Adolph Rupp - University of Kentucky Wildcats - Greatest Coaches

Vote for the Top Coach here . Greatest NCAA College Basketball Coaches of All Time: University of Kentucky Wildcats Coach Adolph Rupp Video Biography Born just after the turn of the century, Adolph Rupp would attend the University of Kansas, where he would play under legendary coach Phog Allen. After coaching high school wrestling and basketball, Rupp would eventually accept the head coaching job at the University of Kentucky in 1930. By building his teams of local well-developed talent, Rupp’s Wildcat squad would become a powerful force in college basketball appearing in the NCAA tournament 20 of the years he coached from 1930 to 1972. During that span he built up a record of 876 wins and 190 losses or an 82% winning percentage, which, as of 2007, ranked him second all-time. During a ten-year span beginning in 1948, Rupp would win four NCAA titles. While he would not win anymore official championships in his career, the four titles place him second all-time, only behind John Wooden. Rupp’s legacy and winning tradition at Kentucky saw 29 players earn All-American honours, 30 went on to play professionally, and 5 have been named to the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame. After being forced into mandatory retirement in 1972 because of Kentucky law, Rupp would have short stints in the front office of two American Basketball Association teams. A Hall of Fame inductee himself, and a four time National Coach of the Year, Rupp would be honoured shortly before his death in 1976 when the University of Kentucky opened the 24,000 seat Rupp Arena. Scripted by Derek Allen

Mojo Supreme | March 7, 2008

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