Kentucky Wildcats head coach John Calipari has been named a semifinalist for the Naismith Coach of the Year award.
Calipari joins a 10-man list including Mark Adams (Texas Tech), Ed Cooley (Providence), Scott Drew (Baylor), Steve Forbes (Wake Forest), Greg Gard (Wisconsin), Tommy Lloyd (Arizona), Matt McMahon (Murray State), Bruce Pearl (Auburn) and Kelvin Sampson (Houston).
Calipari, who has Kentucky 25-6 overall and ranked No. 5 in the country heading into the postseason, is already one of just two coaches to win the Naismith Men’s Coach of the Year three times, tied with Duke’s Mike Kzryzewski (1989, 1992, 1999) for the most Naismith honors.