John Calipari Biography

Fast Facts

• Is one of only two coaches to take three different schools to the Final Four
• Led the University of Kentucky Wildcats to their first number one ranking since 2003 and their 26th SEC Tournament title
• Recorded his fifth-straight 30-win season during his first year as head coach of the Wildcats, becoming the only NCAA Division I coach to do so
• Won the Adolph Rupp National Coach of the Year Award, the first Wildcats coach to do so, during the 2009 to 2010 season
• Created the Calipari Foundation to aid people in need, having raised money for the victims of the earthquake in Haiti and of Superstorm Sandy
• Best known as the head coach of the University of Kentucky basketball team
• Became head coach of the University of Kentucky Wildcats in April 2009
• Wrote the bestselling book "Bounce Back: Overcoming Setbacks to Succeed in Business and Life․"