Players aren’t the only people John Calipari has been recruiting this off-season. He has been on the search for some assistant coaches too. He first hired John Welch, a longtime NBA assistant, and father to former walk-on and grad assistant, Riley Welch, a few months ago. With one vacant spot remaining, Jeff Goodman reports the frontrunner for the position is Chuck Martin, with whom Cal has a history.
Not to be confused with the Miami of Ohio football coach with the same name, the basketball version of Chuck Martin served as an assistant for Calipari from 2006 to 2008 at the University of Memphis.