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Kentucky coach John Calipari will return for the 2024-25 season after doubt was clouded over his future at the school following a loss to No. 14 seed Oakland in the first round of the NCAA Tournament last week. Kentucky athletic director Mitch Barnhart announced Tuesday that Calipari would return for his 16th season with the program after an annual exit meeting between the two sides.
“As we normally do at the end of every season, Coach Calipari and I have had conversations about the direction of our men’s basketball program and I can confirm that he will return for his 16th season as our head coach,” Barnhart said.
The Wildcats failed to reach the second weekend of the NCAA Tournament for the third consecutive season. Kentucky missed the tournament in 2021 and lost to Saint Peter’s and Kansas State, respectively the two previous seasons.
“There is a standard here,” Calipari said on his radio show on Monday. “It’s a high standard. And if you play or coach here, you gotta know what that standard is and love it, relish it. It’s hard.”
Kentucky landed the No. 1 overall recruiting class in the 2023 cycle. That class was headlined by standouts Reed Sheppard, Rob Dillingham, Justin Edwards, D.J. Wagner and Aaron Bradshaw.
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