Photo of Young Cal on KU Staff

[Smashcat]

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Prepping for Saturday's SEC/Big 12 Challenge. Thanks to @KUAthletics for helping me find this gem! Tune in! #ESPN pic.twitter.com/LB7xot9emO

 

[BlueBomb]

WOW!

 

[tbone.ky]

Nice Find!

 

[KneeBurns]

It really is like going to Harvard if you want to eventually get into politics

 

[GLR5555]

UK is like going to the green room if you eventually want to get into the NBA.

 

[BoulderCat]

Wow, he was just a boy. Amazing how time changes all of us. CU's current coached played for KU. May have done a short stint there as a coach as well. He might very well end up being the best basketball coach the Buffs have ever had. He's certainly made them competitive in the P12. Like UK, not a bad place to have on your coaching resume.

 

[CBBCrazy]

Shave that head and he favors Willis.....

 

[RC_Texas]

Here is another one...

 

[KneeBurns]

That's a great photo. Here's one of young Rupp:

 

[FiveStarCat]

That's a great photo. Here's one of young Rupp:

Thanks for being a great stepping stone for two of our greatest coaches ever. We appreciate it very much.

 

[KneeBurns]

No problem, I like Rupp and Cal. No reason to hate success.

 

[Skutt]

All reasons why KU's jealousy of Kentucky will never end.

 

[Zakk Wyldcat]

If memory serves, he would've been on staff for 3 KU losses to UK.

 

[goforitcats]

He looks really thin faced here,and young. You age as a coach here more than many other schools.

 

[KneeBurns]

If memory serves, he would've been on staff for 3 KU losses to UK.

Correct. They got rid of him, and then won the next 2 vs Kentucky.

 

[FiveStarCat]

No problem, I like Rupp and Cal. No reason to hate success.

Aw man, stop making it hard for me to hate you.

 

[SosaUK]

What kind of self respecting man has knee burns as a handle? That's ghey.

If you are a female, carry on.

 

[hotelblue]

That's a great photo. Here's one of young Rupp:

look at that. sober billy g.

 

[Sithlyone]

wow, if you'd said "guess who this is" I would have gone through 100 people before I'd said Cal. Of course I'm no good at faces so maybe its just me,but it doesn't look anything him now to me.

 

[SilentsAreGolden]

Gotta admit, they do have an impressive resume of coaches having coached, played or attended Kansas. Phog Allen, Dean Smith, Adolph Rupp, Larry Brown, and Roy Williams.

 

[mxkeid]

Not on those guys leve but one or two may someday be.
All three played and were assisting coaches
Mark Turgeon at Maryland, turned Texas A&M around.
Tad Boyle at Colorado 16-5 best they been in 100 years
Danny Manning at Wake Forest only 2 years in but big improvements according to fans haven't watched any games.

 

[KMKAT]

Gotta admit, they do have an impressive resume of coaches having coached, played or attended Kansas. Phog Allen, Dean Smith, Adolph Rupp, Larry Brown, and Roy Williams.

I see 3 names there that were/are as corrupt as anyone in college basketball history. Is it possible that UK got the only non-corrupt coaches to come out of that program?

 

[RC_Texas]

Add Kevin Stalling, Gregg Popovich, Alvin Gentry, Tim Jankovich, Jeff Boschee, Jerod Haase and NBA General Managers: RC Bufford, Milt Newton and Kevin Pritchard to your list.

 

[hawkin]

Gotta admit, they do have an impressive resume of coaches having coached, played or attended Kansas. Phog Allen, Dean Smith, Adolph Rupp, Larry Brown, and Roy Williams.

I'd add John McLendon to that group.

"John B. McLendon, Jr. (April 5, 1915 – October 8, 1999) was a pioneering American basketball coach who is recognized as the first African American basketball coach at a predominantly white university and the first African American head coach in any professional sport. He was a major contributor to the development of modern basketball and coached on both the college and professional levels during his career. He is enshrined in both the Basketball Hall of Fame and the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame."

 

[UK till Death]

And only 3 titles...

 

[TexKat]

Gotta admit, they do have an impressive resume of coaches having coached, played or attended Kansas. Phog Allen, Dean Smith, Adolph Rupp, Larry Brown, and Roy Williams.

Cannot be denied. The deepest roots of basketball without a doubt. Brown gets a bye for he won a title there but didn't play there. Roy same same didn't play there so imo he doesn't count tho he coached more wins at KU than any other in the 90's decade (no title tho)

 

[anon_9qtxg60vqzy0y]

Eerie tidbit; Coach Rupp passed away on 12-10-77 the same night we beat Kansas @ Kansas 73-66.

 

[KneeBurns]

It was officially "Adolph rupp night" at the Phog. Yes they teach that at KU when you're a student. Not joking either

 

[KneeBurns]

Not on those guys leve but one or two may someday be.
All three played and were assisting coaches
Mark Turgeon at Maryland, turned Texas A&M around.
Tad Boyle at Colorado 16-5 best they been in 100 years
Danny Manning at Wake Forest only 2 years in but big improvements according to fans haven't watched any games.

Boyle was a megabust recruit. Back then recruiting was "hey this random service says this dude from Colorado is the best player in the 8 state region"

Came to KU and rode the pine a lot. Oh well. Good coach tho

 

[musrat59]

One of my favorite players when I used to follow the NBA played for the Jayhawks and my opinion the best big man of all time, Wilt Chamberlain.