John Calipari Quotes


I refuse to go in a home and paint a picture saying things like, 'If you come with us, you'll be taken care of for the rest of your life by the program and by our alums,' even though you may only be in school for a year or two. How preposterous does that sound?


Citations

Calipari, John, and Michael Sokolove. Players First: Coaching from the Inside Out. Penguin Press, 2014.

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John Calipari
John Calipari
  • Born: February 10, 1959
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Basketball Coach

John Vincent Calipari is an American basketball coach. Since 2009, he has been the head coach of the University of Kentucky men's team, with whom he won the NCAA Championship in 2012. He has been named Naismith College Coach of the Year three times (in 1996, 2008 and 2015), and was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2015.