Utah Valley Coach Mark Pope talks about Kentucky’s zone defense which helped turn Friday night’s game around. By
With the announcement that John Calipari has agreed to a “lifetime contract” to continue coaching men’s basketball at the University of Kentucky, there is no reason to think the UK head coaching job will open imminently.
Which is probably just as well.
Many of the elite programs in college hoops are presently led by head men who are, let’s say, not spring chickens. Syracuse’s Jim Boeheim is 74; Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski is 72; North Carolina’s Roy Williams is 68; Michigan’s John Beilein is 66; Michigan State’s Tom Izzo is 64; and Calipari is 60.