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Despite another early exit from the NCAA tournament, Kentucky men's basketball coach John Calipari will return for his 16th season in 2024-25, according to athletic director Mitch Barnhart.
Calipari's future seemed cloudy following the Wildcats' first-round loss to Oakland, a 14-seed, in the NCAA tournament last week. It was the latest upset on the program's résumé; two years ago, Kentucky was a 2-seed when it lost to 15-seed Saint Peter's in the opening round of the 2022 tournament.
"As we normally do at the end of every season, Coach Calipari and I have had conversations about the direction of our men's basketball program and I can confirm that he will return for his 16th season as our head coach," Barnhart wrote Tuesday on X, formerly Twitter.