5 days ago · Kentucky basketball embarked on a new era in the 2024-25 season, moving from legendary coach John Calipari to Mark Pope, a former Wildcats player who was hired to replace Calipari after he was ...

John Vincent Calipari (/ ˌ k æ l ɪ ˈ p ær i /; 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 the school's eighth NCAA National Championship in 2012 .

4 days ago · Calipari coached UK to the 2012 national title and an appearance in the 2014 national title game. The Wildcats also reached the Final Four in 2011 and 2015. But after an Elite Eight appearance in ...

6 days ago · Calipari had restored the program's name and elevated expectations in his first year on the job. Yet, Calipari also angered some when he said the 2010 NBA draft was "the biggest day in the history ...

Nov 12, 2024 · John Calipari, the Wildcats' head coach for 15 seasons, is no longer on the bench for Kentucky's squad, having left the program for Arkansas in April. Now, it's Mark Pope in charge of...

Apr 8, 2024 · John Calipari is leaving Kentucky and headed across the SEC to Arkansas, finalizing a five-year deal to replace Eric Musselman in Fayetteville.

Apr 10, 2024 · Calipari owned the era of the one-and-done with a revolving door of NBA stars in Lexington, but now another program had piqued his interest at the right place and right time.

Apr 10, 2024 · Just weeks after a stunning NCAA Tournament loss to Oakland, John Calipari's time at Kentucky is ending — just not the way many believed it would. Calipari is finalizing a deal to become the...

Apr 10, 2024 · Calipari stepped down as Kentucky’s men’s basketball coach after 15 years on Tuesday, saying that the “program probably needs to hear another voice” amid reports that he’s closing in on a deal with Arkansas to take over that Southeastern Conference program.

Apr 8, 2024 · Hall of Fame men’s college basketball coach John Calipari said Tuesday he is stepping down at Kentucky and has been announced as the new head coach for the University of Arkansas.