Champion UK coaches
23 Coaches in 107 Seasons
Years Name Tenure Won Lost Pct. Best Season
1903-09*W.W.H. Mustaine and others 7 21 35 .375
1910 E.R. Sweetland and R.E. Spahr 1 4 8 .333
1911 H.J. Iddings 1 5 6 .454 5-6 in 1911
1912 E.R. Sweetland 1 9 0 1.000 9-0 in 1912
1913 J.J. Tigert 1 5 3 .625 5-3 in 1913
1914-15 Alpha Brumage 2 19 7 .731 12-2 in 1914
1916 James Park 1 8 6 .571 8-6 in 1916
1917 W.P. Tuttle 1 4 6 .400 4-6 in 1917
1918 S.A. Boles 1 9«2-1 .792 9-2-1 in 1918
1919 Andrew Gill 1 6 8 .428 6-8 in 1919
1920-24 George Buchheit 5 44 27 .619 13-1 in 1921
1925 C.O. Applegran 1 13 8 .619 13-8 in 1925
1926 Ray Eklund 1 15 3 .833 15-3 in 1926
1927 Basil Hayden 1 3 13 .187 3-13 in 1927
1928-30 John Mauer 3 40 14 .740 16-3 in 1930
1931-72 Adolph Rupp +42 876 190 .822 25-0 in 1954
1973-85 Joe B. Hall 13 297 100 .748 30-2 in 1978
1986-89 Eddie Sutton 4 #88 39 .693 32-4 in 1986
1990-97 Rick Pitino 8 219 50 .814 34-2 in 1996
1998-07 Orlando "Tubby" Smith 10 263 83 .760 35-4 in 1998
2008-09 Billy Gillispie 2 40 27 .597 22-14 in 2009
2009- John Calipari 12 0 1.000
Games Won: 2,000, Lost: 635, Tied: 1
* Basketball at UK reportedly started when W.W.H. Mustaine called together some students, took up a collection totaling $3 for a ball and told them to start playing. There was no official coach from 1903 until 1910. Managers ran the team.
« Unique tie game resulted from scorer's error discovered after game.
+ No schedule played in 1953 — Rupp's record for 41 seasons. Five wins in 1966 International Universities Tournament in Israel not included in team totals.
# Three games from 1988 NCAA Tournament vacated by decree of NCAA.
NCAA titles
1
1996Final Fours
3
1993, '96, '97SEC titles
2
1995, '96SEC tourney titles
5
1992, '93, '94, '95, '97
Tubby Smith
UK Record: 263-83 (76.0%), 10 years (1998-2007)
AP
1991, '96UPI
1990Coaches
1996
National Coach of the Year
1998 (Basketball Weekly); 2003 (AP, NABC, USBWA, Naismith, Sporting News, CBS/Chevrolet, Basketball Times); 2005 (Jim Phelan Award)
NCAA titles
1
1978Final Fours
3
1975, '78, '84SEC titles
8
1973, '75, '77, '78, '80, '82, '83, '84SEC tourney titles
1
1984
National Coach of the Year
1978 (Kellogg's)
Adolph Rupp
UK Record: 876-190 (82.2%), 41 years (1931-72)
SEC Coach of the Year
NCAA titles
4
1948, '49, '51 and '58Final Fours
6
1942, '48, '49, '51, '58, '66SEC titles
27
1933, '35, '37, '39, '40, '42, '44, '45, '46, '47, '48, '49, '50, '51, '52, '54, '55, '57, '58, '62, '64, '66, '68, '69, '70, '71, '72SEC tourney titles
11
1939, '40, '42, '44, '45, '46, '47, '48, '49, '50, '52
No SEC tournaments were played from 1953-78
SEC Coach of the Year
SEC Coach of the Year
National Coach of the Year
1959 (UPI); 1966 (UPI, USBWA, NABC)
NCAA titles
1
1998Final Fours
1
1998SEC titles
5
1998, 2000, '01, '03, '05SEC tourney titles
5
1998, '99, 2001, '03, '04
National Coach of the Year
1990 (Basketball Times) 1991 (Sporting News)
Joe B. Hall
UK Record: 297-100 (74.8%), 13 years (1973-85)
AP
1964, '66, '68, '69, '70UPI
1968, '69, '70, '71Coaches
1964, '66, '68, '69, '70, '71, '72
AP: 1975
Coaches: 1973, 1975, 1978, 1983
AP: 1998, '03, '05
Coaches: 2003, '05
Rick Pitino
UK Record: 219-50 (81.4%), 8 years (1990-97)
SEC Coach of the Year
This story was originally published December 23, 2009 at 12:00 AM with the headline "Champion UK coaches."