BTI's Rants and Ramblings: The Kentucky Coaching Tree

Have you ever wondered how many former UK assistants are still coaching elsewhere in the world of basketball?  OF COURSE YOU HAVEN’T.  But hey, it wouldn’t be a BTI post if there wasn’t a pointless nature to it.  So, I tried my absolute best to find the whereabouts of any former head coaches or assistant coaches at Kentucky to see how many are still in the profession.  Below is the UK Coaching Tree:

JOE B HALL
Leonard Hamilton (Assistant, 1974-86)
-Oklahoma State (1986-90), Miami (FL) (1990-2000), Washington Wizards (2000-01)
-Florida State (2002-Present)

Wayne Breeden (Assistant, 1983-86)
-Lindsey Wilson College (1988-90), Ashland Paul Blazer High School (1992-97), Owensboro High School (2005-2007)
-Tates Creek High School (2007-Present)
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EDDIE SUTTON
James Dickey (Assistant, 1985-89)
-Texas Tech (1991-2001)
-Houston (2010-Present)

Dwane Casey (Assistant, 1986-89)
-Minnesota Timberwolves (2005-07)
-Toronto Raptors (2011-Present)

Roger Harden (Assistant, 1987-88)
-Williamstown High School (2012-Present)
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RICK PITINO (also coached Boston Celtics 1997-01 and Louisville 2002-Present)
Tubby Smith (Assistant, 1989-91)
-Tulsa (1991-95), Georgia (1995-97), Kentucky (1997-2007), Minnesota (2007-13)
-Texas Tech (2013-Present)

Herb Sendek (Assistant, 1989-93)
-Miami OH (1993-96), NC State (1996-2006)
-Arizona State (2006-Present)

Billy Donovan (Assistant, 1989-94)
-Marshall (1994-96)
-Florida (1996-Present)

Mike Atkinson (Volunteer Assistant, 1991-92)
-Sachem High School Girls (1992-02)
-Sachem North High School Boys (2005-Present)

Winston Bennett (Assistant, 1994-97)
-Kentucky State (Head Coach, 2001-03)
-Mid-Continent (Head Coach, 2007-Present)

Bernadette Maddox (Assistant, 1990-94)
-Kentucky Women’s (Head Coach, 1995-03)
-Connecticut Sun WNBA (Assistant, 2004-Present)

No Information/Retired/Deceased/Not Coaching: Ralph Willard, Jim O’Brien, Delray Brooks
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TUBBY SMITH (BIO ABOVE)
Shawn Finney (Assistant, 1997-00)
-Tulane (Head Coach, 2000-05), Marshall (Assistant, 2007-10)
-Central Florida (Associate Head Coach, 2010-Present)

No Information/Retired/Deceased/Not Coaching: George Felton, Mike Sutton, David Hobbs, Reggie Hanson, Scott Rigot
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BILLY GILLISPIE
Glynn Cyprien (Assistant, 2007-09)
-Memphis (Assistant, 2009-10)
-Texas A&M (Assistant, 2010-Present)

Jeremy Cox (Assistant, 2007-09)
-South Florida (Assistant, 2009-11), Nebraska (Assistant, 2011-12), Texas Tech (Assistant, 2012-13)
-College of South Idaho (Head Coach (2013-Present)

Tracy Webster (Assistant, 2007-09)
-Depaul (Assistant, Interim Head Coach, 2009-10), Nebraska (Assistant, 2010-11)
-Tennessee (Assistant, 2011-Present)