Wasn’t sure if anyone mentioned that he spent a good chunk of his career as an assistant to Leonard Hamilton.
Dennis Gates is part of the Adolph Rupp coaching tree
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Feel like the Rupp tree isn’t mentioned much.
Most on here wouldn’t know who Rupp was if his name wasn’t on the front of the gym.
That may be true, but most don't know who Vince Lombardi or Phog Allen were either. It's called the generation gap. This is not a reflection on Adolph Rupp, as much as some folks with social agendas may wish to make it so.
I know Gates looked like Einstein against CCC, but damn shouldn’t people see what he does in a full season in a major conference before wanting him.
I'm 44, and been a fan for 44.9 years. I have zero clue about the Rupp coaching tree.
I never hear anyone mention it. Obviously Pat Riley has been a huge success. Joe B. was very successful. Dwayne Casey was NBA Coach of the year. Leonard Hamilton has been reasonably successful.
I’m sure there are many others. Gale Catlett was a name from the old days who was a fair coach. I’m kind of curious how far the tentacles spread.
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Leonard Hamilton never coached under Rupp. He was an assistant at UK from 74-86 during the Joe B. Hall tenure.
That is why all the people who are Ok with the current situation are ok with it
It’s the tree. Rupp to Hall to Hamilton. Really Naismith to Allen to Rupp to Hall to Hamilton.
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This….Hamilton was not from Rupp tree. Dick Parsons and Gayle Catlett were from Rupp tree
Does your family tree only have your parents or also grandparents, great-grandparents, etc.?
I am a direct descendent of my grandfather. Hamilton came in 4-5 years after Rupp retired and Hall coached totally different style than Rupp So maybe he is considered a foster child of the Rupp family .
Strange thought process you have there.
I was his last Student Manager drove him
Everywhere he needed to go last 3 years
His eyesight was poor from Diabetes
I know you did. Friends of mind scholarship and non-scholarship of the Super Kittens speak very highly of you. One of them was Coach Rupp’s paperboy on Eastover when he was a little kid. So appreciate you sharing.
With all the time you spent with Coach Rupp in his last years and being part of the transition to Joe B, have you ever contemplated writing a book about your time with Coach Rupp. I believe those of us around the program and fans of that era would so appreciate those stories you could publicaly talk about. Your providing the context on Casey shattering his leg several months ago brought about a flood of memories
Allen hired Naismith as an assistant but didn’t really take anything from him and Naismith wasn’t really a coach anyway. Rupp took very little if anything from Allen’s style of play.
I find this hard to believe. Most UK fans are knowledgeable enough to know or at least recognize all of the coaches that have been at UK, regardless of the name on the arena, or their age. It's just not possible to grow up a Kentucky fan in the state of Kentucky and not have heard of every coach in our history.
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That’s fine. Doesn’t negate the lineage, which I find interesting.
But Joe B. coached and played under Rupp.
Family tree = parents, grandparents, great-grandparents, etc., etc., etc. Some of y’all would argue with a stick.
I have ghost written a book “Chasing The Cats “ available on Amazon in paperback for $10 highly recommended
How dare you find basketball connections interesting.
That is someone else’s job to tell you what part of UK basketball history you should reflect upon.
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