Kentucky men’s basketball associate head coach Kenny Payne, regarded as one of the top assistants in the country, is leaving the college basketball ranks to join the NBA. Payne has accepted an assistant coaching position with the New York Knicks, the organization announced Tuesday. Payne’s departure ends a memorable 10-year run that included 295 wins, the
Kentucky, Calipari agree to long term deal
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky has agreed to a long-term contract with coach John Calipari that will allow him to finish his career with the Wildcats. Calipari’s current deal was amended in March 2017 to run through the 2023-24 season, with a base annual salary of $8 million plus incentives. Men’s basketball spokesman Eric Lindsey
Kennedy Joins Kentucky Men’s Basketball Staff as Recruiting Analyst
Brady Kennedy, who has been a part of the Kentucky men’s basketball program since 2012, has been hired as the recruiting analyst for the Wildcats. In the newly formed role, Kennedy will assist with the day-to-day recruiting operations of the program, including but not limited to facilitating communication and correspondence efforts for prospective student-athletes, managing
HoopDirt.com Daily News – 1/17/18
HoopDirt.com’s Daily News from the college basketball coaching world… UTEP released financial information regarding pay for interim men’s basketball coach Phil Johnson as part of an open records request submitted by KVIA. As an assistant under Tim Floyd, Johnson was making about $198,000 per year plus bonuses that included one month’s extra pay for making
PDF: Calipari Contract Extension Details
Kentucky Head Coach John Calipari inked a two-year contract extension on Monday. Here is a PDF of the Amendment as well as a PDF of Coach Calipari’s updated contact terms. The amendment to Calipari’s contract extends his deal from March 30, 2022 to March 30, 2024. Calipari’s total guaranteed compensation – including base salary, media/endorsement
Kentucky Staff Update: Justus Moves to Assistant Coach Role; Robic named Special Assistant
Joel Justus, who joined Kentucky two seasons ago as the director of analytics and then special assistant to the head coach, will move to one of the three assistant coaching positions for the 2016-17 season, head coach John Calipari announced Friday. John Robic, who has served as an assistant to Calipari at three different schools
3/14/16 – Tuesday Starting Five (Conference Championship Edition)
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Bluegrass State Dirt…
Some things that I’ve heard from the great state of Kentucky… I can confirm that Kentucky State head coach Darnell Williams has resigned. He had been an assistant for the Thorobreds since 2012, and took over as the head coach just before the 2015-16 season. KSC finished this season with an 11-14 (9-9) record. Williams
Daily Roundup – 12/15/15
The Buffalo Business Journal has been running a series where they post the latest financial reports from Western New York’s private colleges. Today, they published the actual form 990 that St. Bonaventure University submitted to the IRS. The form itself is not very interesting to read – too many numbers for me, but it does list
Kentucky Administrative Staff Update
The Kentucky men’s basketball program has elevated Joel Justus to special assistant to the head coach and Will Barton to director of basketball administration, head coach John Calipari announced Wednesday. Justus served as the director of analytics during UK’s historic 38-1 season. He was responsible for analyzing player and team performance and utilizing various stats
PDF: John Calipari’s Contract
Here’s a pretty interesting read – a PDF copy of John Calipari’s contract at the University of Kentucky. This PDF contains the original 8-year deal that he inked back in 2009, plus recent addendums. In addition to his yearly salary, it also covers his responsibilities, bonus structure, and termination clause. 27 pages in all, but
Barbee Elevated to Assistant at Kentucky
Head coach John Calipari announced on Friday the elevation of Tony Barbee to assistant coach after spending the 2014-15 season as the special assistant to the head coach at Kentucky. Barbee, a former head coach at UTEP and Auburn, will rejoin the bench as an assistant coach, a role in which he has served for