John Vincent Calipari (born February 10, 1959) is an American basketball coach. Since March 2009 he has been the men's head coach at the University of Kentucky.
He is the former head coach of the University of Memphis, University of Massachusetts and the NBA's New Jersey Nets. He is one of only four coaches to direct two different colleges to a number one seed in the NCAA Tournament, and the only head coach to have a Final Four appearance vacated...
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John Vincent Calipari (born February 10, 1959) is an American basketball coach. Since March 2009 he has been the men's head coach at the University of Kentucky.
He is the former head coach of the University of Memphis, University of Massachusetts and the NBA's New Jersey Nets. He is one of only four coaches to direct two different colleges to a number one seed in the NCAA Tournament, and the only head coach to have a Final Four appearance vacated by the NCAA at more than one school.
Calipari was born in Moon Township, a suburb of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Calipari lettered two years at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington before transferring to Clarion University, where he graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Marketing. He played point guard at Clarion during the 1981 and 1982 seasons, leading the team in assists and free throw percentage.
From 1982–85, Calipari was an assistant at the University of Kansas under Ted Owens and Larry Brown. From 1985–88, he was an assistant...
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