LEXINGTON — For the second consecutive offseason, change is coming to John Calipari's Kentucky basketball staff.
UK assistant coach Jai Lucas is reportedly leaving Lexington for a spot on the staff of new Duke coach John Scheyer. The news was first reported by 247Sports and later confirmed by Calipari. Lucas has spent the last two seasons on Calipari's staff. He was first hired in Aug 2020 in a support staff role as as recruiting coordinator but was quickly promoted to fill one of the three on-court assistant coaching spots.
"Yesterday, Jai informed me he was taking a promotion at another school,” Calipari wrote in a statement posted to Twitter.