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Kentucky Basketball Coaches

Mark Pope – 2024 –

John Calipari – 2010 – 2024 (15 years), Record: 410-123,  Winning %: .769, Best Year:  38-1, 2014

Billy Gillispie – 2007-09 (2 years), Record: 40-27,  Winning %: .597, Best Year:  22-14, 2009

Orlando “Tubby” Smith – 1998-07 (10 years), Record: 263-83, Winning %: .760, Best Year:  35-4, 1998

Rick Pitino – 1990-97 (8 years), Record: 219-50, Winning %:  .814, Best Year: 34-2, 1996

Eddie Sutton – 1986-89 (4 years), Record: 88-39, Winning %:  .693, Best Year: 32-4, 1986

Joe B. Hall – 1973-85 (13 years), Record:  297-100, Winning %:  .748, Best Year: 30-2, 1978

Adolph Rupp– 1931-72 (42 years), Record:  876-190, Winning %:  .822, Best Year: 25-0, 1954

On This Day in UK Basketball History

On March 13, 1994, Kentucky faced Florida for the second time in 11 days, and for the second time, the Wildcats beat the Gators. The triumph in Memphis gave UK its third consecutive SEC Tournament title, and improved the Pitino-era SEC Tourney mark to a perfect 9-0.

 

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