John Calipari
Birth Name:
John Calipari
Birth Place:
Monn Township, Pennsylvania, United States
Profession
Actor
Fast Facts
- Created the Calipari Foundation to aid people in need, having raised money for the victims of the earthquake in Haiti and of Superstorm Sandy
- 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
- Became head coach of the University of Kentucky Wildcats in April 2009
- Best known as the head coach of the University of Kentucky basketball team
- Wrote the bestselling book "Bounce Back: Overcoming Setbacks to Succeed in Business and Life․"