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Kentucky Men's Basketball Coaches

Location: Lexington, Kentucky

Coverage: 121 seasons (1902-03 to 2023-24)

Record (since 1902-03): 2400-759-1 .759 W-L%

Conferences: SEC, Southern and Ind

Conference Champion: 56 Times (Reg. Seas.), 33 Times (Tourn.)

NCAA Tournament: 62 Years (132-56), 17 Final Fours, 8 Championships

NCAA Champion: 1948, 1949, 1951, 1958, 1978, 1996, 1998 and 2012

Ranked in AP Poll: 56 Times (Preseason), 55 Times (Final), 969 Weeks (Total)

Record only includes games as head coach of Kentucky.

22 Coaches

22 Coaches Table
Rk	Coach	From	To	Yrs	G	W	L	W-L%	CREG	CTRN	NCAA	FF	NC
1	Adolph Rupp	1931	1972	41	1066	876	190	.822	28	13	20	6	4
2	John Calipari	2010	2024	15	533	410	123	.769	6	6	12	4	1
3	Joe B. Hall	1973	1985	13	397	297	100	.748	8	1	10	3	1
4	Tubby Smith	1998	2007	10	346	263	83	.760	7	5	10	1	1
5	Rick Pitino	1990	1997	8	269	219	50	.814	4	5	6	3	1
6	Eddie Sutton	1986	1989	4	130	90	40	.692	2	2	3	0	0
7	George Buchheit	1920	1924	5	71	44	27	.620	0	1	0	0	0
8	John Mauer	1928	1930	3	54	40	14	.741	0	0	0	0	0
9	Billy Gillispie	2008	2009	2	67	40	27	.597	0	0	1	0	0
10	Alpha Brummage	1914	1915	2	26	19	7	.731	0	0	0	0	0
11	Ray Eklund	1926	1926	1	18	15	3	.833	1	0	0	0	0
12	Clarence Applegran	1925	1925	1	21	13	8	.619	0	0	0	0	0
13	Edwin Sweetland	1910	1912	2	21	13	8	.619	0	0	0	0	0
14	J.S. Chambers	1908	1909	2	20	10	10	.500	0	0	0	0	0
15	(unknown) (unknown)	1903	1907	4	31	10	21	.323	0	0	0	0	0
16	Daddy Boles	1918	1918	1	12	9	2	.818	0	0	0	0	0
17	J.J. Tigert	1913	1917	2	18	9	9	.500	0	0	0	0	0
18	Jim Park	1916	1916	1	14	8	6	.571	0	0	0	0	0
19	Andrew Gill	1919	1919	1	14	6	8	.429	0	0	0	0	0
20	Hal Iddings	1911	1911	1	11	5	6	.455	0	0	0	0	0
Rk	Coach	From	To	Yrs	G	W	L	W-L%	CREG	CTRN	NCAA	FF	NC
21	Basil Hayden	1927	1927	1	16	3	13	.188	0	0	0	0	0
22	F.E. Schacht	1905	1905	1	5	1	4	.200	0	0	0	0	0

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