Razorbacks officials focused their head-coaching search on Calipari in recent days and intensified their pursuit over the weekend.
By Shams Charania, Dana O’Neil and Kyle Tucker Kentucky head coach John Calipari, who has been with the school for 15 seasons, is nearing a massive new deal to leave the and be the next head coach of the University of Arkansas Razorbacks, two sources briefed on the matter tell The Athletic. Advertisement officials focused their head-coaching search on Calipari in recent days and intensified their pursuit over the weekend, sources said. No deal is complete as of Sunday night, those sources said.
The school would have owed $33 million to Calipari if he’d been fired after this season. That became a hot topic in Lexington after a second first-round NCAA Tournament exit in three years. The Cats haven’t reached the second weekend since 2019, haven’t won an SEC title since 2020 and haven’t made a Final Four since 2015.
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