John Calipari closing in on coaching milestone
With the Cats riding a seven-game winning streak and a month and a half until the NCAA Tournament, there’s a lot to look forward to with Kentucky Basketball right now, including a coaching milestone for John Calipari that’s fast approaching.
With 292 wins during his 10-year tenure in Lexington, Calipari is only FIVE wins away from tying Joe B. Hall for the second-most victories by a head coach in program history. Of course, Adolph Rupp has the most, at 876.
| Tenure | Coach | Record | % |
| 1930-72 | Adolph Rupp | 876-190 | 0.822 |
| 1972-85 | Joe B. Hall | 297-100 | 0.748 |
| 2009–Present | John Calipari | 292-67 | 0.813 |
| 1997-2007 | Tubby Smith | 263–83 | 0.76 |
| 1989-97 | Rick Pitino | 219-50 | 0.814 |
| 1985-89 | Eddie Sutton | 88–39 | 0.693 |
| 1919-24 | George Buchheit | 44–27 | 0.619 |
| 1927-30 | John Mauer | 40-14 | 0.74 |
| 2007-2009 | Billy Gillispie | 40-27 | 0.597 |
| 1903-09 | W. W. H. Mustaine, others | 21–35 | 0.375 |
| 1913-15 | Alpha Brumage | 19-7 | 0.731 |
| 1925-26 | Ray Eklund | 15–3 | 0.833 |
| 1924-25 | Clarence Applegran | 13-8 | 0.619 |
| 1911-12 | Edwin Sweetland (2nd time) | 9-0 | 1 |
| 1917-18 | Stanley A. Boles | 9-2 | 0.792 |
| 1915-16 | James Park | 8-6 | 0.571 |
| 1918-19 | Andrew Gill | 6-8 | 0.428 |
| 1910-11 | Harold Iddings | 5-6 | 0.454 |
| 1912-13 | John J. Tigert | 5-3 | 0.625 |
| 1916-17 | W. P. Tuttle | 4-6 | 0.4 |
| 1909-10 | Edwin Sweetland/R. E. Spahr | 4-8 | 0.333 |
| 1926-27 | Basil Hayden | 3–13 | 0.187 |
Five games from now, Kentucky hosts No. 1 Tennessee at Rupp Arena. If the Cats take care of business between now and then, a big game could get even bigger.
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