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answers.span_text: John Calipari
questions: who is the coach of university of kentucky basketball
name: John Calipari
contexts: John Calipari Calipari in 2014 Sport ( s ) Basketball Current position Title Head coach Team Kentucky Conference SEC Record 271 -- 63 Annual salary $7,450,000 Biographical details ( 1959 - 02 - 10 ) February 10 , 1959 ( age 59 ) Moon Township , Pennsylvania Playing career 1978 -- 1980 UNC Wilmington 1980 -- 1982 Clarion Position ( s ) Point guard Coaching career ( HC unless noted ) 1982 -- 1985 Kansas ( associate assistant ) 1985 -- 1988 Pittsburgh ( assistant ) 1988 -- 1996 UMass 1996 -- 1999 New Jersey Nets 1999 -- 2000 Philadelphia 76ers ( assistant ) 2000 -- 2009 Memphis 2009 -- present Kentucky International 2011 -- 2012 Dominican Republic 2017 -- present USA U-19 Head coaching record Overall 674 -- 202 ( college ) 72 -- 112 ( NBA ) Accomplishments and honors Championships NCAA Division I Tournament ( 2012 ) 4x NCAA Regional -- Final Four ( 1996 * , 2008 * , 2011 , 2012 , 2014 , 2015 ) 4 × C - USA Tournament ( 2006 -- 2009 ) 5 × C - USA regular season ( 2004 , 2006 -- 2009 ) NIT ( 2002 ) 5 × A10 Tournament ( 1992 -- 1996 ) 5 × A10 regular season ( 1992 -- 1996 ) 5 × SEC regular season ( 2010 , 2012 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 ) 6 × SEC Tournament ( 2010 , 2011 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 ) Awards 3 × Naismith College Coach of the Year ( 1996 , 2008 , 2015 ) Associated Press Coach of the Year ( 2015 ) 3 × NABC Coach of the Year ( 1996 , 2009 , 2015 ) Basketball Times Coach of the Year ( 1996 , 2015 ) Sports Illustrated Coach of the Year ( 2009 ) 2 × Adolph Rupp Cup ( 2010 , 2015 ) 3 × A10 Coach of the Year ( 1993 , 1994 , 1996 ) 3 × C - USA Coach of the Year ( 2006 , 2008 , 2009 ) Jim Phelan National Coach of the Year ( 2009 ) 3 × SEC Coach of the Year ( 2010 , 2012 , 2015 ) Basketball Hall of Fame Inducted in 2015 Medal record ( hide ) Head Coach for Dominican Republic Dominican Republic national team FIBA Americas Championship 2011 Mar del Plata Men 's Basketball Centrobasket 2012 Puerto Rico Men 's Basketball Marchand Cup 2011 Marchand Cup Men 's Basketball