In advance of election day, UK basketball coach John Calipari has talked to his players about recent shootings and political news. Jon Hale, Louisville Courier Journal
LEXINGTON — For a coach that goes out of his way to avoid publicly discussing his own political views, Kentucky basketball coach John Calipari manages to find himself connected to a lot of politicians.
Now he has a personal tie to the United Nations after the Senate confirmed former University of Kentucky Board of Trustees member and prominent UK athletics booster Kelly Knight Craft as the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Wednesday.