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Kentucky basketball embarked on a new era in the 2024-25 season, moving from legendary coach John Calipari to Mark Pope, a former Wildcats player who was hired to replace Calipari after he was ...

After 15 years of coaching the Wildcats, Calipari is finalizing a deal to join the Razorbacks, according to ESPN. He said he and the program agreed that it was time for a change and a fresh start, and he secured a lucrative NIL package and a buyout from Kentucky.

After 15 years, John Calipari announced he was stepping away from Kentucky basketball and discussing other opportunities as a family. He praised the Wildcats fans and program, but did not confirm he was joining Arkansas, which announced his hiring on Wednesday.

In a more than three minute video posted to social media, basketball coach John Calipari said his goodbyes to the University of Kentucky. Citing the need for a “new voice” to lead the program ...

Nothing like a stunning news drop on the eve of the national championship game. John Calipari is leaving Kentucky and headed across the SEC to Arkansas, finalizing a five-year deal to replace Eric ...

As negotiations were underway, Calipari grappled with the end of his 15-year run at Kentucky that included an NCAA championship and three more Final Four berths. Calipari is one of only a few ...

John Calipari resigned from Kentucky after 15 years of coaching the Wildcats. He accepted a lucrative offer from Arkansas, where he faced less tension and more support from the athletic department.

Why is John Calipari leaving Kentucky? Calipari’s accomplishments over his 15 seasons in Lexington are impossible to ignore and just as difficult to downplay. In that time, he turned what had ...

For Calipari to leave the highest-profile job in college basketball to take a second-tier gig in the same conference, he had to be desperate to move on from Kentucky. He had to know that he was ...

John Calipari opened up on the decision to leave Lexington, Kentucky. The University of Arkansas basketball program seems to have breathed fresh air, as John Calipari stepped in to lead a school ...

Calipari tells McAfee about Kentucky exit and success at Arkansas (2:04) John Calipari joins "The Pat McAfee Show" to discuss being at peace with his exit from Kentucky and to praise his players ...

Kentucky basketball embarked on a new era in the 2024-25 season, moving from legendary coach John Calipari to Mark Pope, a former Wildcats player who was hired to replace Calipari after he was hired at Arkansas.. Calipari is now set to be the first Kentucky coach to face their old school at Rupp Arena after leaving for another job since Rick Pitino with Louisville in 2001.

Getty Image. John Calipari made the most shocking move in recent college basketball history by leaving Kentucky for Arkansas earlier this month. It created a ripple effect across the sport that will be felt for years to come. Even though things ended unlike anyone expected, the 65-year-old head coach does not have any hard feelings toward the Wildcats or Big Blue Nation and hopes that goes ...

Why did John Calipari leave Kentucky for Arkansas? The first and most important thing to remember is just how far Calipari's teams had fallen toward the end of his time at Kentucky. Coach Cal took ...

Kentucky college basketball fans will definitely be tuning into March Madness on Saturday when Rick Pitino's No. 2-seeded St. John's Red Storm takes on John Calipari's No. 10-seeded Arkansas ...

John Calipari was 50 years old when he was introduced as Kentucky’s head coach on April 1, 2009. Former UK coach Joe B. Hall used to say nobody should run the Cats’ program for more than 10 years.

That’s why last night’s news that Calipari is taking the job at Arkansas is the best possible outcome for all sides, even if it happened in such an odd manner. Financially, it’s a blessing for Kentucky. Calipari’s buyout is $33.4 million, a staggering sum but one that boosters were prepared to pay if it meant Calipari’s time at Kentucky was over.

Either way, a change was inevitable at some point. For Kentucky and John Calipari, this could save a tougher separation a year from now, while still on relatively good terms. One Kentucky fan even left a message on Calipari’s lawn on Wednesday morning, saying, “Thank you Cal. We love you.”

Here's what to know from the longtime Wildcats head coach's departure from Kentucky.