John Calipari has officially concluded his tenure at Kentucky.
“The program probably needs another voice,” Calipari expressed in a video shared on X, previously known as Twitter. “We’ve loved it here, but we believe it’s time for us to step away completely from the program.”
In his impressive 15-year tenure with the Wildcats, Calipari achieved remarkable success, boasting an overall record of 410-123 (.769). He led the team to victory in the national championship in 2012 and secured the runner-up position in 2014. Additionally, Calipari guided the Wildcats to the Final Four on two separate occasions, in 2011 and 2015. Alongside these accomplishments, he also clinched an impressive total of six SEC Tournament titles and secured the league’s regular-season championship six times (sharing it once with Texas A&M in 2015-16).
John Calipari holds the second position in the history of the program (Adolph Rupp being the first) in terms of tenure, total victories, Final Four appearances, SEC regular-season championships, and conference tournament titles.
Mitch Barnhart, the athletics director at UK, expressed his gratitude to the longtime coach upon learning of his departure.
“We are grateful to John Calipari for his leadership of our program over the past 15 years, which has further enhanced Kentucky’s legacy of championship success,” expressed Barnhart in a statement shared on his personal X account. “We appreciate John’s numerous contributions to the University and our state, both within and beyond the realm of basketball.”
Throughout his 32 seasons as a college coach, John Calipari has amassed an impressive on-court record of 855-263 (.765). It is worth noting that the NCAA recognizes his record as 813-261 due to the vacated 38-2 season at Memphis in 2007-08. Additionally, Calipari had a stint as an NBA head coach, leading the New Jersey Nets from 1996 to 1998, where he achieved a record of 72-112 (.391).
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