John Calipari has enjoyed a hall of fame career as a basketball coach, and the honors continue to roll in for him.
After being inducted in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame this summer, Calipari now has been honored by the school where he got his big coaching break. On Wednesday night, the UMass Minutemen celebrated the 20th anniversary of the men’s basketball team’s magical run to the 1996 Final Four that was led by Calipari.
Before UMass’s game against the University of New Orleans at the Mullins Center in Amherst, the school raised a banner honoring Cal and his 193 wins he coached the school to from 1988–96:
— John Calipari (@UKCoachCalipari) December 17, 2015
Standing ovation for Kentucky coach and former UMass coach John Calipari here at the Mullins Center.