List of Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball head coaches

The following is a list of Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball head coaches. The Wildcats have had 22 coaches in their 112-season history.^[1]^[2]^[3] Three of Kentucky's coaches have been enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame: Adolph Rupp, Rick Pitino, and current head coach John Calipari

Tenure	Coach	Years	Record	Pct.
1903-09	W. W. H. Mustaine, others	7	21–35	.375
1909-10	Edwin Sweetland/R. E. Spahr	1	4-8	.333
1910-11	Harold Iddings	1	5-6	.454
1911-12	Edwin Sweetland (2nd time)	1	9-0	1.000
1912-13	John J. Tigert	1	5-3	.625
1913-15	Alpha Brumage	2	19-7	.731
1915-16	James Park	1	8-6	.571
1916-17	W. P. Tuttle	1	4-6	.400
1917-18	Stanley A. Boles	1	9-2	.792
1918-19	Andrew Gill	1	6-8	.428
1919-24	George Buchheit	5	44–27	.619
1924-25	Clarence Applegran	1	13-8	.619
1925-26	Ray Eklund	1	15–3	.833
1926-27	Basil Hayden	1	3–13	.187
1927-30	John Mauer	3	40-14	.740
1930-72	Adolph Rupp†	41	876-190	.822
1972-85	Joe B. Hall	13	297-100	.748
1985-89	Eddie Sutton	4	88–39	.693
1989-97	Rick Pitino†	8	219-50	.814
1997-2007	Tubby Smith	10	263–83	.760
2007-2009	Billy Gillispie	2	40-27	.597
2009–Present*	John Calipari†	6	220-47	.837
Totals	22 coaches	113 seasons*	2220–682	.764

An asterisk (*) denotes a season currently in progress.

† – Inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

References

^ "All-Time Winningest Teams" (PDF). NCAA.com. Retrieved 2008-11-22.
^ "2008-09 UK Factbook" (PDF). UKathletics.com. Retrieved 2008-11-24.
^ "Kentucky". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2008-11-24.

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Venues	State College Gymnasium (1903–1914) Buell Armory Gymnasium (1910–1924) Alumni Gymnasium (1924–1950) Memorial Coliseum (1950–1976) Rupp Arena (1976–present) Joe Craft Center (practice)
Rivalries	Centre (historical) Florida Indiana Louisville North Carolina Tennessee Transylvania (historical)
Culture & lore	History under Adolph Rupp Fabulous Five Point-shaving scandal Fiddlin' Five Rupp's Runts The Season Without Celebration "The Shot" Unforgettables Untouchables Comeback Cats John Wall Dance Tweakables Pursuit of Perfection 2011 Indiana game Basketbowl Champions Classic CBS Sports Classic The Rivalry: Red v. Blue The Wildcat Scratch Blue "On, On, U of K" "Kentucky Fight" Big Blue Nation Blue blood status
People	Head coaches Honorees NBA draftees Players Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Helms and Premo-Porretta national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics; NCAA championships in bolded italics