John Calipari
American college basketball coach (born 1959) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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John Vincent Calipari (/ˌkælɪˈpæri/; born February 10, 1959) is an American basketball coach who is the head coach at the University of Arkansas. He was the head coach at the University of Kentucky from 2009 until the end of the 2023–2024 season, which he led to one NCAA National Championship in 2012. He has been named Naismith College Coach of the Year three times (1996, 2008, and 2015), and was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2015.
.jpg) Calipari in November 2014 | |
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Arkansas |
| Conference | SEC |
| Record | 0–0 |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | (1959-02-10) February 10, 1959 (age 65) Moon Township, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| 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 |
| 1996–1998 | New Jersey Nets |
| 1999–2000 | Philadelphia 76ers (assistant) |
| 2000–2009 | Memphis |
| 2009–2024 | Kentucky |
| 2024–present | Arkansas |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 855–263 (.765) (college) 72–112 (.391) (NBA) |
| Tournaments | 57–22* (NCAA tournament) 15–6 (NIT) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
* Vacated by the NCAA | |
| Awards | |
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| Basketball Hall of Fame Inducted in 2015 (profile) | |
Medal record | |
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, the University of Memphis from 2000 to 2009, and the University of Kentucky from 2009 to 2024. He was the head coach of the Dominican Republic national team in the summers of 2011 and 2012, as well as the United States men's national under-19 basketball team in July 2017.
Calipari 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, though Calipari was cleared of wrongdoing in both cases.[1] As a college coach, Calipari has twenty-nine 20-win seasons, eleven 30-win seasons, and five 35-win seasons.
As of April 2024, with 855 official wins, Calipari ranks 9th on the NCAA Division I all-time winningest coaches list.