List of Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball head coaches

The following is a list of Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball head coaches. The Wildcats have had 22 coaches in their 106-year history. The team is currently coached by John Calipari.

Tenure Coach Years Record Pct.
1903-09 W.W.H. Mustaine, others 7 21–35 .375
1910 E.R. Sweetland/R.E. Spahr 1 4-8 .333
1911 H.J. Iddings 1 5-6 .454
1912 E.R. Sweetland (2nd time) 1 9-0 1.000
1913 John J. Tigert 1 5-3 .625
1914-15 Alpha Brummage 2 19-7 .731
1916 James Park 1 8-6 .571
1917 W.P. Tuttle 1 4-6 .400
1918 S.A. Boles 1 9-2-1 .792
1919 Andrew Gill 1 6-8 .428
1920-24 George Buchheit 5 44–27 .619
1925 C.O. Applegran 1 13-8 .619
1926 Ray Eklund 1 15–13 .536
1927 Basil Hayden 1 3–13 .187
1928-30 John Mauer 3 40-14 .740
1931-72 Adolph Rupp 41 876-190 .822
1973-85 Joe B. Hall 13 297-100 .748
1986-89 Eddie Sutton 4 88–39 .693
1990-97 Rick Pitino 8 219-50 .814
1998-2007 Orlando "Tubby" Smith 10 263–83 .760
2008-2009 Billy Gillispie 2 40-27 .597
2010- John Calipari 2 64-12
Totals 22 coaches 107 seasons 2052–643–1[1][2][3] .761

An asterisk (*) denotes a season currently in progress.

References

  1. ^ "All-Time Winningest Teams". NCAA.com. http://web1.ncaa.org/web_files/stats/m_basketball_RB/Reports/alltimewinningest.pdf. Retrieved 2008-11-22. 
  2. ^ "2008-09 UK Factbook". UKathletics.com. http://www.ukathletics.com/doc_lib/mbb09_factbook_115-189.pdf. Retrieved 2008-11-24. 
  3. ^ "Kentucky". ESPN.com. http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/clubhouse?teamId=96. Retrieved 2008-11-24.