Kentucky coaches Kenny Payne and Joel Justus are seen as two of the top high-major assistant coaches in all of college basketball.
In a new release by Silver Waves Media breaking down the top 50 assistant coaches in Division I men’s basketball, Payne and Justus were included among the best for their impact on the game.
Payne’s recruiting success and Justus’ status as an “analytics guru” separated the Kentucky assistants from the pack.
Here were the individual segments on Kentucky’s dynamic coaching duo:
“Widely considered as one of the best recruiters in the country, Payne has helped assemble some of the best recruiting classes college basketball has ever seen during his time in Lexington,” Silver Waves Media said of Kenny Payne.