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Kentucky officially adds K.T. Turner to coaching staff

Kentucky and John Calipari have officially hired K.T. Turner as an assistant coach.

Turner comes to Lexington after one season as associate head coach at Oklahoma.

UK Athletics announced the hired via press release earlier today:

LEXINGTON, Ky. – K.T. Turner, who has been a mainstay in the college basketball coaching profession for nearly 20 years, will join the Kentucky men’s basketball staff as its newest assistant coach in 2022-23.

“I knew that when we had an opening, K.T. Turner would be our next guy I’d be calling on,” UK head coach John Calipari said.