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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]
Was an All-SEC forward. Was Kentucky Mr. Basketball his senior season in high school. Former head coach of Kentucky State. Jerry Bird: Forward Corbin, Kentucky: 1954 1956 His jersey hangs in the rafters of Rupp Arena. James Blackmon: Guard Marion, Indiana: 1984 1987 Eric Bledsoe: Guard Birmingham, Alabama: 2010 2010 An All-SEC Freshman in 2010.
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]
John Calipari has his 400th win as Kentucky men’s basketball head coach. ... The 1996 NCAA Tournament run for UMass ended with a Final Four loss to Kentucky’s national title-winning team known ...
Coach Hall is one of only three men to both play on an NCAA championship team (1949– Kentucky) and coach an NCAA championship team (1978– Kentucky), and the only one to do so for the same school. [citation needed] The only others to achieve this feat are: Bob Knight – Player for Ohio State in 1960 and coach at Indiana in 1976, 1981, and 1987.
This category is for men's basketball coaches at the University of Kentucky. Pages in category "Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball coaches" The following 68 pages are in this category, out of 68 total.
The following is a list of Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball players who have been named either SEC Freshman of the Year (awarded by the league's head coaches, and open only to freshmen) or SEC Newcomer of the Year (awarded by the AP and open to any player in his first year at an SEC school, including transfers).
A year later in 1949, the same team would win back-to-back champions, making Kentucky only the second team to repeat after Oklahoma A&M (Now Oklahoma State). The Fabulous Five are considered one of the greatest teams in Kentucky basketball history. Over two seasons the Fabulous Five compiled a 68–5 record with two consecutive NCAA Championships.