Despite another early exit from the NCAA tournament, Kentucky coach John Calipari will return for a 16th season, athletic director Mitch Barnhart said Tuesday.
Sean Farnham joins Scott Van Pelt to discuss John Calipari and Kentucky's struggles in the NCAA tournament after a first-round loss to Oakland. , a 14-seed, in the NCAA tournament last week.
As we normally do at the end of every season, Coach Calipari and I have had conversations about the direction of our men's basketball program and I can confirm that he will return for his 16th season as our head coach.
"I talked again about the standard ... that I believe in, that I think we can do," Calipari said."But that standard of national titles has been here from Coach Rupp on, and the only thing I'm saying to all our fans is you know I'm going to work -- work in our state, work on this program, this university. ... That's my commitment. I'm not changing, 24/7, let's go -- whether it's recruiting, all the stuff that we have to do.
Calipari has one national title and his most recent Final Four appearance was in 2015. The past few years had been rough for the Wildcats' devoted fans, as Kentucky finished 9-16 in 2020-21, the program's worst record in 100 years, and suffered early postseason exits in 2022 and 2023.
"This is like wearing a coat: It never goes away," Calipari said."But I love it. This is what I want. This is what I wanted. This is why I never left. This is it. And now it's let's come together and let's do something. Let's do something special. We've done it. Let's do it again."
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