Scott Drew to meet with Mitch Barnhart, Kentucky regarding coaching vacancy
We have our first official update of the Kentucky basketball coaching search, Mitch Barnhart meeting with his first candidate since John Calipari’s departure to Arkansas.
The name? It’s the one we all anticipated, Baylor head coach Scott Drew.
According to Jon Rothstein of CBS Sports, Kentucky is meeting with Drew “in the near future” regarding its vacancy.
Drew has racked up a 446-244 overall coaching record in Waco with 12 NCAA Tournaments, three Elite Eights and a national championship in 2021 to go with two league titles in 2020-21 and 2021-22.
He first arrived in 2003, taking over following one of the biggest scandals and punishments in college basketball history under then-coach Dave Bliss, Baylor placing itself on probation while limiting itself to seven scholarships for two years with a self-imposed postseason ban while the NCAA added a non-conference ban in 2005-06 with serious recruiting restrictions. Drew rebuilt the program from rubble and turned it into a national champion, one of the all-time turnarounds in the sport.
Could he be taking that 21-year legacy as the Bears’ all-time winningest coach with him to Lexington? Barnhart is meeting with him to find out.
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