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FanSided on MSN.com · 16h

Mark Pope just got another golden chance to separate himself from John Calipari

Mark Pope got Kentucky back to the second weekend of the NCAA Tournament in his first year as the Wildcats' head coach and has another big chance to separate himself from John Calipari in December.
Athlon Sports on MSN.com · 1d

John Calipari Sends Clear Message About Arkansas' Future After First Season

The Arkansas Razorbacks, led by John Calipari, are fresh off the first season of the new wave. Calipari took over as the head coach of the men's basketball program in 2024.
Sportskeeda · 4d

When $45M worth John Calipari reflected on two major prospects he missed out on: "I'm having a brain lock as they get older"

Arkansas Razorbacks coach John Calipari is known in the college basketball world as one of the best recruiters.
Icon for www.msn.comMSN · Mar 21, 2025

John Calipari vs. Rick Pitino head-to-head coaching record: Which legend has the edge?

Rick Pitino tried to downplay the matchups he and John Calipari had back in the day. He knew there was a chance he’d face off against a coach he knows all too well in the NCAA Tournament this year.
CBS Sports on MSN.com · 10d

Arkansas basketball roster 2025-26: Tracking who's in, out for John Calipari in Year 2 as coach of Razorbacks

Arkansas coach John Calipari joked in his introductory press conference last spring that he planned on meeting with the new players on his team. The problem was Arkansas didn't many returning players on the roster.
Icon for www.nytimes.comThe New York Times · 28d

John Calipari and Rick Pitino have stood the test of time, just not together

“John and I don’t play one-on-one anymore.” Pitino would have a point, if not for who he is, and who Calipari is. Only two coaches have ever taken three different programs to the Final Fou
Athlon Sports on MSN.com · 16h

No. 7 College Basketball Recruit Makes Big NIL Move After Allen Iverson Classic

Arkansas Razorbacks basketball head coach John Calipari is entering his second year with the program after a stunning departure at Kentucky. In Year One, Arkansas was a No. 10 seed in the NCAA Tournament but defeated No. 7 Kansas and No. 2 St. John's to get to the Sweet 16.
Sportskeeda · 16d

Who is John Calipari's daughter Dr. Erin? Know more about her and her contribution to the world of neuroscience

Dr. Calipari isn't John Calipari's only child. The veteran coach married his wife, Ellen, in 1986, and the couple shares three children. Erin is the oldest Calipari child, and John and Ellen have one other daughter, Megan, and a son, Bradley.
USA TODAY · 16d

Kentucky basketball's Mark Pope embraces transfer portal in move away from John Calipari era

The age of the diaper dandy is over. The time of the transfer has come, and Kentucky coach Mark Pope is willing to play the game John Calipari wasn't.
Icon for www.journal-news.comJournal-News · Mar 20, 2025

Rick Pitino and John Calipari share a mutual respect. Just don't call them friends

Arkansas head coach John Calipari calls to his players during the second half in the first round of the NCAA college basketball tournament, Thursday, March 20, 2025, in Providence, R.I. (AP Photo ...
Icon for www.daytondailynews.comDayton Daily News · Mar 22, 2025

Same old Cal: Arkansas' Calipari not backing off relying on freshmen in NIL, transfer portal era

Arkansas head coach John Calipari calls to his players during the first half in the second round of the NCAA college basketball tournament, Saturday, March 22, 2025, in Providence, R.I. (AP Photo ...
Icon for badgerswire.usatoday.combadgerswire.usatoday · Mar 26, 2025

What Arkansas coach John Calipari said of facing Texas Tech basketball in Sweet 16

SAN FRANCISCO — Arkansas head coach John Calipari said the Texas Tech basketball team is the favorite in Thursday's Sweet 16 matchup in the Chase Center for a reason. "They're very, very good," Calipari said during his press conference on Wednesday.
Icon for www.cbssports.comCBSSports.com · 12d

Arkansas basketball under John Calipari: Insiders say transfer portal news, 2025 recruits, roster, and targets

John Calipari has the Arkansas basketball team on the national stage again after leading the Razorbacks to the Sweet 16 in his first season as head coach. The Razorbacks won the national ...
Icon for ftw.usatoday.comUSA Today · Mar 19, 2025

Coaches Bill Self and John Calipari preview the Kansas and Arkansas NCAA Tournament game

Arkansas coach John Calipari believes the emergence of Trevon Brazile and Billy Richmond III has been key for his team. Kansas coach Bill Self acknowledges the challenge of facing Calipari ...
Icon for www.nytimes.comThe New York Times · Mar 22, 2025

No. 10 Arkansas, John Calipari stun No. 2 St. John’s, Rick Pitino to make Sweet 16

So leave it to the coach and the team that everyone counted out only a few weeks ago. Arkansas and John Calipari, the 10th-seeded underdogs that few, if anyone, pegged to advance to the second ...
Icon for 247sports.com247Sports.com · Mar 24, 2024

2024 March Madness: Bill Self, John Calipari lead college basketball's 20 highest-paid coaches

Kentucky signed John Calipari to a "lifetime" contract ... The Wildcats earned a March Madness bid this season. A Hall of Fame coach, Calipari owns more than 800 career wins with 23 NCAA ...
Icon for www.espn.comESPN · Mar 22, 2025

Calipari back in Sweet 16 as Arkansas tops Pitino, St. John's

Arkansas players saluted John Calipari after he led his fourth different program to the Sweet 16. Said D.J. Wagner: "I feel like he deserves everything. He's an amazing coach. He's a legend."
BroBible · 1d

Rick Pitino Will Face Off Against Mark Pope And Kentucky For The First Time After Schedule Shakeup

Rick Pitino won a national championship at Kentucky with a team that was led by Mark Pope, who recently wrapped up his first season as the head coach of
USA TODAY Sportsbook Wire · Mar 29, 2025

Rick Barnes is college basketball's winningest active coach with Tennessee win vs Kentucky

Rick Barnes became the winningest active college basketball coach with Tennessee's win against Kentucky in the Sweet 16. He passed John Calipari.
Icon for www.klfy.comKLFY News 10 · Mar 21, 2025

Rick Pitino and John Calipari share a mutual respect. Just don’t call them friends

The Hall of Fame coaches will renew their occasionally acrimonious rivalry on Saturday when Pitino’s second-seeded St. John’s faces Calipari’s No. 10 seed Arkansas for the chance to advance ...
Bolavip · 4d

John Calipari’s son shares hyped-up message after Karl-Anthony Towns’ game-winner vs. Detroit

Then, Karl-Anthony Towns poured some ice-cold water on their aspirations by knocking down a game-winner. That’s why Arkansas assistant coach Brad Calipari, John Calipari’s son, couldn’t hold back his emotions.
USA TODAY · 15d

John Calipari announces three Arkansas basketball players will return next season

Arkansas basketball received great news today via John Cailpari's social media. Richmond. Brazile. Wagner. They're all returning.
Icon for fansided.comFanSided · 24d

John Calipari made some Arkansas history in first year, but the next step is the hardest

John Calipari accomplished everything he needed to and more in his first year as the coach at Arkansas. Against odds, he catapulted the Razorbacks into the NCAA Tournament after losing the first ...
Icon for awfulannouncing.comAwful Announcing · Feb 4, 2025

Exclusive: John Calipari docuseries shows his locker room speeches in homecoming win at Kentucky

On Saturday, former Kentucky Wildcats’ men’s basketball coach John Calipari returned to Rupp Arena at the helm of the Arkansas Razorbacks. And Calipari’s new team bested his old one ...
Icon for www.sportingnews.comSporting News · Mar 26, 2025

John Calipari coaching timeline: How many teams Arkansas HC has coached and career record

Four head coaches hired last offseason reached the Sweet 16 this year, but Arkansas' John Calipari finds himself at a much different point in his career than the rest. Michigan's Dusty May is in ...
Icon for www.si.comSports Illustrated · 23d

State of the Hogs: Calipari shares master plan for new roster

Arkansas Razorbacks coach John Calipari during the first half of a second round men’s NCAA Tournament game against the St. John's Red Storm at Amica Mutual Pavilion. / Gregory Fisher-Imagn ...
Icon for 247sports.com247Sports.com · May 1, 2024

John Calipari adds two assistants to Arkansas coaching staff

Arkansas head coach John Calipari has added two familiar faces to his coaching staff, the school announced on Wednesday. Ronald "Chin" Coleman and Chuck Martin were officially introduced as ...
WholeHogSports · 6d

John Calipari helped seal Julian Neal's transfer commitment to Arkansas football

FAYETTEVILLE — When Arkansas defensive back signee Julian Neal and his father visited Fayetteville last week, they had an unexpected surprise as they ran into Naismith Basketball Hall of Famer and Razorbacks coach John Calipari.
Athlon Sports on MSN.com · 8d

Former Five-Star Recruit Sends Clear Message on John Calipari After Leaving Arkansas

The Arkansas Razorbacks are fresh off their first season under head coach John Calipari, surging up the SEC standings. Arkansas capped off the season in the Sweet 16, defeating Kansas and St. John's in the NCAA Tournament, both of which were ranked higher than the Razorbacks.
Icon for www.yardbarker.comYardbarker · Mar 26, 2025

Calipari Not Working Transfer Portal Even Though It's Open

Arkansas Razorbacks coach John Calipari applauds his team while St. John's coach Rick Pitino approaches him to offer congratulations near the end of Saturday's NCAA Tournament game in Providence, R.I.
Icon for www.newsweek.comNewsweek · Mar 22, 2025

It's Time to Take John Calipari, Arkansas Serious Following Huge Upset Over St John's

led by NCAA basketball legend John Calipari, have pulled off a second straight upset, this time over 2-seed St. John's, led by fellow legendary coach Rick Pitino, with a final score of (insert ...
Icon for www.si.comSports Illustrated · 23d

Does Calipari Consider the Nuggets His Next Coaching Job?

Still, there's a natural self deprication Arkansas fans have that encouraged at least one social media poster to sarcastically put forth the effort to suggest Hogs basketball coach John Calipari ...
KNWA Fayetteville on MSN.com · 2d

Coach Calipari leads summer camps in Northwest Arkansas, River Valley

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) — Arkansas men’s basketball is hosting 13 youth camps this June in Northwest Arkansas and the River Valley. Led by Coach John Calipari and his staff, the camps include day sessions, satellite stop and special Father-Child events, all featuring hands-on coaching, a Q&A and photo ops with Calipari.
Icon for www.sportingnews.comSporting News · Mar 21, 2025

John Calipari salary: Where Arkansas coach's contract ranks among highest-paid coaches in March Madness

John Calipari delivered the shocker of the coaching ... Calipari's Arkansas contract and where he ranks among the highest-paid coaches in college basketball. Calipari is earning $8 million ...
Icon for www.aol.comAOL · Mar 27, 2025

John Calipari getting Arkansas to Sweet 16 is a middle finger to all who questioned him

If you talk to enough people who were close enough to the truth, which isn’t easy when it comes to John Calipari and all ... As it turns out, yeah, Coach Cal has still got it.
Icon for www.foxsports.comFox Sports · Mar 25, 2025

Same old Cal: Arkansas' Calipari not backing off relying on freshmen in NIL, transfer portal era

John Calipari embraced the one-and-done era like few college basketball coaches, becoming one of the best annually at bringing in talented freshmen and routinely getting them to Final Fours before ...
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette · 27d

Football coaches still the SEC’s money kings

As another basketball season enters its final stretch, and while the NCAA Tournament selection committees for the men's and women's tournaments pretty much got it right, the concern remains about automatic bids.
Icon for www.yardbarker.comYardbarker · Mar 23, 2025

John Calipari reveals magic ‘hype’ speech that sent Arkansas to Sweet 16

Arkansas basketball is now in a far better position with John Calipari as head coach. “Coach Cal” is leading the Razorbacks into the Sweet 16 of March Madness for the second time in three seasons.
Icon for madison.comMadison.com · 29d

Auburn's Pearl and St. John's' Pitino share AP coach of the year honors

He is first SEC coach to win the award since Kentucky's John Calipari 10 years ago. "You want to be on a great team, you've got to make sacrifices," Pearl said. "You've got to share and you've got to hold each other accountable. I think that's a big part ...
Arkansas Razorbacks · 2d

ONE Razorback Roadshow ready to roll May 12-15

Arkansas Athletics is ready to hit the road again with the ONE Razorback Roadshow presented by First Security Bank rolling out for a four-day, eight-city tour around the state May 12-15.