John Calipari
Alma Mater:
Clarion (PA) State
Class of:
Hometown:
Moon, PA
- Coach of NCAA Tournament Final Four team with Massachusetts in 1996 and national runner-up with Memphis in 2008 before reaching Final Four with Kentucky in 2011
- Coach of 11 conference tournament champions (five consecutive from 1992 through 1996 in Atlantic 10 with Massachusetts, four consecutive from 2006 through 2009 in C-USA with Memphis and 2010 and 2011 in SEC with Kentucky)
- Directed Memphis to an NIT championship in 2002 and third-place finish in 2001 after guiding Massachusetts to a fourth-place finish in 1991
- Memphis' all-time winningest coach
- First NCAA coach ever to reach the 30-win plateau in five consecutive years
- Compiled a 72-112 record (.391) as coach of the NBA's New Jersey Nets for three seasons from 1996-97 to midway through 1998-99 before serving one season as an assistant under Larry Brown with the Philadelphia 76ers in 1999-2000
- Assistant coach at Kansas under Ted Owens and Brown for three seasons from 1982-83 through 1984-85, and at Pittsburgh under Roy Chipman and Paul Evans for three seasons from 1985-86 through 1987-88
- College career playing statistics under Mel Gibson at UNC Wilmington in 1978-79 and 1979-80 (1 ppg, 0.8 apg, 21.1 FG%, 84.4 FT%) and under Joe DeGregorio at Clarion in 1980-81 and 1981-82 (4.4 ppg, 1 rpg, 4.2 apg, 40.4 FG%, 68.4 FT%)
- Final Top 20 Rankings (12: AP/UPI/USA)--1992 (17/21/15), 1993 (14/16/22), 1994 (8/7/15), 1995 (7/7/7), 1996 (1/1/2), 2003 (19/NR), 2004 (24/NR), 2006 (4/6), 2007 (5/7), 2008 (2/2), 2009 (3/9), 2010 (2/5) and 2011 (11/3)
- All-Americans (seven): Massachusetts' Marcus Camby (1996) and Lou Roe (1994 and 1995), Memphis' Rodney Carney (2006), Chris Douglas-Roberts (2008) and Derrick Rose (2008) and Kentucky's DeMarcus Cousins (2010) and John Wall (2010).
Record:
Season | School | Overall | League | Finish | Conference (Division) | Postseason (Record) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
10-18 | 5-13 | 8th | DNP | |||
17-14 | 10-8 | 6th | NIT (0-1) | |||
20-13 | 10-8 | T-3rd | NIT (3-2) | |||
30-5 | 13-3 | 1st | NCAA (2-1) | |||
24-7 | 11-3 | 1st | NCAA (1-1) | |||
28-7 | 14-2 | 1st | NCAA (1-1) | |||
29-5 | 13-3 | 1st | NCAA (3-1) | |||
35-2 | 15-1 | 1st | A10 (East) | NCAA (4-1) | ||
21-15 | 10-6 | 2nd | C-USA (National) | NIT (4-1) | ||
27-9 | 12-4 | 1st | C-USA (National) | NIT (5-0) | ||
23-7 | 13-3 | 1st | C-USA (National) | NCAA (0-1) | ||
22-8 | 12-4 | T-1st | NCAA (1-1) | |||
22-16 | 9-7 | T-6th | NIT (3-1) | |||
33-4 | 13-1 | 1st | NCAA (3-1) | |||
33-4 | 16-0 | 1st | NCAA (3-1) | |||
38-2 | 16-0 | 1st | NCAA (5-1) | |||
33-4 | 16-0 | 1st | NCAA (2-1) | |||
35-3 | 14-2 | 1st | SEC (East) | NCAA (3-1) | ||
29-9 | 10-6 | 2nd | SEC (East) | NCAA (4-1) | ||
2011-12 |
* Vacated five NCAA Tournament games.
- 19-Year College Coaching Record: 509-152 (.770) overall
- 193-71 (.731) in eight years at Massachusetts
- 252-69 (.785) in nine years at Memphis
- 64-12 (.842) in first two years at Kentucky
- 79-37 (.681) in Atlantic 10 Conference
- 117-25 (.824) in Conference USA
- 24-8 (.750) in Southeastern Conference
- 14-3 (.824) in Atlantic 10 Tournament
- 17-5 (.773) in C-USA Tournament
- 3-0 (1.000) in SEC Tournament
- 28-12 (.700) in NCAA Tournament
- 15-5 (.750) in NIT