Months after Nick Saban left the Alabama Crimson Tide, reports say John Calipari could be making a move to shake up his respective sport as the SEC’s newest head coach.
Calipari is being targeted in the search for a head coach for Arkansas men’s basketball, ESPN reported. As of Sunday night, Calipari has signed a five-year contract with the school, which is reportedly expected to be completed within the next 24 hours.
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John Calipari of the Kentucky Wildcats reacts after the first half of a game against the Alabama Crimson Tide at Rupp Arena on February 24, 2024 in Lexington, Kentucky. (Justin Casterline/Getty Images)
Calipari has been the head coach of the Kentucky Wildcats since the beginning of the 2009-10 season, and has been the head coach of the Kentucky Wildcats since the start of the 2009-10 season, when Derrick Rose led Memphis’ team to the national championship in 2009. He has risen to the top of the coaching world. . He was then traded to the Wildcats the following season.
At Kentucky, he was the face of one-and-done. He intended to gather the nation’s biggest and best high school basketball players and lure them to Kentucky in hopes of making their NBA dreams come true. It mostly worked out when players like Anthony Davis, Karl-Anthony Towns, Devin Booker, John Wall and DeMarcus Cousins came through Lexington.
Calipari led his team to a 38-2 record and a national championship in 2012.
Kentucky Wildcats head coach John Calipari during an 88-73 loss to the Arkansas Razorbacks at Rupp Arena on February 7, 2023 in Lexington, Kentucky. (Andy Lyons/Getty Images)
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Since then, he hasn’t had as much success as he has in recent years. Kentucky has been eliminated from the tournament in the first round in two of the past three seasons. In the 2020-21 season, the Wildcats failed to win more than 10 games.
Arkansas appeared to make a big move to get Calipari out of Kentucky and into the Razorbacks’ red and white after seeing Eric Musselman leave to take on the University of Southern California.
Kentucky Wildcats head coach John Calipari during the Gonzaga Bulldogs vs. Kentucky Wildcats game at Rupp Arena on February 10, 2024 in Lexington, Kentucky. (Jeff Moreland/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
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The last time the University of Arkansas won was in 1994. The team advanced to the Elite Eight in 2022 and 2021, but failed to advance to the Big Dance this season.
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