Samford announced the departure of head basketball coach Bernie Seltzer on Friday and promoted former Kentucky and NBA player Scott Padgett to replace him.
Scott Padgett promoted to head coach at Samford
Former Cat Steve Masiello turns around Manhattan Jaspers
Scott Padgett has known Steve Masiello quite a long time. “Since he was wearing his Chris Sabo specs in high school,” said Padgett, the former Kentucky star, eight-year NBA veteran and current Manhattan College assistant coach. “He came to camp in Kentucky in my senior year of high school, his junior year,” Padgett said. “We played on a team that…
Catching up with former Cat Scott Padgett
“Where are they now” is a periodical series that will take a look back at the careers of former Kentucky basketball stars and John Calipari-coached players and find out what they’re doing post-college. Today we catch up with Scott Padgett, a two-time national championship winner at Kentucky. Ever since Scott Padgett won a national championship…
Former Cat Scott Padgett realistic about first coaching job
Scott Padgett knew taking an entry level job under Kentucky coach John Calipari likely could get him a chance to eventually be a full-time assistant coach. The former UK star, though, wasn’t sure it would happen quite as quickly as it did now that he has officially joined coach Barry Rohrssen’s staff at Manhattan. The…
Photo: Former Cat Mark Pope reunites with Delk, Padgett and Turner
November 20, 1997: The Tubby Smith era begins
Kyle Macy and Tubby Smith made their debuts in front of enough cameras to match a Hollywood movie premiere. Smith, though, inherited a far more talented squad of players, a group that raced to a 39 point blowout of Morehead State. The eagles managed only 16 baskets made out of 58 shots taken, while their…
March 22, 1998: ‘Ghost’ of ’92 classic scared away in 86-84 comeback over Duke
If Big Blue Nation carried psychic scars from Christian Laettner and six years earlier – and it did – Tubby Smith‘s first UK team supplied the healing salve. Down 17 points with 9:38 left, Kentucky rallied behind the penetrating drives of point guard Wayne Turner. With the score tied at 81 and 39.4 seconds left,…
March 30, 1998: Record rally from halftime ends with 7th national title
Cementing their place in UK lore, The Comeback Cats of Jeff Sheppard, Nazr Mohammed and Scott Padgett rallied from 10 down at halftime to make Tubby Smith the fourth different Kentucky coach to win an NCAA championship. Read article.