Coach Cal wins Ray Meyer Coach of the Year award

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The Chicagoland Sports Hall of Fame presented John Calipari with the Ray Meyer Coach of the Year award Wednesday night in Chicago. The award is named after legendary DePaul coach Ray Meyer, who led the DePaul basketball program for 42 years.

The award is one of the few the Chicagoland Sports Hall of Fame presents to non-Chicagoans.

“Honored to win the Ray Meyer Coach of the Year tonight,” Calipari tweeted. “Best part is I got to share it with Mr. and Mrs. Davis.”

Calipari guided Kentucky to its eight national championship and 15th Final Four appearance last season. It was his first national championship and fourth Final Four appearance.

UK suffered just two losses on the season en route to a national and conference championship. Calipari collected SEC Coach of the Year honors from the league’s coaches and media for his team’s dominant regular season.

After the season, six of Coach Cal’s players were selected in the NBA Draft, the most in the two-round draft era
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[Darrell KSR]

Terrific picture, and wonderful honor.