Naismith College Coach of the Year
Naismith College Coach of the Year Award is an award given by the Atlanta Tipoff Club to one men's and one women's NCAA Division I collegiate coach each season since 1987. The award was originally given to the two winning coaches of the NCAA Division I basketball tournament for the first two years of its existence; in 1989, the Naismith Award's governing board decided to give it out via voting process.
Pat Summitt of Tennessee holds more awards (5) than any other female coach.
Geno Auriemma of UConn has won the award a record eight times.
John Vincent Calipari is an American basketball coach who is the head coach at the University of Arkansas. He was the head coach at the University of Kentucky from 2009 until the end of the 2023–2024 season, which he led to one NCAA National Championship in 2012. He has been named Naismith College Coach of the Year three times, and was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2015.
Calipari in November 2014
Calipari directing his players during an away game against Conference USA rival University of Houston in January 2007.
Calipari on the bench for the Kentucky Wildcats, 2009
Tom Izzo and Calipari, two of the highest paid college coaches in 2012, talk while scouting a blue chip recruit