He is coaching in his 4th Final Four. He's lost the previous three to the eventual champ. His UMass team lost to Kentucky (Rick Pitino), his Memphis team lost to Kansas (Bill Self), and his Kentucky team lost to UConn (Jim Calhoun). He is one of only four coaches in NCAA Division I history to direct two different schools to a number one seed in the NCAA Tournament. The others are North Carolina coach Roy Williams, Kansas coach Bill Self, and Louisville coach Rick Pitino. And Calipari has done it three times.
Walter Cornett, of Glendale, Kentucky, is the owner and operator of Walter's Wildcat World. He founded WildcatWorld.com in 1998 making it one of the oldest Kentucky basketball fan sites in operation today.