AFTER DAYS OF SPECULATION…..KENTUCKY COACH JOHN CALIPARI MADE IT OFFICIAL YESTERDAY AS HE ANNOUNCED HE’S STEPPING DOWN AS
MEN’S BASKETBALL COACH AFTER 15 SEASONS AT U-K…..
CALIPARI POSTED A VIDEO ON “X”…..FORMERLY KNOWN AS TWITTER…..IN WHICH HE SAID THAT AFTER TALKING WITH HIS WIFE…..HE DECIDED A CHANGE WAS
NEEDED AND THE PROGRAM NEEDS TO HEAR ANOTHER VOICE…..
HE WENT 410 AND 123 IN HIS 15 SEASONS…..CAPTURING THE 20-12 N-C-A-A CHAMPIONSHIP IN FOUR FINAL FOUR APPEARANCES….HOWEVER….IN THE PAST
FOUR SEASONS THE WILDCATS HAVE THREE FIRST ROUND DEFEATS…..
FIRING CALAPARI WOULD HAVE TRIGGERED A 33-MILLION DOLLAR BUY-OUT UNDER THE TERMS OF A 10-YEAR…..SO-CALLED LIFETIME CONTRACT SIGNED IN 20-
19……