Andy Kennedy just won his 200th game at Ole Miss; Cal is going for his 200th UK win

[FiveStarCat]

Andy Kennedy started at Ole Miss in 2006.

John Calipari started at Kentucky in 2009.

I'm posting this not to belittle Andy Kennedy but rather to show just how amazing Cal's run has been here so far. He's about to catch arguably Ole Miss' best basketball coach ever in wins in THREE less seasons.

 

[Cawood86]

Still impressive to do what Kennedy has done at Ole Miss

 

[Ron Mehico]

I bet if you looked into it Calipari would have to be in the top 5 for fastest to 200 wins at any school in history.

 

[tHeFeVeR_23]

I bet if you looked into it Calipari would have to be in the top 5 for fastest to 200 wins at any school in history.

Agree there. Maybe somebody with a little time might do this...

 

[ulismyman]

When you win 30 plus a year that adds up...and he still has his voice

 

[Nubb16]

When you win 30 plus a year that adds up...and he still has his voice

He better stop screaming if he wants to keep it

 

[UKWildcats#8]

I bet if you looked into it Calipari would have to be in the top 5 for fastest to 200 wins at any school in history.

I would assume Cal is #1 on said list.

 

[wildcatsboston1984]

It only took Mark Few 247 games to get 200 wins at Gonzaga. Clair Bee and Tarkanian got to 200 wins quicker than that but did it at multiple schools. NCAA records don't list quickest to 200 at a school, only quickest to 200 career wins.

http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/m_basketball_RB/2016/Coaching.pdf page 12

 

[Ron Mehico]

well Cal hasn't lost 47 games at Kentucky so I guess you can put him ahead of Mark Few then.

 

[UKWildcats#8]

It only took Mark Few 247 games to get 200 wins at Gonzaga. Clair Bee and Tarkanian got to 200 wins quicker than that but did it at multiple schools. NCAA records don't list quickest to 200 at a school, only quickest to 200 career wins.

http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/m_basketball_RB/2016/Coaching.pdf page 12

I'm pretty confident Cal will have that record at one school in 239 games. He is 199-39 right now if my math is right.

 

[FiveStarCat]

I thought maybe Roy Williams would be close but he was 200-56 at UNC when he won his 200th game there.

 

[Cawood86]

And yet some still question him. Hmmmmm

 

[dckala2]

 

[blubo]

i think cal is averaging 26 wins/year career. 13th all time at 78%, right between james freeman and francis schmidt, per sports-reference.com. very impressive for a modern era coach, considering how many more good programs there are nowadays, and how competitive the recruiting has become.

 

[buckkiller]

If Cal didnt have that One down year when Noel was hurt we would of been celebrating this maybe last season. It still goes to show how impressive Cal is.

 

[TexKat]

I like Andy Kennedy. Grats to him!

 

[FiveStarCat]

Some were asking if Cal was the fastest to 200 wins at a single school and it looks like he would be second fastest with a win tomorrow, per CoachCal.com.

 

[WildMoon]

That's amazing.

 

[FiveStarCat]

Still impressive to do what Kennedy has done at Ole Miss

Agreed. That's what makes the stat amazing to me. Kennedy is arguably the best coach in Ole Miss history and Cal is going to catch him in wins in 3 less years. Kennedy has only had two seasons at Ole Miss with less than 20 wins.

 

[rabidcatfan]

I believe that Mark Few has the record for quickest to 200 wins at a school having done it in 247 games. If we can win tomorrow then Cal will have done it in 239 games. Also, Cal will have won 200 games in just 7 seasons which will also a record I believe (it took Few 7 full seasons and was 18 games into his 8th season to get to his 200th win, Cal could possibly do it in 6 full seasons and 11 games into his 7th season ).

 

[FiveStarCat]

I believe that Mark Few has the record for quickest to 200 wins at a school having done it in 247 games. If we can win tomorrow then Cal will have done it in 239 games. Also, Cal will have won 200 games in just 7 seasons which will also a record I believe (it took Few 7 full seasons and was 18 games into his 8th season to get to his 200th win, Cal could possibly do it in 6 full seasons and 11 games into his 7th season ).

See my post above from CoachCal.com: Clair Bee at LIU-Brooklyn has the record from 1931-41 (231 games). Calipari would be the 2nd fastest.

 

[CharlieT71059]

I hope cal coaches at UK until he is 70