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[B]Kentucky head coach John Calipari[/B] has been named Coach of the Decade in Conference USA by Yahoo! Sports.
Calpari revitalized the Memphis program and had some of the best teams in the program’s history towards the end of the decade.
Here is an excerpt from the [URL=”http://collegebasketball.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1077816″]Yahoo! Sports article[/URL]:
[B]COACH OF THE DECADE:[/B] Memphis’ John Calipari. Calipari guided the Tigers to six NCAA appearances during the decade, including a Final Four run in 2007-08. His teams finished first or second in the league or division eight times and had perfect records in conference play in 2006-07, ’07-08 and ’08-09. In his last four seasons with the Tigers, they were 61-1 in conference action and lost just 14 times overall. Memphis also win an NIT title and made it to the semifinals in its two other NIT appearances in the decade.
