Calipari Became Only Coach to Win National COY Award With Three Schools

Eddie Sutton was the only coach in the 20th Century to earn national coach of the year acclaim for two schools (Arkansas and Kentucky). This season, John Calipari capitalized on a golden opportunity with UK to become the only individual to capture national coach of the year awards with three different universities. Meanwhile, he was joined by Virginia's Tony Bennett as one of the following five mentors with multiple schools to win national COY honor from one of the five major awards:

Coach	Multiple Schools Winning National COY Award
Tony Bennett	Washington State (2007) and Virginia (2015)
John Calipari	Massachusetts (1996), Memphis (2008 and 2009) and Kentucky (2015)
Bob Knight	Indiana (1975, 1976, 1987 and 1989) and Texas Tech (2007)
Eddie Sutton	Arkansas (1977 and 1978) and Kentucky (1986)
Roy Williams	Kansas (1990, 1992 and 1997) and North Carolina (2006)