Kentucky’s Joel Justus has been recognized as one of the nation’s top young college basketball coaches.
ESPN’s college basketball staff collaborated to create a list of the sport’s top 40 coaches under 40. An industry that rewards experience, the list of successful young head coaches is not lengthy. Once you scroll past UNC-Greensboro’s Wes Miller, Xavier’s Travis Steele and LSU’s Will Wade, only a few more make the cut before you’ll find assistants that are a step away from leading programs of their own.
At No. 25 is familiar face that’s roamed UK’s sideline for the last six seasons, Joel Justus.