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Kentucky poised to hire Orlando Antigua and another new assistant, per report

It would appear the Kentucky is about to make a major change to John Calipari’s staff by bringing back a fan-favorite assistant: Orlando Antigua.

According to KSR’s Matt Jones, Kentucky is poised to bring back Antigua barring any setbacks. Jones adds another assistant coaching hire is close to being made but isn’t finalized yet.

Absent a dramatic, unexpected change, I expect Kentucky will be adding two new Assistant coaches very soon

One is Orlando Antigua and the other is picked, but not finalized— Matt Jones (@KySportsRadio) April 21, 2021

Antigua left Kentucky for the head coaching job at South Florida back in 2014.