Kentucky men's basketball head coach John Calipari will return to the team despite the Wildcats' loss to No. 14 seed Oakland in the first round of the NCAA tournament.
This news comes after Calipari met with athletic director Mitch Barnhart on Tuesday.
Kentucky Sports Radio's Matt Jones first reported that Calipari would return.
In 2009, the Wildcats hired Calipari, who had just coached Memphis for eight seasons. Prior to that stint, Calipari led UMass for nine seasons before a three-year tenure as the New Jersey Nets' head coach.
Over a decade-plus at Kentucky, Calipari routinely added 5-star prospects (and future NBA icons) to his team, usually for one year at a time.