John Calipari

Basketball Coach

John Calipari was born in Moon Township, Pennsylvania, United States on February 10th, 1959 and is the Basketball Coach. At the age of 65, John Calipari biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.

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Date of Birth
February 10, 1959
Nationality
United States
Place of Birth
Moon Township, Pennsylvania, United States
Age
65 years old
Zodiac Sign
Aquarius
Networth
$45 Million
Salary
$9 Million
Profession
Basketball Coach, Basketball Player
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John Calipari Career

Playing career

Calipari, a high school point guard who was a fringe division one candidate, was a candidate for the high school point guard.

Calipari spent two years at UNC Wilmington before transferring to Clarion University of Pennsylvania, where he earned a bachelor's degree in marketing. He served as a point guard at Clarion during the 1981 and 1982 seasons, leading the team in assists and free throw percentages.

Coaching career

Calipari worked at the University of Kansas under Ted Owens and Larry Brown from 1982 to 1985. When Ted Owens hired him as a volunteer assistant for the Jayhawks' 1982-83 season, Calipari had various positions as the lowest coach in the pecking order. "I was lucky to have the opportunity." Can you imagine being 22, 23 years old and your first chance to watch football at a school like Kansas?"

He served as an assistant coach at the University of Pittsburgh from 1985 to 1988, under Roy Chipman and Paul Evans. He served as head coach at the University of Massachusetts from 1988 to 1996. He served as head coach and executive VP of basketball operations for the New Jersey Nets from 1996 to 1999. He served as an assistant coach for the Philadelphia 76ers under coach Larry Brown from 1999-2000 before moving on to his next position at the University of Memphis.

Calipari is best known for its dribble drive motion offense, which was later developed by Vance Walberg and dubbed the "Memphis Attack."

Calipari's record as a head coach in his 22 official seasons (23 seasons in total) is 667-194 (.775). His record in the month of March is 107–37 (.743). His NCAA adjusted (the official record of two appearances are being deleted) official record in the NCAA tournament is 38–12 (.760), and the NIT is 15–6 (.714)). His teams have made 15 NCAA appearances (13 official, due to 2 later being vacated), the Elite Eight ten times (8 official, due to 2 later being vacated), and finishing as Runner Up in 2014).

Calipari has 21 20-win seasons (20 official) and 9 30-win seasons (8 official). He has also coached 6 teams to the NIT, including winning the NIT Championship at Memphis in 2002. He is one of only four NCAA Division I coaches to lead three different colleges to a top seed in the NCAA Tournament.

The "Platoon System," which was developed under John Calipari, not only provided life for the University of Kentucky's basketball team, but also provided a vital defensive weapon. In 2014, the Platoon System was introduced, and it consisted of playing ten men in legions of five. There are 3 ball handlers and two taller players in each platoon. What makes the Platoon System so unique is that no teams can play two seven foot players on the court at any time.

Since 2009, the Wildcats head coach John Calipari has been at the top of the high school basketball recruiting mountain. For John Calipari and the Kentucky Wildcats, recruiting has always been important. Calipari's teams have been a defensive powerhouse, consistently ranked in the top 50 in Ken Pomeroy's defensive debate, according to The Washington Post. Because of his success in recruiting, John Calipari is able to recruit top talent and does not have to rely on a boring 2–3 zone or man to man defensive tactics to gain a defensive edge. Kentucky has the opportunity to showcase their defensive shot blocking skills due to the availability of four seven foot front court players.

All 25 players coached by Calipari from 2002 to 2018 were selected in the first round of the NBA draft, according to one of the most notable figures. Dajuan Wagner at the University of Memphis began with Dajuan Wagner and came to an end when Kentucky Wildcat Jarred Vanderbilt was not invited until the second round.

Calipari led the Minutemen program to five consecutive Atlantic 10 titles and NCAA Tournament appearances from 1988 to 1996, with some years where the Minutemen program was ranked first nationally. He had a 193–71 record overall, with a 91–41 record in Atlantic 10 conference games. In 1992, 1993, and 1996, Calipari was named Atlantic 10 Coach of the Year. In 1996, he was also named the Naismith, NABC, Basketball Times & Sporting News National Coach of the Year. Marcus Camby, the John R. Wooden Award winner and Naismith College Player of the Year, made his first appearance in the Final Four, but the NCAA later ruled it out because Camby accepted over $28,000 worth of gifts, in particular a gold chain, lured him to join the NBA draft following his Sophomore season.

Calipari was assisting in the construction of the Mullins Center, UMass' basketball, and hockey facility. To broaden the fan base, he went out to eastern Massachusetts and Boston. Calipari became the second winning coach in UMass history after Jack Leaman.

Pat Forde, a writer for The 1992 team on then-ESPN.com, wrote in his "Fort Minutes" column in 2010.

Official Lenny Wirtz of Calipari was fined by the coach's box during a critical UMass possession in 1992. Kentucky advanced to face Duke in the next round of one of college basketball's most exciting tournaments, with Christian Laettner winning on a last-second shot.

In the pre-season NIT in Madison Square Garden in 1993, UMass defeated defending NCAA champion and preseason #1 North Carolina. In the Associated Press poll, UMass defeated defending NCAA champion and #1 Arkansas in the Hall of Fame Tip-Off series, resulting in UMass's first New England college basketball team to be named No. 1 in the following year.

During Calipari's tenure at UMass, the program became one of the most popular in college basketball, despite recruiting just one McDonald's All-American (Donta Bright) and receiving only two players drafted by an NBA team (Lou Roe and Marcus Camby). In Calipari's last UMass season (1995-96), Forde recalled the Final Four as a team "with one superstar (Marcus Camby) and a set of complementary pieces." UMass became the second team in college basketball history to win 5 consecutive regular season and conference tournament championships (NC State was the first).

John Calipari was fired as head coach of the New Jersey Nets in the 1996-97 season. The Nets made a big draft-day trade in June 1997, acquiring Keith Van Horn, Lucious Harris, and two other players in exchange for Tim Thomas.

Calipari directed profanities at Star-Ledger sports reporter Dan Garcia in 1997, who referred to him as a "Mexican idiot" while coaching the New Jersey Nets. Garcia was sued for $5,000,000 in emotional distress. Despite the fact that the lawsuit was dismissed and Calipari apologised for his remarks, the NBA fined him $25,000.

In the late 1990s, the 1997–98 season was the only bright spot for the Nets. On the last day of the season, the team did well under Calipari, winning 43 games and qualifying for the playoffs. In 1998 playoffs, the Nets were seeded eighth in the Eastern Conference and lost to the Chicago Bulls in three straight games.

Due to the players' lockout, the 1998–99 season was postponed for three months. The Nets were a surprise team when the abbreviated 50-game season began. However, Sam Cassell was hospitalized in the first game and the team was off to a slow start. The Nets traded Cassell to the Milwaukee Bucks after the Nets lost the game at 3:15, while the Nets acquired Stephon Marbury from the Minnesota Timberwolves, despite the Nets' underperformance at 3:15. Calipari was fired as head coach with the team at 3–17 after two more losses. He finished his career with a total winning percentage of 72 victories and 112 losses, as well as a.391 overall win percentage. Larry Brown was hired as an assistant coach for the Philadelphia 76ers until he was hired as an assistant coach.

In 2000, Calipari became the head coach at the University of Memphis. In Calipari's first nine years as head coach, he won 214 games (38 wins were vacated) and seven others in his last season (including an NCAA record-breaking 30-win seasons) before being vacated. He has made seven consecutive bids (more one in his last season) as well as a one in his final season. His 2007–2008 teammates set a new NCAA Division I Men's Basketball record for most victories in a season, a record that now belongs to the 2011–2012 Kentucky Wildcats due to NCAA rules that barred Memphis from winning any of Memphis' victories. If the 2007-08 season was canceled, the nine consecutive 20-win seasons and nine consecutive playoff appearances would have been the most in school history, though it now stands at seven. In 2006, 2008, and 2009, he was named Conference USA Coach of the Year. He was named Naismith College Coach of the Year in 2008, for the second time. He was named Sports Illustrated College Basketball Coach of the Year in 2009 and was named Sports Illustrated College Basketball Coach of the Year.

He developed a national program by recruiting blue chip players from around the country, including Dajuan Wagner from Camden (NJ), Darius Washington Jr. from Orlando (FL), Rodney Carney from Birmingham (MS), Antonio Antonio Robert Dozier from Lynn (MA), Tyreke Evans from Aston (PA), and Tyreke Evans from Baltimore (PA).

When Calipari was in Memphis, Calipari introduced the dribble drive motion offense, which was invented by former Pepperdine basketball coach Vance Walberg.

Calipari led the Tigers to the No. 1 position on January 21, 2008. For the second time in school history, the AP Poll has ranked No. 1 in the AP Poll for the second time.

Memphis received a No. 1 in 2006 and 2008. In the NCAA men's basketball tournament, there is a seed. The Tigers of Calipari qualified to the national championship game in 2008, the first under his leadership. They also won 38 games in regular season, the most in NCAA history (his 2011-12 Kentucky team will then win 38 games). In overtime, his team will lose to the Kansas Jayhawks, 75-68. Because the Educational Testing Service (ETS), which administers the SAT college admissions exam, had Derrick Rose's rating questioned, this team had its entire season record vacated by the NCAA. Despite this, Rose still denies any wrongdoing. The university began to investigate the test and contacted the ETS. Since the NCAA was investigating, ETS decided to review the case. Rose's family's former Chicago home address (instead of his dorm in Memphis) sent three letters demanding that Rose verify some details regarding his test. Because he did not respond to the letters, ETS invalidated his SAT. And while the NCAA probed and found that no proof was found to show that Rose did not take the exam, the university announced that they could not find credible evidence to support their assertion that Rose did not take the examination. The ETS had nullified the questionnaire, so the NCAA retroactively declared Rose ineligible. Rose did not take his own SAT, despite the NCAA's official position to this day. If not for the vacated victories, Calipari will be the winningest coach in Tigers history, as he would have 252 victories to Larry Finch's 220.

R.C. Calipari, Derrick Rose, and University of Memphis athletic director John Calipari appeared on May 28, 2010. Johnson has signed a $100,000 out-of-court deal with three lawyers who represented Memphis season ticket holders and threatened a court lawsuit over the vacated 2007-08 season. Calipari also contributed his near-$232,000 to the Memphis scholarship fund as part of the deal.

Multiple reports confirmed that Calipari would accept as the head coach at the University of Kentucky on March 30, 2009, four days after Memphis' season ended due to Missouri in the NCAA tournament. Calipari refused a counter bid by Memphis for Kentucky's 8-year, $31.65 million contract.

According to university authorities, John Calipari signed a written deal on March 31, 2009. Over 8 years and numerous rewards, the deal was worth $34.65 million over eight years. Mitch Barnhart, the University of Kentucky's Director of Athletics, officially announced John Calipari as the University of Kentucky Wildcats' new coach on April 1, 2009. Calipari spoke to the media extensively about his experiences with former UK basketball players and coaches, as well as his challenges with accepting the UK job, mainly due to his close links with both the city of Memphis and University of Memphis. "Coming to the United Kingdom was the simple part, it was leaving Memphis, which was the tough part." He went on to describe the University of Kentucky teaching position as his "dream job." Calipari was Kentucky's 22nd coach overall, but just the 7th coach in the Wildcats' 79 years.

Calipari's first year as head coach, including the No. 1 recruiter. John Wall, the highest-rated recruit, joined by five others, DeMarcus Cousins, Eric Bledsoe, and Daniel Orton. Calipari led the Cats to their 12th victory of the season and their 2,000th victory ever on December 21, 2009. Kentucky defeated the SEC Regular Season Championship in 2009–10, a 14–2 conference record. Calipari's team continued with the SEC Tournament Championships in the UK, defeating Mississippi State 75-74 in overtime. However, No. 67 defeated him in the NCAA Tournament, although no. 2 came close. Kentucky's (East Region) was shocked by West Virginia in the Elite 8, and the season's 1 seed finishes at 35–3.

Calipari recruited the No. 1 in his second season at Kentucky. Brandon Knight, the 2010 class's top point guard, was rated as a point guard. In addition to Knight, Calipari also signed Terrence Jones and Doron Lamb, two other 5-star recruits. Kentucky finished the regular season with a record of 22–8, with a 10–6 record in SEC regular season play. The United Kingdom will qualify for its second straight SEC Tournament Championship, defeating Florida 754–54 in a SEC Tournament championship game. Kentucky earned the No. 1 spot as a result. In the NCAA Tournament (East Regional), the 4 seeds have been seeded (East Regional). Kentucky will advance to defeat No. 1 in the NCAA Tournament during the NCAA Championship. In the Sweet 16, there is just 1 overall seed in the Ohio State, 62-60. Calipari's team would revenge a late season loss to North Carolina by defeating the Tar Heels, 76–69, securing Kentucky's first Final Four appearance since 1998. UK lost by a single point, 56–55, finishing with a final record of 29–9.

Kentucky claimed another No. 1 in this third season. Anthony Davis, Marquis Teague, Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, and Kyle Wiltjer were among the four consensus five star recruiters in a one-class recruitment class. Kentucky came in second place in the country at No. 2 going into the season. They ended the regular season with a 30–1 record, their first loss to Indiana by a buzzer beater, and 16–0 in conference play. Kentucky lost in the championship game to Vanderbilt 71–64. Calipari's team was selected as the overall top seed in the tournament, with the South Region being the top seed. Kentucky venged the early season defeat to Indiana in the Sweet Sixteen 80–90, beating them 102–90 and then knocking Baylor out of the Elite Eight 82-70 for their second straight Final Four appearance. Kentucky's first appearance in the Final Four, the Louisville Cardinals and Rick Pitino defeated them 69-61. Kentucky defeated the Kansas Jayhawks in a second game in the National Championship series, defeating the Kansas Jayhawks 67–59. Calipari's win made him his first NCAA Championship, an NCAA record 38-win seasons, and Kentucky's 8th overall NCAA Championship. John Calipari became the fifth head coach to win an NCAA Championship at Kentucky (an NCAA record), and the first coach to do so at the school since Tubby Smith in 1998.

Following the 2012 championship, UK Athletics Director Mitch Barnhart revealed on May 4 that Calipari's deal had been renegotiated. Calipari's salary will reach $8.0 million per year (not including bonuses), establishing his reputation as one of the country's best-paid college basketball coaches. Mike Krzyzewski, a Duke University assistant, leads the NCAA at a monthly salary of $9.8 million.

Calipari's in April 2019 committed to a 10-year coaching contract with Kentucky, focusing on a 10-year coaching career, as well as a lifetime paid ambassadorship when he retires.

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Hilarious Kate Middleton-University of Kentucky post goes viral on social media as fans compare shocking March Madness upset to Royal Family conspiracy theories

www.dailymail.co.uk, March 22, 2024
What does Princess Kate Middleton have in common with University of Kentucky men's basketball coach John Calipari?Big houses?Blue blood?A vast fortune that's difficult to justify? Jessica Benson, a Memphis Grizzlies analyst, made a much amusing connection after the Wildcats' disappointing loss to 14-seed Oakland in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. On X, she wrote, 'Big month for UK disappearing acts.'

Oakland is the most shocking of March Madness so far, ranked No. 1 in the U.S. After a 3-point masterclass from Jack Gohlke, the University of Kentucky has been kicked out by 14 seeds

www.dailymail.co.uk, March 22, 2024
On Thursday night, Oakland University shocked Kentucky in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, with the No. 14 seed Golden Grizzlies defeating the No. 3 seed Wildcats 80-76. Oakland was led by sharpshooter Jack Gohlke, who scored 32 points and made ten 3-pointers. Kentucky has now lost just one NCAA Tournament game in the last five seasons, as John Calipari's future as the Wildcats' head coach comes more into question.

Bill Self pens a lifetime deal with the Kansas Jayhawks worth $53 million over the next five years, making him the highest-paid coach in college basketball

www.dailymail.co.uk, November 8, 2023
Bill Self, the head basketball coach of the University of Kansas, signed an amended lifetime deal on Tuesday that will earn him $53 million over the first five years. Self's job will outlast Kentucky Wildcats head coach John Calipari for the best deal ever offered to a college basketball coach at a public university. Over the next five years, Calipari is expected to make $44 million.
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