John Calipari is an American basketball coach. He served as head coach at the University of Kentucky from 2009 to 2024, leading the team to the NCAA National Championship in 2012. Calipari was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2015. Calipari has been named Naismith College Coach of the Year multiple times. He has appeared in the documentaries Let's Ball, The Rivalry: Red V. Blue, and the series Calipari: Razor's Edge.