baron 2010 : Dunphy 2011 : Mack 2012 : Dunphy 2013 : Crews 2014 : Crews 2015 : McKillop 2016 : Schmidt 2017 : A. Miller 2018 : Hurley Conference USA Men 's Basketball Coach of the Year 1996 : Crum 1997 : Watkins 1998 : Huggins 1999 : Huggins 2000 : Huggins 2001 : Green 2002 : Crean 2003 : Crean 2004 : Anderson 2005 : Pitino 2006 : Calipari 2007 : Speraw 2008 : Calipari 2009 : Calipari 2010 : Barbee 2011 : M. Davis 2012 : Eustachy 2013 : Pastner 2014 : Manning 2015 : White 2016 : Haase 2017 : K. Davis 2018 : Henson Southeastern Conference Men 's Basketball Coach of the Year 1960 : Eaves 1961 : McCarthy 1962 : McCarthy 1963 : McCarthy 1964 : Rupp 1965 : Skinner 1966 : Rupp 1967 : Mears 1968 : Rupp 1969 : Rupp 1970 : Rupp 1971 : K. Davis & Rupp 1972 : Newton & Rupp 1973 : Brown, Hall & Newton 1974 : Skinner 1975 : R. Davis, Hall & Newton 1976 : Newton & Skinner 1977 : Mears 1978 : Greene & J. Hall 1979 : Brown, DeVoe & Dobbs 1980 : Weltlich 1981 : Brown & DeVoe 1982 : DeVoe 1983 : Hall & Hunt 1984 : S. Smith 1985 : Boyd & Durham 1986 : E. Sutton 1987 : Durham & Sanderson 1988 : Newton & S. Smith 1989 : Brown, Newton & Sanderson 1990 : Durham, Eagles & Pitino 1991 : Pitino & Williams 1992 : Kruger 1993 : Fogler 1994 : Kruger 1995 : Williams 1996 : Pitino 1997 : Evans & Fogler 1998 : Green, Richardson & T. Smith 1999 : Ellis 2000 : Brady 2001 : Barnes 2002 : Gottfried 2003 : T. Smith 2004 : Odom & Stansbury 2005 : T. Smith 2006 : Brady & Pearl 2007 : Kennedy & Stallings 2008 : Gillispie & Pearl 2009 : Johnson 2010 : Calipari & Stallings 2011 : Donovan 2012 : Calipari & Martin 2013 : Donovan 2014 : Donovan 2015 : Calipari 2016 : Kennedy 2017 : White 2018 : Barnes Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2015 Players Louie Dampier Spencer Haywood John Isaacs Lisa Leslie Dikembe Mutombo Jo Jo White Coaches John Calipari Lindsay Gaze Tom Heinsohn Referees Dick Bavetta Contributors George Raveling Members of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Players Guards R. Allen Archibald Beckman Belov Bing Blazejowski Borgmann Brennan Cervi Cheeks Clayton Cooper - Dyke Cousy Dampier Davies Drexler Dumars Edwards Frazier Friedman Galis Gervin Goodrich Greer Guerin Hanson Haynes Holman Hyatt Isaacs Iverson Jeannette D. Johnson E. Johnson K. Jones S. Jones Jordan Kidd Lieberman Maravich Marcari Marčiulionis Martin McDermott McGrady D. McGuire Meyers R. Miller Monroe C. 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